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Employer-Based Screening for Diabetes and Prediabetes in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System: A Natural Experiments for Translation in Diabetes (NEXT-D) Study
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Nov 2015
Source: J Occup Environ Med. 57(11):1147-1153 -
Alternative Title:J Occup Environ Med
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Description:OBJECTIVE
To evaluate an employer-based diabetes/prediabetes screening intervention that invited at-risk employees via letters, secure emails, and automated voice messages to complete blood glucose testing at a health plan facility.
METHODS
Quasi-experimental cohort study among health plan members insured by two employers that received the intervention and three employers that were selected as control sites.
RESULTS
The proportion of at-risk members that completed a screening was higher in the intervention group than in the control group (36% vs. 13%, P < .001, adjusted for patient characteristics). Among those screened in the intervention group, the presence of obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and tobacco use were significant predictors of having a result which indicated diabetes or prediabetes (P < .05, all comparisons).
CONCLUSIONS
A low-intensity, employer-based intervention conducted in collaboration with a health care delivery system effectively increased screening for diabetes/prediabetes.
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Pubmed ID:26539761
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC4636035
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