Self-Assessment Improves Diabetes Screening

Self-Assessment Improves Diabetes Screening

A simple questionnaire on lifestyle, age, and health history could improve widespread diabetes screening efforts, researchers said. The self-assessment score selected out 35% of screened persons as high risk, with a sensitivity of 79% and specificity of 67%, Heejung Bang, PhD, of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, and colleagues reported in the Dec. 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. Self-Assessment Tool