A comparison of three different diabetes screening methods among dental patients in Turkey. | Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences 2014

Author(s)

Rahsan Cevik Akyil Assistant Professor, Adnan Menderes University, Soke Health High School, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Aydin, Turkey

Ozkan Miloglu Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Ataturk University, Faculty of Dentistry, Erzurum, Turkey

Nermin Olgun Acibadem University, Faculty of Health Science, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey

Ibrahim Sevki Bayrakdar Research Assistant, Dept. of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Ataturk University, Faculty of Dentistry, Erzurum, Turkey

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to describe the frequency of diabetes in dental patients, and to compare three different screening methods: the random finger plasma glucose (RFPG) test, the Finnish diabetes risk score (FINDRISC) survey and a special clinical guideline developed for dental patients. Methods: The study design was cross-sectional, descriptive and comparative. The data were collected between August 2011 and February 2012. A total of 702 dental patients participated in this study. The screening tools were RFPG, FINDRISC and a clinical guideline. Data were analyzed using the Chi-squared test, the t test, analysis of variance, and the Pearson correlation test. Results: The frequency of diabetes was 8.3% for the participants. The prevalence of participants at risk for undiagnosed diabetes was 20.1% according to the RFPG test, 29.9% according to the FINDRISC, and 29.8% according to the clinical guideline. Correlation analysis showed a significant positive correlation between the screening methods (p Conclusion: The overall frequency of diabetes was 8.3%. It was found that the three screening methods used in this study were statistically similar. However, FINDRISC and clinical guideline as the questionnaire screening tools indicated a little larger group than RFPG with respect to diabetes risk.

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Page(s) 65-69

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Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Year: 2014

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