Informing patients of familial diabetes mellitus risk: How do they respond? A cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A strong family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) confers increased DM risk. This survey analysis determined whether patients who were informed by their doctors of familial DM risk acknowledged that risk and took steps to reduce it.

Methods

We conducted an analysis of the National Health Styles 2004 mail survey. All non-diabetic participants who responded to the question of whether their doctor had or had not informed them of their familial DM risk (n = 3,323) were compared for their risk-reducing behaviour and attitude to DM risk.

Results

Forty-one percent (n = 616) of the question responders that had DM family histories were informed by their doctors of their familial risk; the chance of being informed increased with the number of relatives that ha

SUBMITTER: Qureshi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2275238 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature