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Vol. 7. Issue 36.
Pages 123-130 (May - June 1993)
Vol. 7. Issue 36.
Pages 123-130 (May - June 1993)
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Tardanza en el Tratamiento de la Retlnopatía Diabética: Efectividad de un Tratamiento Eficaz*
“Lateness” in Treating Diabetic Retinopathy: Effectiveness of an Efficacious Treatment
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Itziar Larizgoitia**, José F. Veintemillas
Johns Hopkings University. School of Hygiene & Public Health. Department of Health Policy & Management
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A pesar de la eficacia de la fotocoagulación por laser como tratamiento para la Retinopatía Diabética (RD), en la practica, ésta se demuestra no efectiva en la medida en que esta condición es la primera causa de ceguera en nuestro medio. En el presente estudio se ha intentado valorar si dicha pérdida de efectividad se debe a un defecto en los mecanismos de detección precoz de la RD. Para ello se ha estudiado el comportamiento preventivo de una muestra de diabéticos seleccionada en dos hospitales del sector público de Vizcaya, y se ha definido el indicador Tardanza como medida de la pérdida de efectividad del tratamiento, debido a defectos en la cadena preventivo-asistencial de RD. Un 75% de los casos estudiados no seguía un método de detección precoz adecuado y la mitad de los casos accedía tarde al tratamiento. Entre los diabéticos insulino-dependientes, los de mayor edad y mayor duración de la diabetes son los que presentan mayor riesgo de acceder tarde. Entre los no insulino-depen-dientes no observamos ningún tipo de asociación. Se puede concluir que la mayoría de diabéticos no recibe una atención preventiva adecuada para evitar la ceguera por RD, y que, cuando acceden al servicio especializado, presentan un estadio de RD demasiado avanzado para beneficiarse al máximo del tratamiento.

Palabras clave:
Retinopatía diabética
Prevención
Fotocoagulación
Efectividad
Summary

Despite the efficacy of lasar photocoagulation as the treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy, this condition is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries. In this survey we have tried to find out whether this lack of effectiveness is due to a lack of adequate control and screening. As a proxy measure for this we have developed an indicator called “Lateness” and we have followed a sample of diabetics drawn from the two public hospitals in Vizcaya (Spain). Seventy five percent of them were not at regular intervals and half of the sample was late for treatment. Among these, Insulin dependent diabetics of older age and with more years of the disease are at a higher of entering late for treatment. We could not find any riskfactor lateness among non insulin dependent diabetics. We concluded that most of diabetics are not adequately followed up for the prevention of diabetic retinopalhy, and when they are referred to treatment it is too take the most advantage of it.

Key words:
Diabetic retinopathy
Prevention
Photocoagulation
Effectiveness
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