119 Pharmacies will perform until June a free test to people over 40 and people between 25-39 years with risk factors.
A total of 119 Pharmacies Guipuzcoan, 28 of them from San Sebastián and 91 from other municipalities in the territory, participate from today in a program promoted by the Official College of Pharmacists of Gipuzkoa (COFG) for the detection of citizens at risk of suffering from diabetes mellitusType 2 (DM2).
The program, which will take place for six months, begins its journey after a pilot phase in which three pharmacies participated with “optimal results”.
Gipuzkoa Pharmaceutical Distributor (DFG) and Cofarma collaborate with the program, which also has the support of Ageofar, Profarm and the Gipuzkoan Association of Diabetics.The participating pharmacies will identify with a poster in a visible place of their entrance and the participation in the program will have no cost for the user.
As explained this morning at a press conference the president of the Official College of PharmaceuticalBetween 25-39 years with associated risk factors such as family history of DM2, overweight, non-healthy diet, physical inactivity or high blood pressure.
The intervention is carried out in two phases.First, Findrisk's test is done, which consists of answering a series of questions, about weight and life habits, among others, with which individuals identify at risk of diabetes without having to submit to laboratory tests.
In the event that the test concludes that it is a person with moderate risk of suffering from DM2, the pharmacist will intervene with healthy habits and lifestyles and will deliver a specific health education diptych.When the test result throws a high risk, the user will be cited to make a basal glycemia measurement and the corresponding informed consent will be requested for the collection of their data.
If basal blood glucose is less than 110mg/dl, the pharmacist will provide healthy habits and lifestyles, together with the health education diptych.If the determination is equal to or greater than 110mg/dl, the doctor will be referred.