title: Risk-assessment score for screening diabetes mellitus among Omani adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate a self-administered risk-assessment scoring system for identifying Omani adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
  
  
  METHODS
  An exploratory cross-sectional design was used. Simple random sampling was used to select 93 adults in Muscat. Ethical approval was obtained from the College of Nursing Research and Ethics Committee. The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) was used to collect the data in 2009. Informed consent was obtained from the participants. Data were analysed with the Pearson chi-square test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 9.7% of the adults had very high FINDRISC and 17.2% had slightly elevated risk of developing T2DM within 10 years. The risk assessment (family history, waist circumference, body mass index, physical activity, dietary intake, hypertension and high blood glucose) of T2DM was significant and positively related to the prediction of T2DM among Omani adults.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Melba S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: D'Souza
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Anandhi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amirtharaj
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Venkatesaperumal
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Chandrani
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Isac
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maroof
keywords: Diabetes mellitus; diabetes nurse educator; prediction; prevention; risk assessment; risk score; screening