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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 124, No. 1: 104-110
Copyright © 1986 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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THE VALIDITY OF A SURVEY QUESTION TO STUDY DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

RONALD KLEIN1,, BARBARA E. K. KLEIN1, SCOT E. MOSS1 and DAVID L. DEMENTS2

1University of Wisconsin Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology Madison, WI
2University of Wisconsin, Department of Statistics Madison, WI

Reprint requests to Dr. Ronald Klein, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792

This report presents the results of a comparison between information obtained from response to the question "Have you been told that the diabetes has affected the back of your eyes, that is, the retina?" and the determination of the severity of retinopathy by grading of stereoscopic fundus photographs. Both "younger onset" (n=996) and "older onset" (n=1,370) persons who participated in a large population-based study of diabetic persons in southern Wisconsin from 1980–1982 were included. For the younger onset persons, 31.1% responded positively, while 70.7% were found to have retinopathy. The sensitivity of the questionnaire response varied from 17.8% for persons with mild nonproliferative retinopathy to 81.9% for persons with proliferative retinopathy. The specificity was 97.3%. For the older onset persons, 14.9% responded positively, while 54.2% were found to have retinopathy. The sensitivity of the question varied from 9.9% for persons with mild nonproliferative retinopathy to 68.7% for persons with proliferative retinopathy. The specificity was 93.3%. The question used in this survey provides a highly specific measure of prevalence; It is most sensitive for proliferative retinopathy.

diabetes mellitus; diabetic retinopathy; diagnosis; questionnaires


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