Educating, Empowering, and Preventing Diabetes
Our organization has successfully helped screen and diagnose many individuals, that prior to our efforts, did not know they were at-risk of developing or currently had diabetes.
With physician participation, the J. Moss Foundation has conducted prediabetes screenings for a diverse group of patients. We used a 3-step process to 1) identify possible at-risk patients, 2) further qualify the individual with a random blood sugar test, and 3) if possible, determine the patient's A1c(link to A1c chart's PDF) and likelihood of developing diabetes and heart disease.
Of the 413 people screened, and unaware they may be at-risk, the following had previously gone undetected:
- 83% of participants had 2 or more at-risk factors
- 27 % of participants had multiple, significant signs (non-blood test) to indicate that they had an extremely high
likelihood of having prediabetes and the risk of developing diabetes in the very near future.
Of participants that elected to have an A1c test (blood test)
- 75% had an A1c result in a prediabetic range
- 15% had an A1c in a diabetic range
Each person that participated in the screening process is now empowered with the knowledge of what factors increase a person's risk of developing diabetes, and how he or she can do their part in preventing this disease.
