Knowledge of a Diabetes Risk Score Does Not Alter Diabetes Screening Practice in a Seniors Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1021-1023

  Law, Vanessa ^a   Featherstone, Travis ^a   Eurich, Dean T ^a   Simpson, Scot H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES RISK SCORE; ENDOCRINE PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME FOR THE AGED; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85055526986     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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