A comparison of three different diabetes screening methods among dental patients in Turkey

Akyil R. C., MİLOĞLU Ö., OLGUN N., BAYRAKDAR İ. Ş.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.30, sa.1, ss.65-69, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12669/pjms.301.4238
  • Dergi Adı: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.65-69
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Diabetes, Undiagnosed diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, Screening methods, RISK SCORE, TYPE-2, MELLITUS, PREVALENCE, TOOL
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: This study was conducted to describe the frequency of diabetes in dental patients, and to compare three different screening methods: the random finger plasma glucose (RFPG) test, the Finnish diabetes risk score (FINDRISC) survey and a special clinical guideline developed for dental patients.