title: Quality indicators for diabetes prevention programs in health care targeted at people at high risk.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Type 2 diabetes can be efficiently prevented by lifestyle intervention provided for people at high diabetes risk. The aim of this paper was to conduct a literature search on existing quality indicators for type 2 diabetes prevention and to collate and present a set of indicators that could be applied in European countries with different health care systems and cultures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Scientific and grey literature was searched for relevant studies using electronic databases. We also hand searched previous systematic reviews and reference lists of relevant articles.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The only publication identified was the report presenting the results from the IMAGE project. The IMAGE indicators were used as the basis for the proposed indicators.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Publications on quality indicators of diabetes prevention programmes are scarce. The quality indicators presented here are a first step toward the definition of a core set of European indicators to monitor and improve the quality of diabetes prevention.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Jaana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindström
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wikström
authors.affiliation: Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maggini
authors.affiliation: Heinrich Heine University, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Icks
authors.affiliation: Heinrich Heine University, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuske
authors.affiliation: Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rothe
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Jelka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zaletel
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005060:Europe; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care