Galen eCalcs - Calculator: ADA Diabetes Risk (2013 Update)
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Description
The ADA Diabetes Risk calculator indicates whether or not the patient is at increased risk for having Type 2 Diabetes.
Risk Factors
- People with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and/or impaired fasting glucose (IFG)
- People over age 45
- People with a family history of diabetes
- People who are overweight
- People who do not exercise regularly
- People with low HDL cholesterol or high triglyceride and high blood pressure
- Certain racial and ethnic groups (e.g., Non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and American Indians and Alaska Natives)
- Women who had gestational diabetes, or who have a baby weighing 9 pounds or more at birth
Calculator Search/Filter Keywords
At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the ADA Diabetes Risk (2013 Update) calculator:
Specialties
- Endocrinology
- Hematology
- Nephrology
Systems
- Cardiovascular
- Endocrine
- Lymphatic
- Urinary
Calculator Configuration Options
Preference Name | Valid Range | Description |
---|---|---|
Publishing | Checked / Unchecked | When checked, the calculator will display for users on the front end. When unchecked, the calculator WILL NOT display for users on the front end. |
Orderable Item Override | (BLANK) / G-GrowVel | “(BLANK)” indicates that the global configuration options for Orderable Item will be used. “G-GrowVel” indicates that the calculator specific value will be used and can display the specific calculator name in the chart output. |
Calculator Inputs
Input | Mapping Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Sex | Demographics | Patient Sex |
Age | Demographics | Patient Age |
Height | Vitals | Patient Height |
Weight | Vitals | Patient Weight |
Ethnicity | Deomgraphics | Patient Ethnicity |
Gestational Diabetes | Problems | Patient developed diabetes during pregnancy? |
Family History of Diabetes | No Default Mappings | Parent or sibling with diagnosis of diabetes? |
Hypertension | Problems | History or current diagnosis of hypertension? |
Physical Activity | Manual Input | Is the patient physically active? |
Calculator Outputs
Output | Mapping Type | Description |
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Type 2 Diabetes Risk Score | Result | The patient's risk score for developing Type 2 Diabetes |
Type 2 Diabetes Comparitive Risk | Result | The patient's risk relative to age group for developing Type 2 Diabetes |
References
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/prevention/diabetes-risk-test/