Effectiveness of screening for diabetes mellitus in dental health care
- 21 January 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Diabetic Medicine
- Vol. 30 (2), 239-245
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.12009
Abstract
Aims The aim of the present study was to test the effectiveness of opportunistic blood glucose screening in a cooperational framework between dental and primary health care. Methods Altogether, 1568 subjects, age 2075 years, with no previous history of diabetes, who came for a regular dental examination, had their non-fasting blood glucose measured with a portable blood glucose meter. Subjects with a concentration of = 6.7 mmol/l (121 mg dl-1) were referred to their primary healthcare centre for follow-up. The outcome, a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, was obtained from primary healthcare centre and hospital patient records, during 3 years after screening. Results Of the 155 (9.9%) subjects who screened positive, 139 (89.7%) came to their primary healthcare centre within the 3-year follow-up period and nine (5.8%) were diagnosed as having diabetes mellitus according to the World Health Organization criteria. Of the 1413 subjects who screened negative, 1137 (80.5%) came to the primary healthcare centre and eight (0.6%) were found to have diabetes mellitus. Screening sensitivity was 52.9%, specificity 90.6% and positive predictive value 5.8%. The number of subjects needed to screen to find one case of diabetes was 196. Delineating the study population to those 40- to 75-year-olds with a BMI = 25 kg/m2, and 30-to 75-year-olds with a BMI = 30 kg/m2, the numbers needed to screen was reduced to 96. Conclusions Cooperation between dental and primary care for high blood glucose screening and follow-up appears to be a feasible method for early diagnosis of diabetes. Diabet. Med. 30, 239245 (2013)This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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