Aplicación test finnish diabetes risk score combinado con determinación de glucosa en ayunas en docentes de la Universidad de Cuenca 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2D), is a chronic non-communicable disease of great morbidity and mortality and preventable. Different tests have been generated to identify the risk of presenting it, such as Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC), a tool to determine the risk of developing it on 10 years. Since there is a relationship between teachers’ habits and the predisposition to chronic non-communicable diseases and in the absence of research in this population, this study was developed.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: to apply the FINDRISC test combined with the determination of fasting blood glucose levels in teachers of the University of Cuenca in 2019.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of teachers of the University of Cuenca, a universe of 1162 professors and a randomized sample of 319 participants, a confidence interval of 97% and error range of 3%. The FINDRISC test was applied and those teachers’ results with moderate-high risk score fasting glucose blood levels were analyzed.

RESULTS: After the application of FINDRISC, 51.1% were men. An average age of 42.3 years. 46.7% were overweight. 40.1% have a low risk of developing diabetes in 10 years while 11.9%, 5.3% and 0.9% have a moderate, high and very high risk respectively. In addition, 0.9% have a previously unidentified pre-diabetes chart. CONCLUSIONS: Most participants had a low and slightly high risk of developing diabetes the next ten years. However, 0.94% of prediabetes was identified, finding greater risk in teachers at the Faculty of Health Sciences