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dc.contributor.authorOmech, Bernard-
dc.contributor.authorMwita, Julius Chacha-
dc.contributor.authorTshikuka, Jose-Gaby-
dc.contributor.authorTsima, Billy-
dc.contributor.authorNkomazna, Oathokwa-
dc.contributor.authorAmone-P’Olak, Kennedy-
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-15T08:02:02Z-
dc.date.available2018-11-15T08:02:02Z-
dc.date.issued2016-08-
dc.identifier.citationOmech, B. et al. (2016) Validity of the finnish diabetes risk score for detecting undiagnosed type 2 diabetes among general medical outpatients in Botswana. Journal of Diabetes Research, Vol. 2016, 7 pagesen_US
dc.identifier.issn2314-6745-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/1828-
dc.description.abstractThis was a cross-sectional study designed to assess the validity of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score for detecting undiagnosed type 2 diabetes among general medical outpatients in Botswana. Participants aged ≥20 years without previously diagnosed diabetes were screened by (1) an 8-item Finnish diabetes risk assessment questionnaire and (2) Haemoglobin A1c test. Data from291 participants were analyzed (74.2% were females). The mean age of the participants was 50.1 (SD = ±11) years, and the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes was 42 (14.4%) with no significant differences between the gender (20% versus 12.5%, 𝑃 = 0.26). The area under curve for detecting undiagnosed diabetes was 0.63 (95% CI 0.55–0.72) for the total population, 0.65 (95% CI: 0.56–0.75) for women, and 0.67 (95% CI: 0.52–0.83) formen.The optimal cut-off point for detecting undiagnosed diabetes was 17 (sensitivity = 48% and specificity = 73%) for the total population, 17 (sensitivity = 56% and specificity = 66%) for females, and 13 (sensitivity = 53% and specificity = 77%) for males.The positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 20% and 89.5%, respectively. The findings indicate that the Finnish questionnaire was only modestly effective in predicting undiagnosed diabetes among outpatients in Botswanaen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporation,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hihttpsndawi_Publishing_Corporationen_US
dc.subjectFinnish diabetesen_US
dc.subjectType 2 diabetesen_US
dc.subjectgeneral medical outpatientsen_US
dc.subjectundiagnosed type 2 diabetesen_US
dc.subjectundiagnosed diabetesen_US
dc.subjectBotswanaen_US
dc.titleValidity of the finnish diabetes risk score for detecting undiagnosed type 2 diabetes among general medical outpatients in Botswanaen_US
dc.typePublished Articleen_US
dc.linkhttps://www.hindawi.com/journals/jdr/2016/4968350/en_US
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