Introduction:

Saudi Arabia is a country with high prevalence of diabetes. The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy is 19.7%. To decrease the incidence of diabetic retinopathy and to improve quality of life, our study aims to assess the knowledge of diabetic retinopathy among diabetic patients.

Objectives:

The primary objective is to assess the knowledge of diabetic patients about DR.

Methods:

Cross–sectional study, conducted in PHC centers. Data was collected using an interviewer–administered questionnaire to study the relationship between socio–demographic factors and knowledge about DR.

Results:

A total of 383 adult diabetic subjects participated in the. The association between socio–demographic factors and the knowledge of DR showed that, females, elderly, illiterate and those attained high school education or less showed significantly poor level of knowledge (p<0.05).

Conclusion:

lack of knowledge was associated with low levels of education, female and older ages.