
Two-stage, school and community-based population screening successfully identifies individuals and families at high-risk for type 2 diabetes : the Feel4Diabetes-study
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- Yannis Manios, [missing] on behalf of the Feel4Diabetes-study group, Christina Mavrogianni, Christina-Paulina Lambrinou, Greet Cardon (UGent) , Jaana Lindström, Violeta Iotova, Tsvetalina Tankova, Fernando Civeira, Jemina Kivelä, Zoltán Jancsó, Samyah Shadid, Kaloyan Tsochev, Rocío Mateo-Gallego, Sándorné Radó, George Dafoulas, Konstantinos Makrilakis and Odysseas Androutsos
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- Background The implementation of population screening and early prevention strategies targeting individuals at high-risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) seems to be a public health priority. The current work aimed to describe the screening procedure applied in the Feel4Diabetes-study and examine its effectiveness in identifying individuals and families at high risk, primarily for T2D and secondarily for hypertension, among vulnerable populations in low to middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs) across Europe. Methods A two-stage screening procedure, using primary schools as the entry-point to the community, was applied in low socioeconomic status (SES) regions in LMICs (Bulgaria-Hungary), HICs (Belgium-Finland) and HICs under austerity measures (Greece-Spain). During the first-stage screening via the school-setting, a total of 20,501 parents (mothers and/or fathers) of schoolchildren from 11,396 families completed the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) questionnaire, while their children underwent anthropometric measurements in the school setting. Parents from the identified "high-risk families" (n = 4484) were invited to participate in the second-stage screening, including the measurement of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and blood pressure (BP). In total, 3153 parents participated in the second-stage screening (mean age 41.1 +/- 5.6 years, 65.8% females). Results Among parents who attended the second-stage screening, the prevalence of prediabetes (as defined by impaired fasting glucose; FPG 100-125 mg/dl) and T2D (FPG > 126 mg/dl) was 23.2 and 3.0% respectively, and it was found to be higher in the higher FINDRISC categories. The percentage of undiagnosed T2D among the participants identified with T2D was 53.5%. The prevalence of high normal BP (systolic BP 130-139 mmHg and/ or diastolic BP 85-89 mmHg) and hypertension (systolic BP >= 140 mmHg and/ or diastolic BP >= 90 mmHg) was 14 and 18.6% respectively, which was also higher in the higher FINDRISC categories. The percentage of cases not receiving antihypertensive treatment among the participants identified with hypertension was 80.3%. Conclusion The findings of the current study indicate that the two-stage school and community-based screening procedure followed, effectively identified high-risk individuals and families in vulnerable populations across Europe. This approach could be potentially scalable and sustainable and support initiatives for the early prevention of T2D and hypertension.
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- physical activity & health, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, General Medicine, Screening, School-based, Vulnerable groups, Type 2 diabetes, Hypertension, CHILDHOOD OBESITY, LIFE-STYLE, HYPERTENSION, PREVALENCE, AWARENESS, GUIDELINES, MORTALITY, MELLITUS, OUTCOMES, PEOPLE
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8675241
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- Manios, Yannis, et al. “Two-Stage, School and Community-Based Population Screening Successfully Identifies Individuals and Families at High-Risk for Type 2 Diabetes : The Feel4Diabetes-Study.” BMC ENDOCRINE DISORDERS, vol. 20, no. Supplement 1, 2020, doi:10.1186/s12902-019-0478-9.
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- Manios, Y., on behalf of the Feel4Diabetes-study group, [missing], Mavrogianni, C., Lambrinou, C.-P., Cardon, G., Lindström, J., … Androutsos, O. (2020). Two-stage, school and community-based population screening successfully identifies individuals and families at high-risk for type 2 diabetes : the Feel4Diabetes-study. BMC ENDOCRINE DISORDERS, 20(Supplement 1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-019-0478-9
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- Manios, Yannis, [missing] on behalf of the Feel4Diabetes-study group, Christina Mavrogianni, Christina-Paulina Lambrinou, Greet Cardon, Jaana Lindström, Violeta Iotova, et al. 2020. “Two-Stage, School and Community-Based Population Screening Successfully Identifies Individuals and Families at High-Risk for Type 2 Diabetes : The Feel4Diabetes-Study.” BMC ENDOCRINE DISORDERS 20 (Supplement 1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-019-0478-9.
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- Manios, Yannis, [missing] on behalf of the Feel4Diabetes-study group, Christina Mavrogianni, Christina-Paulina Lambrinou, Greet Cardon, Jaana Lindström, Violeta Iotova, Tsvetalina Tankova, Fernando Civeira, Jemina Kivelä, Zoltán Jancsó, Samyah Shadid, Kaloyan Tsochev, Rocío Mateo-Gallego, Sándorné Radó, George Dafoulas, Konstantinos Makrilakis, and Odysseas Androutsos. 2020. “Two-Stage, School and Community-Based Population Screening Successfully Identifies Individuals and Families at High-Risk for Type 2 Diabetes : The Feel4Diabetes-Study.” BMC ENDOCRINE DISORDERS 20 (Supplement 1). doi:10.1186/s12902-019-0478-9.
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- 1.Manios Y, on behalf of the Feel4Diabetes-study group [missing], Mavrogianni C, Lambrinou C-P, Cardon G, Lindström J, et al. Two-stage, school and community-based population screening successfully identifies individuals and families at high-risk for type 2 diabetes : the Feel4Diabetes-study. BMC ENDOCRINE DISORDERS. 2020;20(Supplement 1).
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- [1]Y. Manios et al., “Two-stage, school and community-based population screening successfully identifies individuals and families at high-risk for type 2 diabetes : the Feel4Diabetes-study,” BMC ENDOCRINE DISORDERS, vol. 20, no. Supplement 1, 2020.
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