The purpose of this study is to establish the most effective method of increasing attendance to screening of type 2 Diabetes within a primary care setting within the backdrop of the NHS Health Check programme.
The University Hospitals of Leicester and The University of Leicester have developed a self-assessment risk score and a practice data risk score that can be used in a variety of setting to detect undiagnosed diabetes and impaired glucose regulation. This is done to establish a simple and effective 1st stage screen to identify those people at risk of diabetes and engage the public to increase the number of high risk individuals attending screening invitations but reducing the overall number of oral glucose tolerance tests. This study aims to test in a pragmatic way the use of such tools in a primary care setting administered by primary care staff as part of the NHS Health Check programme.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
432
Self assessment used to determine current risk of diabetes and likelihood of requiring further testing
Patients current risk of diabetes is determined by a electronic risk algorithm. They are then invited to attend fof further testing.
Leicester City PCT
Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Increase in response rates to invitation to 2nd stage blood test
Time frame: 12 months
Increase in yield of OGTT positive results through filtering of high risk participants that pass 1st and 2nd stage screens
Time frame: 12
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