J Occup Environ Med

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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