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ArticleBMC primary care2023

Prevalence of increased risk of type 2 diabetes in general practice: a cross-sectional study in Norway.

Hilde Kristin Refvik Riise, Marit Graue, Jannicke Igland, Kåre I Birkeland, Beate-Christin Hope Kolltveit

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Article in BMC primary care, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hilde Kristin Refvik RiiseDepartment of Health and Caring Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 7030, N-5020, Bergen, Norway. hkrr@hvl.no.
Marit GraueDepartment of Health and Caring Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 7030, N-5020, Bergen, Norway.
Jannicke IglandDepartment of Health and Caring Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 7030, N-5020, Bergen, Norway.
Kåre I BirkelandDepartment of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Beate-Christin Hope KolltveitDepartment of Health and Caring Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 7030, N-5020, Bergen, Norway.
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences · NOUniversity of Oslo · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundType 2 diabetes (T2D) is a global public health problem, but the onset can be delayed or prevented with adequate intervention in individuals with increased risk. Therefore, a major challenge in general practice is to identify individuals at risk of diabetes. However, limited knowledge is available about the prevalence of high diabetes risk individuals in a primary care population. In a cohort of consecutive patients in general practice we examined the prevalence of known diabetes and estimated risk of diabetes using The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) calculator, by sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

methodsThis study was a cross-sectional study conducted in four general practices in Western and Eastern Norway. A total of 1682 individuals, 20-80 years of age, were assessed for eligibility from May to December 2019. We excluded patients who actively declined participation (n = 112), were lost because of various organization challenges (n = 103) and patients who did not fulfil the inclusions criteria (n = 63). Diabetes prevalence and prevalence of individuals at risk of T2D with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated for the total sample, by age group and for men and women separately. We tested for differences between groups using t-test for continuous variables and chi-square test (Pearson Chi-Square) for categorical variables.

resultsOf 1404 individuals, 132 reported known diabetes, yielding a prevalence of 9.9% (95% CI 8.4-11.6). Among participants without a known diagnosis of diabetes, the following estimates of elevated risk assessment scores were found: FINDRISC score ≥ 11 32.8% (95% CI 30.3-35.4) and FINDRISC ≥ 15 10.0% (95% CI 8.6-11.9). Comparable results were found between the sexes.

conclusionsDetection of unknown diabetes and individuals with increased risk, is of high public health relevance for early implementation of preventive measures aimed to reduce the risk of diabetes and its complications through lifestyle modification. A simple, non-expensive questionnaire, such as FINDRISC, may be valuable as an initial screening method in general practice to identify those in need for preventive measures.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2General PracticeCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleNorwayPrevalenceFINDRISCGeneral practicePrevalencePreventionRisk assessmentType 2 diabetes

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