STRATIFICATION OF RISK FACTORS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2018.36202Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus. Risk factors. Health professionals.Abstract
Aim: Identifying the risk factors for diabetes mellitus in health professors. Methods: We used the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score questionnaire with modifications -herein called "Questionnaire: risk of having diabetes"- in order to stratify the risk of developing this pathology within ten years.The questionnaire comprised eight questions whose scoring is presented as follows: low risk <7 points ; slightly high risk from 7 to 11 points; moderate risk from 12 to 14 points; high risk from 15 to 20 points; and very high risk> 20 points. Results: Fifty professors from the medical course of a private institution participated in the study - mean age was 41.7 ± 10.1 years. According to the score obtained in the questionnaire, 20 (40%) participants presented low risk of developing diabetes mellitus; 12, slightly high risk; 10, moderate risk; and 8, high risk. No participants were classified as very high risk. Conclusion: Based on our results, 60% of the herein analyzed sample presented risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus within tenyears.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2018.36202
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