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Piloting the CANRISK tool in Vancouver Coastal Health.
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PMID:  22153172     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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INTRODUCTION: Vancouver Coastal Health Authority's Healthy Living Program implemented this pilot study to test and validate the Canadian Diabetes Risk Assessment Questionnaire (CANRISK) developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada as a screening tool for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and prediabetes. Key objectives were to test the feasibility and acceptability of screening urban ethnic groups using the CANRISK, increase awareness of risk factors for DM and preDM and develop resources for lifestyle change.
METHODS: The study recruited participants through community groups and churches, intraorganizational emails, primary care clinics and word of mouth. They completed the CANRISK and an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) either individually or as part of a group. Groups received a brief diabetes prevention information session. Documents to support lifestyle change were distributed to all participants.
RESULTS: Participants (n = 556) were recruited among East Asian, Caucasian, South Asian and Latin American ethnic groups. Of these, 17% had OGTT results in the preDM range and 3% in the DM range. Over 90% of participants reported that the CANRISK wording was clear and that they had received useful information about lowering their diabetes risk.
CONCLUSION: The benefit of using an OGTT was in identifying 11% of the sample of participants who had impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and did not show abnormal fasting plasma glucose (FPG) results. All participants with abnormal laboratory results were provided with follow-up educational interventions in their own language.
Authors:
D Papineau; M Fong
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chronic diseases and injuries in Canada     Volume:  32     ISSN:  1925-6523     ISO Abbreviation:  Chronic Dis Inj Can     Publication Date:  2011 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-12-13     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101556266     Medline TA:  Chronic Dis Inj Can     Country:  Canada    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  12-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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