Leveraging the South African Diabetes Prevention Programme to screen for chronic kidney disease: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the viability of leveraging an existing screening programme (the South African Diabetes Prevention Programme (SA-DPP)) to screen for chronic kidney disease (CKD), by assessing the yield of CKD cases among those participating in the programme.

Design

Observational study conducted between 2017 and 2019.

Setting

16 resource-poor communities in Cape Town, South Africa.

Participants

690 participants, aged between 25 and 65 years, identified as at high risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by the African Diabetes Risk Score.

Primary outcome measure

The prevalence of CKD among those participating in the SA-DPP.

Results

Of the 2173 individuals screened in the community, 690 participants underwent further testing. Of these particip

SUBMITTER: George C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9827250 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature