INDIAN DIABETIC RISK SCORE- A SCREENING TOOL FOR DETECTING TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AT THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE LEVEL
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 0
Abstract
AIM: To assess the use of Indian diabetic risk score (IDRS) as a screening tool for diagnosing undetected diabetic patients at the primary health care level. METHODS: It is a cross sectional, community based study. The study group consisted of 150 participants aged more than 20 years from the rural field practice area of a Private Medical College in Chennai. Standardized questionnaire was used to calculate data on IDRS using age, family history of diabetes, physical activity and waist measurement. RESULTS: Among the 44 diabetics, 70% falls on high risk, 27% on medium risk and 2.7% on low risk according to IDRS. Among 106 non-diabetics, 24.5% falls on high risk, 50.9% falls on medium risk, and 24.5% falls on low risk. At a score of >50 IDRS predicted the risk of diabetes with a sensitivity of 95.5% and specificity of 52.8%. Hence this study validates the IDRS tool for screening diabetics at the primary care level with a high sensitivity rate.
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Sowmiya KR, Balaji S. M. , Sneha mohanan
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