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Diabetic Eye Screening Wales (DESW)

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

2008 - 2020

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Wales

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-6 months

Lead time statistic card

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

Associated media

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Keywords

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

Access rights

https://saildatabank.com/data/apply-to-work-with-the-data/

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

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Clinic

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