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Diabetic Eye Screening Wales (DESW)
Population Size
Not reported
Years
2008 - 2020
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
Wales
Lead time
2-6 months
Summary
Diabetic Eye Screening Wales (DESW) is an all Wales service designed to detect sight threatening diabetic retinopathy at an early stage before visual loss occurs, ensuring early treatment and preventing loss of vision in 70-90% of people with sight threat
Documentation
The Diabetic Eye Screening Wales service checks for eye problems caused by having diabetes. Eye screening looks for damage to the back of the eye (diabetic retinopathy) which can lead to permanent sight loss.
The Dataset contains details of the screening carried out for Diabetic patients.
Please see the 'Technical Details' section for details of the variables.
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Keywords
Screening, SAIL, DESW, Diabetic Retinopathy, Diabetes, Health & Wellbeing, core-res
Observations
Observed Node | Disambiguating Description | Measured Value | Measured Property | Observation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Events | 3000000 | Count | 31 Aug 2021 |
Provenance
Source of data extraction
EPR
Collection source setting
Clinic
Patient pathway description
Secondary care
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available
Structural Metadata
Details
Publishing frequency
Biannual
Version
3.0.0
Modified
08/10/2024
Distribution release date
29/01/2018
Citation Requirements
["Public Health Wales NHS Trust"]
Coverage
Start date
10/01/2008
End date
27/11/2020
Time lag
2-6 months
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Wales
Follow-up
Other
Accessibility
Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
LOCAL
Format
SQL database table
Data Access Request
Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Time to dataset access
2-6 months
Access request cost
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes, analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case technological requirements.
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description
The SAIL Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP). Following approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data within the secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Jurisdiction
GB
Data use limitation
General research use
Data use requirements
Project-specific restrictions,Time limit on use,User-specific restriction
Data Controller
Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Data Processor
SAIL Databank