Evaluation of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) for diabetes screening in occupational health care

• Authors: Godelieve J. Vandersmissen , Lode Godderis

Abstracts

EN

Objectives The objective of the study was to investigate the prevalence of undiagnosed dysglycaemia and the risk for type 2 diabetes using the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) in the working population of Belgium. Moreover, it was to evaluate performance and applicability of FINDRISC as a screening tool during occupational health surveillance. Material and Methods A cross-sectional analysis was carried out over the years 2010–2011 among 275 healthy employees who underwent a health check including fasting plasma glucose and the FINDRISC questionnaire. The sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of different FINDRISC cut-off values to detect dysglycaemia was revised in the literature and then calculated. Results The prevalence of unknown dysglycaemia was 1.8%. Twelve percent of the employees had a FINDRISC score of 12 to 14 corresponding to a moderate risk of 17% to develop diabetes within the next 10 years, and 5.5% had a score of 15 or more corresponding to a high – very high risk of 33% to 50%. All dysglycaemic individuals had a FINDRISC score of 12 or higher. The sensitivity and specificity for detecting dysglycaemia was respectively 100% and 84.1% for a FINDRISC cut-off value ≥ 12; and 80% and 95.9% for a cut-off value ≥ 15. Conclusions A considerable number of workers had dysglycaemia or was at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The questionnaire is a reliable, valuable and easy to use screening tool in occupational health surveillance.

Keywords

EN

diabetes mellitus; occupational health; questionnaires; cross-sectional studies

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 587-591

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Godelieve J. Vandersmissen

• Groep IDEWE, External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Heverlee, Belgium

author

Lode Godderis

• Groep IDEWE, External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Heverlee, Belgium
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (Occupational, Environmental and Insurance Medicine)

Identifiers

DOI

10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00407

Biblioteka Nauki

2177344