Introduction:

Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most frequent causes of legal blindness. Laser treatment induces regression of diabetic retinopathy.

Objective:

To describe the role of nursing diagnosis in the laser treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Methods:

Descriptive and prospective study carried out in the ophthalmology service of Abel Santamaría Cuadrado General Teaching Hospital of Pinar del Río, in the period from March to August 2018. The study group consisted of 274 patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, of which we selected an intentional sample of 137. The variables analyzed were age, sex, previous treatment, time of evolution of diabetes, nursing diagnosis, and response to treatment.

Results:

100% of the patients studied had a nursing diagnosis of anxiety and 66.43% belonged to the age group of 61-70 years. 72.99% of female patients presented the diagnosis of anxiety. 89.05% of the patients studied had prior treatment with insulin, more than 15 years of disease progression, and a complete response to treatment; p<0.001 when a nursing diagnosis was correlated with complete and partial response.

Conclusions:

The nursing diagnosis together with the education and accompaniment of the patient with proliferative diabetic retinopathy during laser treatment is of paramount importance for the adequate response to laser treatment and to provide a better quality of life for these patients.

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