Abstract | OBJECTIVE: This study evaluates an employer-based diabetes/ prediabetes screening intervention that invited at-risk employees via letters, secure e-mails, and automated voice messages to complete blood glucose testing at a health plan facility. METHODS: Quasi-experimental cohort study among health plan members insured by two employers that received the intervention and three employers that were selected as control sites. RESULTS: The proportion of at-risk members that completed a screening was higher in the intervention group than in the control group (36% vs 13%, Pā<ā0.001, adjusted for patient characteristics). Among those screened in the intervention group, the presence of obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and tobacco use were significant predictors of having a result that indicated diabetes or prediabetes (Pā<ā0.05, all comparisons). CONCLUSIONS: A low-intensity, employer-based intervention conducted in collaboration with a health care delivery system effectively increased screening for diabetes/ prediabetes.
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Authors | Sara R Adams, Deanne M Wiley, Andromache Fargeix, Victoria George, Romain S Neugebauer, Julie A Schmittdiel |
Journal | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
(J Occup Environ Med)
Vol. 57
Issue 11
Pg. 1147-53
(Nov 2015)
ISSN: 1536-5948 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 26539761
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- California
- Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
(organization & administration, statistics & numerical data)
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
(diagnosis)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Occupational Health Services
(organization & administration, statistics & numerical data)
- Patient Acceptance of Health Care
(statistics & numerical data)
- Prediabetic State
(diagnosis)
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