Lower HbA1c, no decline in quality of life for adults with diabetic retinopathy

Adults with long-standing type 1 diabetes and proliferative diabetic retinopathy had worse functional vision than controls without diabetes, but no decline in quality of life was observed from 2007 to 2019, according to study findings.
In data from a follow-up of people with type 1 diabetes since childhood, researchers found that those with diabetes had worse central and peripheral visual field sensitivity compared with controls, but bilateral contrast sensitivity was similar in both groups and those with diabetes did not report a decline in vision-related quality of life from 2007 (Read more...)