Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward Diabetic Retinopathy Among People With Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Parviz Marouzi, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi Baigi, Firouzeh Fereydouni, Zahra Hemmatian Rabbani, Batoul Haghighi, Reyhaneh Shariati Moghaddam · 2026
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Diabetic retinopathy can blind people with diabetes who never learn they are at risk. Parviz Marouzi and five co-authors pool what surveys worldwide say about patients' knowledge, attitudes, and daily practices toward the disease. Their review gathered twenty-nine questionnaire studies covering 14,830 people with diabetes.
Only about forty-three percent had good knowledge, about half held a positive attitude, and forty percent followed good preventive practice. Scores ran higher in rich countries than in poorer ones. A positive attitude nudged practice slightly, while knowledge alone barely moved either attitudes or habits. The authors conclude that awareness programs must be tailored to local conditions, especially where resources are thin, rather than assuming information by itself changes behavior.
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| CREATOR | Parviz Marouzi, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi Baigi, Firouzeh Fereydouni, Zahra Hemmatian Rabbani, Batoul Haghighi, Reyhaneh Shariati Moghaddam |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |