OBJECTIVE: Determine the diabetic retinopathy prevalence in a Family’s Health Program unity in Parque Prazeres – Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, and the level of patient’s knowledge about diabetes visual impairment. METHODS: Seventy two diabetic patients were selected, but only 46 attended the research. The patients were chosen based on Family’s Health Program medical registers. They were submitted to visual acuity examination and afterward to a questionnaire in order to evaluate their knowledge level about visual impairment. Then, they were submitted […]
