Uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening in Thyolo, Malawi

The data set is of patients that were attending diabetes eye screening clinic at a rural district hospital in Malawi. The variables are as follows

i. Age in years

ii. Sex :1=Male 0=Female

iii. Level of education : Ophthalmology:

1= Primary school
2= Secondary school
3= Post secondary education
4= No formal education

iv. Duration of diabetes in years

v. Type of diabetes: 

1=Type 1
2= Type 2

vi. History of hypertension

1= Hypertension
0= No hypertension

vii. HIV status

1= Reactive
2= Non-reactive
3= Unknown

viii. Clinic attendance frequency in months

ix. Awareness availability of DR screening 

1= Aware
0=Not aware

x. Uptake of DR screening (history of dilated eye exam for DR screening in the past year)

1= Yes
0=No 

xi. History of referral for DR screening by clinician in Diabetes Clinic

not referred
reffered

xii. Visual acuity of patients according to WHO classification

1= Normal vision
2= Visual impairement
3= Severe visual impairement
4=Blindness

本数据集收录了马拉维某乡村地区医院糖尿病眼科筛查门诊的就诊患者相关数据，变量详情如下：
i. 年龄（单位：岁）
ii. 性别：1=男性，0=女性
iii. 受教育程度：眼科相关：1=小学，2=中学，3=高等教育后阶段，4=未接受正规教育
iv. 糖尿病病程（单位：年）
v. 糖尿病类型：1=1型糖尿病，2=2型糖尿病
vi. 高血压病史：1=有高血压，0=无高血压
vii. 人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）感染状态：1=反应阳性，2=反应阴性，3=状态未知
viii. 门诊就诊频率（单位：月）
ix. 糖尿病视网膜病变（Diabetic Retinopathy, DR）筛查知晓情况：1=知晓，0=不知晓
x. 糖尿病视网膜病变（DR）筛查参与情况（过去一年内是否有过用于DR筛查的散瞳眼科检查史）：1=是，0=否
xi. 糖尿病门诊临床医师转诊DR筛查史：可选值为「未转诊」、「已转诊」
xii. 依据世界卫生组织（WHO）分类标准的患者视力情况：1=视力正常，2=视力损害，3=重度视力损害，4=失明