Implementing a Diabetes Screening Protocol
Author
Ernst, Allison
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes is one of the greatest health concerns today. While one in ten Americans suffer from diabetes, 25% of them are unaware they have the disease. One third of the population has prediabetes, yet less than 12% have been told by a healthcare provider they have the condition. Clinicians are not adequately screening and educating their patients regarding their risk for this progressive and potentially debilitating disease.
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to implement a protocol encouraging providers to appropriately screen their patients for their type 2 diabetes risk.
Methods: Participating healthcare providers were instructed to use the American Diabetes Association’s screening tool during each new patient encounter in a twelve-week period. The intervention asked three clinicians in a private practice to assess patients’ risk of developing diabetes according to the evidence-based tool. They then offered education on prediabetes, diabetes, and further testing. Completed screening tools were collected at the end of the intervention period and assessed for provider compliance.
Outcome: Clinicians saw 151 new patients during the data collection period and screened 150 of them using the diabetes risk assessment tool. Sixty-nine patients were found to have a high risk for developing diabetes and 81 patients had low-risk scores. Educational material was provided to all new patients. The participating providers in the practice were able to implement the new screening protocol with a 99.34% success rate and did not require formal reminders or further education to maintain compliance.
Date
2019-07-21
Citation:
APA:
Ernst, Allison.
(July 2019).
Implementing a Diabetes Screening Protocol
(DNP Scholarly Project, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7400.)
MLA:
Ernst, Allison.
Implementing a Diabetes Screening Protocol.
DNP Scholarly Project. East Carolina University,
July 2019. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7400.
April 17, 2024.
Chicago:
Ernst, Allison,
“Implementing a Diabetes Screening Protocol”
(DNP Scholarly Project., East Carolina University,
July 2019).
AMA:
Ernst, Allison.
Implementing a Diabetes Screening Protocol
[DNP Scholarly Project]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
July 2019.
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