Jaana Lindström1, Katja Wikström1, Marina Maggini2, Andrea Icks3, Silke Kuske3, Ulrike Rothe4, Monica Sørensen5, Jelka Zaletel6. 1. National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. 2. Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. 3. Heinrich Heine University, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany. 4. Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany. 5. Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, Norway. 6. National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Type 2 diabetes can be efficiently prevented by lifestyle intervention provided for people at high diabetes risk. The aim of this paper was to conduct a literature search on existing quality indicators for type 2 diabetes prevention and to collate and present a set of indicators that could be applied in European countries with different health care systems and cultures. METHODS: Scientific and grey literature was searched for relevant studies using electronic databases. We also hand searched previous systematic reviews and reference lists of relevant articles. RESULTS: The only publication identified was the report presenting the results from the IMAGE project. The IMAGE indicators were used as the basis for the proposed indicators. CONCLUSIONS: Publications on quality indicators of diabetes prevention programmes are scarce. The quality indicators presented here are a first step toward the definition of a core set of European indicators to monitor and improve the quality of diabetes prevention.
OBJECTIVE:Type 2 diabetes can be efficiently prevented by lifestyle intervention provided for people at high diabetes risk. The aim of this paper was to conduct a literature search on existing quality indicators for type 2 diabetes prevention and to collate and present a set of indicators that could be applied in European countries with different health care systems and cultures. METHODS: Scientific and grey literature was searched for relevant studies using electronic databases. We also hand searched previous systematic reviews and reference lists of relevant articles. RESULTS: The only publication identified was the report presenting the results from the IMAGE project. The IMAGE indicators were used as the basis for the proposed indicators. CONCLUSIONS: Publications on quality indicators of diabetes prevention programmes are scarce. The quality indicators presented here are a first step toward the definition of a core set of European indicators to monitor and improve the quality of diabetes prevention.