Study methodology and diabetes control in patients from the non-English diabetes management project (NEDMP).

Background: To describe the clinical characteristics of non-English speaking patients from the Diabetes Management Project (NEDMP), and compare their diabetes management and severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR) with the English-speaking DMP sample (EDMP).

Design: A prospective study was conducted on non-English speaking adults with diabetes who attended the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.

Participants: 136 (90.

The relationship of retinal vessel caliber with erectile dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship of retinal vessel caliber with erectile dysfunction (ED) in males with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study. Male patients with type 2 diabetes were recruited from the Diabetic Management Project.

Relationship between diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular oedema and erectile dysfunction in type 2 diabetics.

Background: To investigate the relationship of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema with erectile dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Design: Hospital-based, cross-sectional study.

Participants: Three hundred twenty-four men with diabetes from the Diabetic Management Project were recruited.

Longer axial length is protective of diabetic retinopathy and macular edema.

Purpose: To assess the association of ocular biometric parameters and refractive error with diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME) in persons with diabetes.

Design: Cross-sectional, clinic-based study.

Participants: Patients with diabetes aged 18 years or more from the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Victoria, Australia.

Impact of diabetic retinopathy on patients' beliefs about diabetes.

Background: The aim was to compare beliefs about diabetes and determine their associations with psychological well-being, self-management behaviour and glycaemic control in those with and without diabetic retinopathy (DR).

Methods: We recruited 400 patients with diabetes aged 18 years or more from specialised eye clinics, as part of the Diabetes Management Project (DMP). Two-field retinal photographs were taken to assess DR and detailed clinical and psychological well-being examinations were performed following standardised procedures.

Methodology and early findings of the Diabetes Management Project: a cohort study investigating the barriers to optimal diabetes care in diabetic patients with and without diabetic retinopathy.

Background: The Diabetes Management Project is investigating the clinical, behavioural and psychosocial barriers to optimal diabetes care in individuals with and without diabetic retinopathy.

Design: Prospective cohort.

Participants: Two hundred and twenty-three and 374 patients without and with diabetic retinopathy, respectively.