Does patient education improve compliance to routine diabetic retinopathy screening?

Introduction: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening relies on adherence to follow-up eye care. This article assesses if a model of patient education and tele-retina screening among high-risk patients with DR can achieve increased rates of compliance within a one-year follow-up.

Methods: Between May 2014 and May 2016, DR screening was conducted in a cohort of 101 patients with diabetes in Southern Ontario.

Predictors of functional vision changes after cataract surgery: the PROVISION study.

Objective: To ascertain whether time-to-treatment, sex, age, preoperative functional vision scores, education, and ocular comorbidities predict change in functional vision pre- to postoperatively in patients receiving cataract surgery.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Participants: Three hundred and forty-three cataract patients at the Hamilton Regional Eye Institute.