title: Limited Time from the Diabetes Patients' Perspective: Need for Conversation with the Eye Specialist.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Facing the lack of time, busy retina consultants should be aware of how the patients would prefer that time is spent and whether they wish the specialist to talk more at the expense of other medical activities.
  
  
  METHODS
  810 persons with diabetes were asked to divide the time of 10 min between examination, consultation and treatment when envisioning a real-life scenario of diabetic retinopathy (NCT02311504).
  
  
  RESULTS
  With the increasing duration of diabetes, patients wanted significantly more time for diagnostics (p = 0.028), while age was found to be associated with less time for treatment (p = 0.009). Female subjects tended to prefer only little more time for talking (p = 0.051) in comparison with males, who slightly favored therapy (p = 0.025).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The large majority recognized the need for diagnostics in their allocation of time. If individual patients are confronted with the health care perspective of time constraints, this might improve the understanding of prioritization.
authors.affiliation: Center for Ophthalmology, Eberhard Karl University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marahrens
authors.forename: Focke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ziemssen
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fritsche
authors.forename: Tjalf
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ziemssen
authors.forename: Raimar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martus
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roeck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072163:Ophthalmologists; D057240:Patient Preference; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013997:Time Factors