Demetra (Dec 2018)

ESTRATIFICAÇÃO DOS FATORES DE RISCO DE DIABETES MELLITUS TIPO 2 EM PROFISSIONAIS DA SAÚDE

  • Cynthia Kallás Bachur,
  • Ana Flávia Parreira de Morais,
  • Henry Donizete Caetano Vanoni,
  • Isadora Souza Ribeiro,
  • Sarah da Silva Candido

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2018.36202
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 4
pp. 965 – 974

Abstract

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Aim: Identifying the risk factors for diabetes mellitus in health professors. Methods: We used the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score questionnaire with modifications -herein called "Questionnaire: risk of having diabetes"- in order to stratify the risk of developing this pathology within ten years.The questionnaire comprised eight questions whose scoring is presented as follows: low risk 20 points. Results: Fifty professors from the medical course of a private institution participated in the study - mean age was 41.7 ± 10.1 years. According to the score obtained in the questionnaire, 20 (40%) participants presented low risk of developing diabetes mellitus; 12, slightly high risk; 10, moderate risk; and 8, high risk. No participants were classified as very high risk. Conclusion: Based on our results, 60% of the herein analyzed sample presented risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus within tenyears. DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2018.36202

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