title: A comparison of three different diabetes screening methods among dental patients in Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to describe the frequency of diabetes in dental patients, and to compare three different screening methods: the random finger plasma glucose (RFPG) test, the Finnish diabetes risk score (FINDRISC) survey and a special clinical guideline developed for dental patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study design was cross-sectional, descriptive and comparative. The data were collected between August 2011 and February 2012. A total of 702 dental patients participated in this study. The screening tools were RFPG, FINDRISC and a clinical guideline. Data were analyzed using the Chi-squared test, the t test, analysis of variance, and the Pearson correlation test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The frequency of diabetes was 8.3% for the participants. The prevalence of participants at risk for undiagnosed diabetes was 20.1% according to the RFPG test, 29.9% according to the FINDRISC, and 29.8% according to the clinical guideline. Correlation analysis showed a significant positive correlation between the screening methods (p<0.001 for each).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The overall frequency of diabetes was 8.3%. It was found that the three screening methods used in this study were statistically similar. However, FINDRISC and clinical guideline as the questionnaire screening tools indicated a little larger group than RFPG with respect to diabetes risk.
authors.affiliation: Rahsan Cevik Akyil, Assistant Professor, Adnan Menderes University, Soke Health High School, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Aydin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Rahsan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cevik Akyil
authors.affiliation: Dr. Ozkan Miloglu, Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Ataturk University, Faculty of Dentistry, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozkan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Miloglu
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Nermin Olgun, Acibadem University, Faculty of Health Science, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nermin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Olgun
authors.affiliation: Dr. Ibrahim Sevki Bayrakdar, Research Assistant, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Ataturk University, Faculty of Dentistry, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sevki Bayrakdar
keywords: Diabetes; Screening methods; Type 2 diabetes; Undiagnosed diabetes