Prevalencia y coste de glucemias venosas posiblemente innecesarias en atención primaria / Prevalence and cost of possibly unnecessary venous blood glucose measurements in primary care

La Asociación Americana de Diabetes publica anualmente sus recomendaciones para el cribado de diabetes mellitus. Aunque en la población general hay un porcentaje notable de diabéticos no diagnosticados, en nuestro medio la realización de análisis de cribado de diabetes es frecuente, y sospechamos que muchos de esos análisis podrían ser prescindibles. En una muestra de 105 personas atendidas en atención primaria hemos analizado el número de glucemias venosas realizadas sin ninguna de las indicaciones establecidas por la Asociación Americana de Diabetes. Por término medio se pide una glucemia venosa que se puede calificar como prescindible cada 15 meses. Su número es significativamente superior en personas mayores de 45 años y también superior (aunque con una probabilidad de error ligeramente mayor de 0,05) en las mujeres que en los varones (AU)

The American Diabetes Association issues annually its recommendations for diabetes mellitus screening. Although there is a high proportion of people with undiagnosed diabetes in the general population, it is suspected that many of these screening tests could be needless. An analysis was made of the number of venous blood glucose measurements that did not meet the American Diabetes Association requirements performed in 150 people seen in primary care. On average, an unnecessary venous blood glucose measurement is performed every 15 months. The number is significantly higher in people over 45 years of age, and also in women as compared to men (although with a p value slighty higher than 0.05) (AU)

Prevalence and cost of possibly unnecessary venous blood glucose measurements in primary care.

The American Diabetes Association issues annually its recommendations for diabetes mellitus screening. Although there is a high proportion of people with undiagnosed diabetes in the general population, it is suspected that many of these screening tests could be needless. An analysis was made of the number of venous blood glucose measurements that did not meet the American Diabetes Association requirements performed in 150 people seen in primary care. On average, an unnecessary venous blood glucose measurement is performed every 15 months. The number is significantly higher in people over 45 years of age, and also in women as compared to men (although with a p value slighty higher than 0.05).