A nursing screening program for diabetes in northern New Mexico.
This paper presents the results of a community screening program conducted by nurses in northern New Mexico. Seven hundred and ninety-nine persons were screened for diabetes following American Diabetes Association guidelines. Screening procedures included having participants complete a questionnaire and testing them for capillary blood glucose levels. Initial results found a 5.7% positive screening rate. A large proportion of those who tested positive (80%) were unavailable for follow-up procedures.
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University of New Mexico, College of Nursing, Albuquerque 87131, USA. t3533@unm.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009516:New Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D001741:Black or African American