[Evaluation of the Activities of Community Pharmacies during the Annual Campaign with Focus on Diabetes Prevention]

Abstract

With its increasing incidence, diabetes is one of the major challenges of the 21th century. Against this background, the Bavarian State Ministry of Public Health and Care Services (BStMGP) started in 2014 the campaign "Diabetes moves us!". The scientific institute for prevention in health care (WIPIG) supported the activities of Bavarian pharmacies and evaluated the extent to which they might be able to contribute towards prevention. Besides additional training of pharmaceutical staff, WIPIG initiated a diabetes prevention network. Pharmacies that were members of the network had the opportunity to order a campaign package including an evaluation questionnaire and to register their activity in the calendar of events of the campaign. A total of 215 pharmacies signed up for the diabetes prevention network and registered 103 events. The WIPIG received 67 completed evaluation questionnaires. Most often (86.6%) the pharmacies conducted a blood glucose screening; 76.1% carried out screening with the diabetes risk questionnaire FINDRISC of the German Diabetes Foundation and 22.4% gave a information lecture on diabetes. During the screening 2,502 persons had their blood sugar checked and 1,765 persons filled in the FINDRISC questionnaire. Overall, 190 persons were advised to visit their physician because of a very high blood glucose level. On the basis of the FINDRISC, 80.2% were advised to change their lifestyle to prevent type 2 diabetes.