dc.contributor.author | Arnardóttir, Elín | |
dc.contributor.author | Sigurðardóttir, Árún K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Graue, Marit | |
dc.contributor.author | Kolltveit, Beate-Christin Hope | |
dc.contributor.author | Skinner, Timothy | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-04T09:33:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-04T09:33:37Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-09-12T10:46:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 2023, 20 (16), . | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3120817 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: To identify people at risk of type 2 diabetes. Primary health care needs efficient and noninvasive screening tools to detect individuals in need of follow-up to promote health and well-being. Previous research has shown people with lower levels of health literacy and/or well-being scores are vulnerable but may benefit from intervention and follow-up care. Aims: This cross-sectional study, aimed to identify people at risk for type 2 diabetes by comparing the Finnish Diabetes Risk instrument with the waist-to-height ratio. Further, the difference was examined in health literacy and well-being scale scores in the countryside versus town areas, respectively. Results: In total, 220, aged 18–75 years, participated. Thereof, 13.2% displayed biomarkers at prediabetes level of HbA1c (39–47 mmol/mol); none had undiagnosed diabetes. Of the participants, 73% were overweight or obese. Waist-to-height ratio demonstrated 93.1% of the prediabetes group at moderate to high health risk and 64.4% of the normal group, with an area under the curve of 0.759, sensitivity of 93.3%, and specificity of 63.1%. Residency did not influence prediabetes prevalence, health literacy, or well-being. Conclusion: Waist-to-height ratio and the Finnish Diabetes Risk instrument may be suitable for identifying who need further tests and follow-up care for health promotion in primary care.
Keywords: prediabetes; countryside/town; screening; well-being; type 2 diabetes | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Can Waist-to-Height Ratio and Health Literacy Be Used in Primary Care for Prioritizing Further Assessment of People at T2DM Risk? | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © 2023 by the authors | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 0 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 20 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 16 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph20166606 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2174249 | |
dc.source.articlenumber | 6606 | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |