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Epidemiology of diabetes: A global viewOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is a progressive disease that causes multiple complications over time, both micro and macrovascular, increasing cardiovascular mortality.
Thus, DM2 is a serious public health problem worldwide. For example, in the United States (USA) and China, the prevalence of DM2 is around 11.6%. While, in Egypt , the prevalence of DM2 is 9.7%.
Therefore, public health policies must focus on detecting subjects in previous states, such as
prediabetes and diabetes. However, laboratory tests are not always available in primary
care settings.
For this reason, the need to implement a simple, rapid, and laboratory-free detection method is impetuous. One of these tools is the American Diabetes Association (Risk TestADA TestADA Test Risk Score) The ADA test consists of 7 questions, with a score of 0-11 points.
Initially, it has been used to detect a high risk of DM2. If the score was greater than or equal to 5 points, the patient has indicated a discarded test for DM2. However, this test has shown good screening values for prediabetes in other studies, although these present different cut-off points, depending on where the study was carried out.
Extrapolating these results to the Egyptian population, is not recommended for optimal clinical decision-making. Therefore, starting from a workgroup, which is progressively exposed to risk factors, such as age, stress, incorrect eating behavior, among others, this research proposes to estimate the diagnostic validity of the ADA test as a screening for prediabetes and diabetes in a sample of Egyptian workers.
The ADA test consists of 7 questions, with a score of 0-11 points. Initially, it has been used to detect a high risk of DM2. If the score was greater than or equal to 5 points, the patient has indicated a discarded test for DM2. However, this test has shown good screening values for prediabetes in other studies,although these present different cut-off points, depending on where the study was carried out.
The main aim of this study was to evaluate the validity, sensitivity and specificity of the American Diabetes Association (ADA Test) risk test in identifying patients at risk of developing prediabetes and diabetes in a sample of Egyptian population.
This was a cross-sectional study which was conducted on patients aged 18 years or older visiting different hospitals in Benha City, Egypt, from December 2022 till june2023, using the ADA Risk Test questionnaire. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 580 cases aged 18 years or older attending different hospitals in Benha City, Egypt.