[Assessment of the eye problems in diabetic patients in Qazvin]

ABSTRACT

To determine diabetes-associated eye problems in Qazvin, in a cross- sectional study, 371 patients [742 eyes] were studied at eye clinic of Boali hospital in Qazvin [Iran]. Visual acuity was taken and the refractive state performed. Corneal surface, anterior and posterior chamber, lens, vitrous body and retina were assessed. In ocular examination, 55 eyes [7.4%] were normal, 242 [32.6%] with hyperopia and 443 [59.7%] with myopia. Cataract, diabetic retinopathy, and blindness were diagnosed in 77.22%, 18.3%, and 1.35% of cases, respectively