Performance of a Finnish Diabetes Risk Score in detecting undiagnosed diabetes among Kenyans aged 18-69 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The application of risk scores has often effectively predicted undiagnosed type 2 diabetes in a non-invasive way to guide early clinical management. The capacity for diagnosing diabetes in developing countries including Kenya is limited. Screening tools to identify those at risk and thus target the use of limited resources could be helpful, but these are not validated for use in these settings. We, therefore, aimed to measure the performance of the Finnish diabetes risk score (FINDRISC) as a screening tool to detect undiagnosed diabetes among Kenyan adults.

Methods

A nationwide cross-sectional survey on non-communicable disease risk factors was conducted among Kenyan adults between April and June 2015. Diabetes mellitus was defined as fasting capillary whole blood

SUBMITTER: Mugume IB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10132597 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature