Diabetes, pre-diabetes and their risk factors in Malta: a study profile of national cross-sectional prevalence study.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2016-11-23 eCollection Date: 2016-01-01 DOI:10.1017/gheg.2016.18

S Cuschieri, J Vassallo, N Calleja, N Pace, J Mamo

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Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus constitutes a global epidemic and a major burden on health care systems across the world. Prevention of this disease is essential, and the development of effective prevention strategies requires validated information on the disease burden and the risk factors. Embarking on a nationally representative cross-sectional study is challenging and costly. Few countries undertake this process regularly, if at all.

Method: This paper sets out the evidence-based protocol of a recent cross-sectional study that was conducted in Malta. Data collection took place from November 2014 to January 2016.

Results: This study presents up-to-date national data on diabetes and its risk factors (such as obesity, smoking, physical activity and alcohol intake) that will soon be publicly available.

Conclusion: This protocol was compiled so that the study can be replicated in other countries. The protocol contains step-by-step descriptions of the study design, including details on the population sampling, the permissions required and the validated measurement tools used.

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马耳他的糖尿病、糖尿病前期及其危险因素:国家横断面患病率研究概况。

背景:2型糖尿病是一种全球性流行病，是世界各地卫生保健系统的主要负担。预防这种疾病至关重要，制定有效的预防战略需要关于疾病负担和风险因素的可靠信息。开展一项具有全国代表性的横断面研究具有挑战性，而且成本高昂。很少有国家定期进行这一进程，如果有的话。方法:本文阐述了最近在马耳他进行的一项横断面研究的循证协议。数据收集时间为2014年11月至2016年1月。结果:这项研究提供了关于糖尿病及其危险因素(如肥胖、吸烟、体育活动和酒精摄入)的最新国家数据，这些数据将很快公开。结论:本研究方案可在其他国家复制。该方案包含对研究设计的逐步描述，包括总体抽样、所需许可和使用的有效测量工具的详细信息。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

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1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

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