Through this review, I would like to summarize results of a recently published survey about awareness of prediabetes in primary care physicians in the USA and recommendations of American Diabetes Association (ADA). A survey was conducted by the researchers from Johns Hopkins University (findings published in Journal of General Internal Medicine). 140 primary care physicians from the US were surveyed to test the awareness on eleven specific risk factors defined by ADA that determine if an asymptomatic person should be screened for pre-diabetes. The results showed that out of 140 doctors, one-third were not even familiar with ADA guidelines.
Only 6% (less than 10 doctors) could identify all 11 risk factors. Out of the remaining doctors, they could, on an average, identify correctly only 8/11 warning signs. The doctors were also asked to identify a range of blood glucose levels for…
