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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Population health screenings for the prevention of chronic disease progression
Maren S Fragala1, Dov Shiffman, Charles E Birse
1Quest Diagnostics, 500 Plaza Dr, Secaucus, NJ 07094.
Objectives:
Early detection of disease enables prompt treatment that can prevent disease progression and costly health outcomes. We report incidence of previously unrecognized disease and investigate the expected effect of early detection and care on health outcomes.
Study Design:
Population health study based on laboratory evidence.
Methods:
Laboratory evidence of prediabetes, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and colorectal cancer was evaluated in an employee and spouse population (65% women; mean [SD] age = 46 [12] years). Expected disease progression was assessed.
Results:
Annual screening found laboratory evidence for 1185 previously unrecognized cases of prediabetes, 287 cases of diabetes, 73 cases of chronic kidney disease, and 669 positive colorectal screens per 10,000 people.
Conclusions:
Early identification and appropriate medical care may delay 34 cases of end-stage kidney disease and prevent diabetes-related complications, 210 cases of diabetes, and 3 cases of late-stage colorectal cancer over 5 years per 1000 cases identified.
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