‘I don`t need an eye check-up’. A qualitative study using a behavioural model to understand treatment-seeking behaviour of patients with sight threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR) in India

• Shuba Kumar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shuba Kumar, Rani Mohanraj, Rajiv Raman, Sobha Sivaprasad

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shubakumar@samarthngo.org

  Affiliation Social Science Department, Samarth, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4348-7317

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• Rani Mohanraj ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shuba Kumar, Rani Mohanraj, Rajiv Raman, Sobha Sivaprasad

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Social Science Department, Samarth, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Rajiv Raman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shuba Kumar, Rani Mohanraj, Rajiv Raman, Sobha Sivaprasad

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Geetha Kumar ,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GK, SL, SSM, SC, JS, RR, and DC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Sanjay Luvies ,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GK, SL, SSM, SC, JS, RR, and DC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Giridhar Eye Institute, Cochin, Kerala, India

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• Shivani Sunil Machhi ,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GK, SL, SSM, SC, JS, RR, and DC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Aditya Jyot Foundation for Twinkling Little Eyes, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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• Subhratanu Chakrabarty ,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GK, SL, SSM, SC, JS, RR, and DC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, VMA Netra Niramay Niketan, Haldia, West Bengal, India

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• Janani Surya ,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GK, SL, SSM, SC, JS, RR, and DC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Radha Ramakrishnan ,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GK, SL, SSM, SC, JS, RR, and DC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology-NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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• Dolores Conroy ,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GK, SL, SSM, SC, JS, RR, and DC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology-NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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• Sobha Sivaprasad

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shuba Kumar, Rani Mohanraj, Rajiv Raman, Sobha Sivaprasad

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology-NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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