Early Worsening of Retinopathy in People with Diabetes after Rapid Improvement in Glycaemic Control: A Systematic Review

Akil, H ORCID: 0000-0002-7361-9379, Burgess, JB ORCID: 0000-0002-7165-6918, Nevitt, SN, Harding, SH, Alam, UA ORCID: 0000-0002-3190-1122 and Burgess, PB ORCID: 0000-0002-3959-2299 (2021) Early Worsening of Retinopathy in People with Diabetes after Rapid Improvement in Glycaemic Control: A Systematic Review. , United States.

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Abstract

To systematically review the epidemiology of early worsening of diabetic retinopathy (EWDR) after substantial improvements in glycaemic control and evaluate characteristics including risk factors. This systematic review was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020158252). An electronic literature search was performed according to PRISMA guidelines using MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and Cochrane databases and manual reference for the articles published until 2020. Published full-text English language articles that report data on diabetic retinopathy in people with diabetes experiencing a rapid, substantial decrease in HbA1c after going through intensive therapy were included. All articles were screened, data were extracted and methodological quality was evaluated by two independent reviewers using a priori criteria. A total of 346 articles were identified after the removal of duplicates. Data were extracted from 19 full-text articles with a total of 15,588 participants. Included studies varied considerably in terms of patient selection, timing and method of assessing the eye and retinopathy classification. EWDR was reported to occur in a wide range of prevalences; 3.3-47% of participants within 3-84 months after intensification of glycaemic control. Risk factors for EWDR included long duration of diabetes, long-term uncontrolled hyperglycemia, amplitude of and baseline retinopathy severity in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The occurrence of EWDR and progression of retinopathy were found to have an association with the amplitude of HbA1c reduction. EWDR has been described in a proportion of people with intensification of glycaemic control. However, the prevalence remains unclear because of methodological differences in the identified studies. Future interventional studies should report retinopathy and visual outcomes using standardized protocols.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Diabetes mellitus, Diabetic retinopathy, Early worsening of retinopathy, Intensive treatment
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	28 Feb 2022 10:29
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 06:56
DOI:	10.1007/s13300-021-01190-z
Related URLs:	Author
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3149836