22% of the population has alterations in glucose, and 77% do not know.
More than 400 pharmacies in the province of Barcelona will offer citizens over 30 years, explained to the media the head of pharmaceutical care of the College of Pharmaceuticals of Barcelona (COFB), Guillermo Bagaria.
Promoted from this Monday until November 26, and coinciding with World Diabetes Day on Tuesday, the campaign will early detect alterations in glucose metabolism, which affects 22% of Spaniards, among thethat there are 77% that they are not aware, and 29% that suffers type 2 diabetes.
The more than 700 participating pharmacists will offer the users of the establishments to perform the tests, which consist of a risk detection test, with a blood glycemia test and a questionnaire-with physical and hereditary aspects-;and two surveys about adhesion to the Mediterranean diet and the exercise.
The COFB, the Public Health Agency of Catalonia, the Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine (CAMPIC), the Association of Family and Community Nursing of Catalonia (Aificc), the Catalan Diabetes Association and the Diabetics Association and the Diabetic Association and the Association of Diabetics and the Association of Diabetics and the Association of Diabeticsof Catalonia (ADC).
The president of the Catalan Diabetes Association, Alberto Godoy, explained that 13% of the population of the state suffers diabetes and 50% does not know, and the manager of CAMPFF, Joan Lozano, added that the campaign will allow the campaign to reach thepopulation that does not regularly go to health centers, but to the pharmacy.
PERFERCATION TO CAP
In the case of a healthy population in which the results are within the established parameters or that the user is considered in a period prior to the appearance of diabetes in which no more symptoms occur than high glucose levels -Prediabetic--, pharmacists will offer prevention guidelines and monitor.
If the user has a high risk of suffering the disease, he will also refer to his Primary Care Center (CAP) with a letter in which the results of the tests will record, so that his reference health professional performs an assessment.
Participants will receive prevention tips, such as following a Mediterranean diet, perform between three and four meals per day, use healthy and varied cooking methods-vapor, iron, oven and stew-, perform a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activityweekly and sleep between seven and nine hours.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with lower life expectancy and the appearance of disorders related to metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases, and late detection worsens health, added to the representative of Aificc Esther Giménez.
Once the initiative is over, the organizers have the objective of incorporating this intervention protocol as a usual pharmacy practice.