1. Nontargeted Diabetes Screening in a Navajo Nation Emergency Department.
- Author
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Anderson ES, Dworkis DA, DeFries T, Emery E, Deegala C, and Mohs K
- Subjects
- Adult, Aged, Body Mass Index, Female, Glycated Hemoglobin analysis, Humans, Indians, North American statistics & numerical data, Male, Middle Aged, Public Health, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 diagnosis, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 epidemiology, Emergency Service, Hospital, Mass Screening methods
- Abstract
We developed a nontargeted diabetes screening program in a rural Indian Health Service emergency department in Shiprock, New Mexico to measure the proportion of previously undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes, and to assess glycemic control among patients with known disease. Of 924 patients screened in the emergency department between May and July 2017, 28.8% screened positive for previously undiagnosed diabetes or prediabetes; among patients with known disease, the median hemoglobin A1c was 8.2%. Of the newly identified patients, 54.9% attended follow-up.
- Published
- 2019
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