Table 6.

Main issues in treatments.

Economic burden	“This disease impacts economically: I take 860 euros from the government: total 860 euros and eye complication costs a lot to me, so it impacts” “Economically the management of diabetes and vision has affected economically, I manage everything privately. Fixing a visit and an OCT is impossible and therefore you are forced to this”
Distance to the diabetic eye clinic	“Not having nearby clinics, I must move here in the mayor diabetic clinic., the trips impact” “To come here I come by car and my son takes me” “To come here, most of the time I come by public transport: I have the bus under the house, then I take the train” “If I do not have to do the eye examination I come by car, it takes 30 min (20 min if I come by car)” “It’s 50 km each time to come here”
Time spent for the visits	“When I leave the house to when we leave here passes a long time, es Friday that they did not do the injections I arrived at 8 and I left here at noon and a half” “Today it was a bit longer, but I usually stay here two or two and a half hours” “It takes half a day for an examination that lasts 3 min. It is from one that I am here, now that I am out of here it will be 4 and a half. Now that you go to the acceptance that even if you arrive well in advance, however, you lose 3⁄4 of an hour, then go upstairs, you must wait for them to call you, make another line an hour and a half …“
Difficulties in reservations	“For reservations I have a lot of difficulty because the waits are long”