Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 23, 2026
04:36
An Assay to Detect Protection of the Retinal Vasculature from Diabetes-Related Death in Mice
Published on: January 12, 2024
Risk perception for developing diabetes among pharmacists
Nicole R Pinelli1, Helen D Berlie, Richard L Slaughter
1Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
The Annals of Pharmacotherapy
|May 14, 2009
Summary
Pharmacists perceive a slight to moderate risk of developing diabetes, influenced by optimistic bias and a belief in personal control. Higher actual diabetes risk correlated with less optimistic bias.
Area of Science:
- Health Behavior
- Risk Perception
- Diabetes Mellitus
Background:
- Healthcare professionals may differ in risk perception compared to the general public.
- Understanding these differences is crucial for targeted health interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare pharmacists' actual risk of developing diabetes with their personal risk perceptions.
- To identify factors influencing pharmacists' risk perception for diabetes.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional study utilized the Risk Perception Survey for Developing Diabetes (RPS-DD) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Diabetes Risk Test.
- Regression analyses identified predictors of diabetes risk perception among pharmacists.
Main Results:
- Pharmacists reported slight to moderate perceived risk for diabetes, with a trend towards optimistic bias.
- Personal control over diabetes development was highly endorsed by pharmacists.
- Higher actual diabetes risk was associated with less optimistic bias (p = 0.005).
Conclusions:
- Pharmacists exhibit a nuanced risk perception for diabetes, balancing perceived personal control with optimistic bias.
- Optimistic bias and comparative disease risk perception significantly predicted diabetes risk perception.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
01:26Type II Diabetes I: Introduction
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by insulin resistance, in which target tissues such as the liver, muscle, and adipose tissue respond poorly to insulin. It is also associated with inadequate compensatory insulin secretion, where pancreatic β-cells fail to produce sufficient insulin. Together, these abnormalities lead to persistent hyperglycemia.EtiologyT2DM develops through a complex interaction of genetic predisposition and environmental or...
01:22Diabetes Mellitus: Type 2 and Gestational
Type 2 diabetes, characterized by insulin resistance, arises when the insulin receptors on cells lose responsiveness to insulin, diminishing the cell's capacity to take up glucose, resulting in elevated blood glucose levels. To receive a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, a series of blood glucose tests are necessary to assess whether the blood glucose falls within normal parameters. If the result is out of the normal range, a patient may be diagnosed as prediabetic or diabetic, depending on the...
01:15Diabetes: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Complications
For most patients, experiencing several weeks of polyuria, polydipsia, fatigue, and significant weight loss may indicate the presence of diabetes. Furthermore, adults displaying the phenotypic appearance of type 2 diabetes (particularly those who are obese and not initially insulin-requiring), may have islet cell autoantibodies, suggesting autoimmune-mediated β cell destruction and a diagnosis of latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA). The categorization of glucose homeostasis is based on...
01:25Type II Diabetes Mellitus III: Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis
Type 2 diabetes mellitus develops gradually and is often asymptomatic in early stages.Clinical ManifestationsWhen symptoms appear, they include fatigue, blurred vision, pruritus, delayed wound healing, and recurrent infections, particularly candidal infections. Peripheral neuropathy may present as numbness or tingling in the extremities. Classic hyperglycemia symptoms—polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia—are less common. Most patients are overweight and frequently have associated hypertension...
01:24Drug Toxicity: Risk factors
Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are potential complications that arise during pharmacotherapy, influenced by multiple risk factors. Age plays a significant role; both neonates and the elderly are at heightened risk due to their respective immature and diminished metabolic and elimination processes. Gender also impacts ADRs, with females experiencing a 1.5 to 1.7-fold greater risk than males, which may be linked to pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and hormonal differences. Notably, neonates, the...
01:27Diabetic Retinopathy
DefinitionDiabetic retinopathy is a microvascular complication of diabetes affecting the retinal blood vessels.Risk FactorsDiabetic retinopathy is present in almost all individuals with type 1 diabetes and more than 60% of those with type 2 diabetes after two decades of disease.The risk increases with poor glycemic control, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, pregnancy, and puberty.Although cataracts and glaucoma are also more frequent in people with diabetes, retinopathy remains the leading...