Maritime Health Research and Education-NET/The International Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension Research Group/Seminars on the ILO/IMO Guidelines on medical examinations of seafarers/Seminar 1 Diagnostics T2DM

Zoom Seminar, edit

Objectives: To discuss the validity of the T2DM & HTN diagnostics

Should Urin-sticks still be part of the seafarers medical examinations? [1]
Is glucometer a valid screening tool?[2]
FINDRISC/ DIABSCORE useful for T2DM screening?[3][4][5]
Ideas for multicenter epidemiological study T2DM/HTN screening[6]

References edit

  1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2588390/
  2. https://www.diabetes.org/diabetes/a1c/diagnosis
  3. Rodríguez-Pérez, María Cristo, Domingo Orozco-Beltrán, Vicente Gil-Guillén, Santiago Domínguez-Coello, Delia Almeida-González, Buenaventura Brito-Díaz, Itahisa Marcelino-Rodríguez, et al. “Clinical Applicability and Cost-Effectiveness of DIABSCORE in Screening for Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care.” Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 130 (August 2017): 15–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2017.05.009
  4. Gannar, Fadoua, María Del Cristo Rodriguez-Pérez, Santiago Domínguez Coello, Khedija Haouet, Buenaventura Brito Díaz, and Antonio Cabrera de León. “Validation of DIABSCORE in Screening for Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes in Tunisian Population.” PloS One 13, no. 8 (2018): e0200718. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200718
  5. https://www.verywellhealth.com/best-glucometers-4686590
  6. European Foundation Study of Diabetes (EFSD)- http://www.europeandiabetesfoundation.org/