Highlights
- •T2D is a disease that hides itself and continued existence for many years without displaying any symptoms.
- •Community-based risk determining studies are important in countries with increasing diabetes rate.
- •FINDRISC can be used as screening tool to identify individuals at high risk for diabetes.
Abstract
Aims
This study aimed to determine risk factors for type 2 diabetes among adults who were
not diagnosed with diabetes.
Methods
Adults were included in this study within the public activities performed on World
Diabetes Day (n = 1872). Data were collected using the FINDRISC questionnaire and a short questionnaire.
Results
Participants’ mean age was 39.35 ± 10.40. The mean FINDRISC score was 7.46 ± 4.62, women's mean score was higher than that for men. The FINDRISC score indicates
that 7.4% of the participants were in the highrisk group. Among participants, BMI
value of 65.1% was 25 kg/m2 and higher, waist circumference of 58% was over the threshold value; and 50.7% did
not engage in sufficient physical activity. Of the participants, 9.5% had a history
of high blood glucose, families of 38.9% had a history of diabetes. The mean FINDRISC
score was in the slightly high category, 121 participants were found likely to be
diagnosed with diabetes within ten years if no action was taken.
Conclusions
It is recommended the risk screening studies to be conducted and the FINDRISC tool
to be used in Turkey, where diabetes prevalence is increasing rapidly, to determine
diabetes risks in the early period and to raise social awareness for diabetes.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 24, 2018
Accepted:
May 2,
2018
Received in revised form:
April 11,
2018
Received:
January 6,
2018
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