TY - JOUR
T1 - Adherence to NICE guidelines on diabetes prevention in the UK
T2 - Effect on patient knowledge and perceived risk
AU - Guess, Nicola
AU - Caengprasath, Natarin
AU - Dornhorst, Anne
AU - Frost, Gary S.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Background NICE Guidelines for prevention of diabetes include identifying people at risk followed by cost-effective intervention if necessary. Based on assessment of risk via a questionnaire and/or blood test the intervention may comprise a brief discussion of risk factors and preventive advice or referral to intensive lifestyle intervention. Design and setting In this cross-sectional study 59 subjects recruited from local GP practices were invited by letter to attend a screening for a diabetes prevention study. Method Following a telephone screening during which subjects were asked whether they had been informed if they were at high-risk of type 2 diabetes, eligible subjects completed a Risk Perception Survey for Developing Diabetes (RPS-DD), a validated diabetes risk score and underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at a medical screening. Results As measured by the Diabetes UK Risk Score, 44.1% were at high risk, 42.4% moderate risk and 13.6% at increased risk. 42% of patients had been informed they were at high-risk by a health professional. Those who had been informed of their risk had significantly higher perceived risk scores (p < 0.001), higher knowledge scores (p < 0.001) and decreased optimism scores (p = 0.004), but were not more aware that diet (p = 0.42) and weight management (p = 0.57) can play a role in preventing diabetes. Conclusions People at high-risk of diabetes are not being informed of their risk status as recommended by NICE guidelines. There is scope for education for health professionals and the public.
AB - Background NICE Guidelines for prevention of diabetes include identifying people at risk followed by cost-effective intervention if necessary. Based on assessment of risk via a questionnaire and/or blood test the intervention may comprise a brief discussion of risk factors and preventive advice or referral to intensive lifestyle intervention. Design and setting In this cross-sectional study 59 subjects recruited from local GP practices were invited by letter to attend a screening for a diabetes prevention study. Method Following a telephone screening during which subjects were asked whether they had been informed if they were at high-risk of type 2 diabetes, eligible subjects completed a Risk Perception Survey for Developing Diabetes (RPS-DD), a validated diabetes risk score and underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at a medical screening. Results As measured by the Diabetes UK Risk Score, 44.1% were at high risk, 42.4% moderate risk and 13.6% at increased risk. 42% of patients had been informed they were at high-risk by a health professional. Those who had been informed of their risk had significantly higher perceived risk scores (p < 0.001), higher knowledge scores (p < 0.001) and decreased optimism scores (p = 0.004), but were not more aware that diet (p = 0.42) and weight management (p = 0.57) can play a role in preventing diabetes. Conclusions People at high-risk of diabetes are not being informed of their risk status as recommended by NICE guidelines. There is scope for education for health professionals and the public.
KW - Prediabetes
KW - Prevention
KW - Risk perception
KW - Screening
KW - Type 2 diabetes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pcd.2015.04.005
DO - 10.1016/j.pcd.2015.04.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 25979539
AN - SCOPUS:84949627212
VL - 9
SP - 407
EP - 411
JO - Primary Care Diabetes
JF - Primary Care Diabetes
SN - 1751-9918
IS - 6
ER -