dc.contributor.author | Risøy, Aslaug Johanne | |
dc.contributor.author | Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide | |
dc.contributor.author | Sandberg, Sverre | |
dc.contributor.author | Sølvik, Una Ørvim | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-25T10:05:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-25T10:05:00Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-10-26T12:28:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0961-7671 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3124035 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives
Due to a lack of clear symptoms, type 2 diabetes (T2D) can remain undetected for many years. The aim of the study was to explore if Norwegian community pharmacies could identify individuals with a high risk of developing T2D by offering a diabetes risk assessment service. This study also investigated if the service recruited individuals that the national guideline recommends for diabetes risk assessment, and the proportion of participants who had visited their GP at least once a year.
Methods
During the inclusion period (September 2016 to the middle of April 2017), pharmacy customers 45 years or older wishing to participate contacted the pharmacy staff. Included participants completed a diabetes risk test and participants with a high risk were offered an HbA1c measurement. At two months after intervention, all participants were followed up.
Key findings
Of the 245 participants, 27% had a high risk of developing T2D. Of these, 46%, 43% and 9% had HbA1c values corresponding to normal (<39 mmol/mol [5.7%]), prediabetes (39–47 mmol/mol [5.7–6.4%]) or above cut-off for diabetes (≥48 mmol/mol [≥6.5%]), respectively. A total of 86% of the participants were in at least one category that the guideline recommends for a diabetes risk assessment, and 88% had visited their GP at least once a year.
Conclusions
Norwegian community pharmacies can identify individuals with a high risk of developing T2D by offering a diabetes risk assessment service. Individuals who sought out the service were within the relevant demographics for testing, and a high proportion visited their GP at least once a year. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Diabetes risk assessments and HbA1c-measurements in community pharmacies | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2023 The Author(s) | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/ijpp/riad055 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2188794 | |
dc.source.journal | International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (IJPP) | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 512-519 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (IJPP). 2023, 31 (5), 512-519. | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 31 | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 5 | en_US |