Journal Articles and Papers

This section of the website pinpoints interesting articles/papers which may be relevant within your area of work within diabetes and ophthalmology.  To read these articles, please click on the relevant link(s) associated with the title.

• BMJ Open article that highlights System-level and patient-level explanations for non-attendance at diabetic retinopathy screening in Sutton and Merton (London, UK): a qualitative analysis of a service evaluation. To read, please click here»

• A guide to designing an informative poster, useful for the workplace or for the BARS Conference entries. To read, please click here»

• Is Diabetic Eye Screening Beneficial? - A Patient's Perspective- this is a population-based cohort study undertaken by Richard Bell as part of a University final project.  The primary aim of this study was to get a patient's perspective of the diabetic eye screening service to see if they thought it was beneficial to them.  The study also looked in to diabetes management, changes to the eye screening service and referrals to the hospital eye service (HES).  The answers provided would hopefully hightlight any problems, bring suggestions or compliment the service.  To read, please click here»

• In December 2017, Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) Clinical Leads in England were contacted via e-mail and invited to complete a brief online questionnaire about their role. The survey was conducted by the British Association of Retinal Screening (BARS) in conjunction with the National Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (NDESP) and was facilitated by Public Health England. Its aim was to gain an insight into the working practices of Clinical Leads, the role they play in the development of DES staff and variations that may exist between programmes, in order to ensure that existing policies and processes for grading are appropriate, and to identify any additional training needs and development opportunities that may be addressed by BARS or the national programme. to read, click here

Perceived barriers and enablers to the provision of diabetic retinopathy screening for young adults: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals working in the UK Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

• Diabetic retinopathy screening (DRS) attendance in young adults is consistently below recommended levels. The aim of this study was to conduct a survey of screening providers in the UK Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) to identify perceived barriers and enablers to DRS attendance in young adults and elicit views on the effectiveness of strategies to improve screening uptake in this population. To read, please click here»