Performance of 3 diabetes screening questionnaires for a rural sample in China.
10.3969/j.issn.1672-7347.2012.11.005
- Author:
Hui JIANG
1
;
Huilan XU
;
Shuiyuan XIAO
;
Guiyuan LI
Author Information
1. Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Aged;
China;
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2;
prevention & control;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Mass Screening;
methods;
Middle Aged;
Reproducibility of Results;
Rural Population;
Sampling Studies;
Sensitivity and Specificity;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
2012;37(11):1108-1111
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To evaluate 3 published questionnaires for screening diabetes for rural samples in China.
METHODS:Three screening questionnaires (Finnish Diabetes Risk Score, Danish Diabetes Risk Score, and Chinese Diabetes Risk Score) were selected through literature review, and were employed in a rural community sample in Wangcheng, Changsha.
RESULTS:Sensitivity of these risk scores was 63.72%, 56.64% and 82.30%; the specificity was 79.75%, 62.64% and 46.90%. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was 0.78 (95% CI: 0.73-0.83), 0.65 (95% CI: 0.60-0.70) and 0.68 (95% CI: 0.63-0.73).
CONCLUSION:The 3 screening questionnaires show a lower validity than originally described when applied to rural samples in the study. Difference in population characteristics is a possible reason. F-DRS is better than the other two, suggesting that F-DRS is more suitable for diabetes screening in China rural areas.
