Volume 11 — December 04, 2014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Ohio Primary Health Care Providers’ Practices and Attitudes Regarding Screening Women With Prior Gestational Diabetes for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus — 2010
According to the Ohio eLicense Center, 2,253 physicians licensed in Ohio self-reported “family medicine” or “family practice” as specialties and 4,726 self-reported “internal medicine” or “general practice.” We pilot-tested the questionnaire for clarity with 4 family physicians and then randomly selected 700 physicians from each group. Physicians were ineligible if they did not treat female patients, did not routinely deliver primary care, were retired, primarily practiced outside Ohio, worked primarily in a nursing home or long-term care facility, or reported that questions about screening for glucose intolerance do not apply to their practice. Of 700 selected family practice or family medicine practitioners, 115 were deemed ineligible. Of the 700 internal medicine or general practice physicians in Ohio, 170 were ineligible. Of the 585 family practice or family medicine practitioners who were eligible, 230 (39%) returned completed surveys. Of the internal medicine or general practice physicians, 530 were eligible, and 150 (28%) of those returned completed surveys. After responses were pooled and weighted to adjust for unequal sampling rates among family practice and internal medicine physicians, 380 responses remained. The overall response rate was 34%.
Figure. Stratified random sampling of primary health care providers surveyed regarding attitudes and practices about screening women with prior gestational diabetes for type 2 diabetes mellitus — Ohio, 2010.
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