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Diabetes Training Video
Operation Diabetes is a diabetes screening campaign developed by the American Pharmacist’s Association (APhA) in an effort identify patients with undiagnosed diabetes and to increase the public's awareness of the role of the pharmacist in diabetes care. As emerging professionals, it is our role to help with educating the public on the necessary lifestyle modifications as well as providing screenings. With the proper management of blood glucose and other risk factors, the long term complications that can result with diabetes can be minimized.
Through the year we will be offering many avenues to make a difference in the local community. Operation Diabetes offers opportunities to attend health fairs, conduct screenings, educate the public, give presentations in front of colleagues as well as elementary school students, and much more.
Adapted from APhA, www.pharmacist.com:
Diabetes affects the health and wellbeing of people nationwide. Currently, one in four people in the United States has diabetes, has a family member with the disease, or will develop the disease. Of the 20.8 million people (7.0% of the population) in the United States with diabetes, 6.2 million of them are undiagnosed. A large number are undiagnosed because approximately 90% of diabetics have type 2 diabetes, the form of disease with few to mild symptoms in its early stages.
While the early stages of the disease may be nearly symptom-free, complications can arise, seriously threatening the health and wellness of the individual. In fact, diabetes was the fifth leading cause of death by disease in the United States in 2002. Overall, the risk for death among people with diabetes is about 2 times that of people without diabetes. Diabetes is also the leading cause of new blindness and vision loss in adults creating up to 24,000 new cases a year from diabetic neuropathy. Not only do diabetics often experience vision complications, but many suffer from end stage renal failure (ESRD). In fact, diabetes is the most common cause of ESRD. Cardiovascular disease is also 2 to 4 times more common in diabetics compared to the general public, and their risk for stroke is 2 to 4 times higher. Over half of patients with diabetes suffer from hypertension, and more than 82,000 amputations of a foot or leg are performed due to peripheral vascular disease related to diabetes.
A large portion of healthcare resources are spent on diabetes complications. Annual healthcare costs for diabetics are nearly 3.6 times that of non-diabetics. Eight percent of hospital admissions and 3% of all outpatient visits relate to diabetes. In 2002, $132 billion was spent on the diabetic treatment. More than 50% of the cost directly relates to medical treatment; the rest reflects indirect costs, for example lost workdays, disability and premature death. In relation to the total US healthcare expenditure, diabetes accounts for approximately 11% of that spent.
Diabetes Statistics:
224,092: The number of annual deaths due to diabetes according to death certificate reports from 2002
61%: The increase of Americans with diabetes since 1990
20.8 million: The estimated number of Americans who have diabetes
1.5 million: The number of new cases of diabetes diagnosed in people age 20 years or older in 2005
9.7 million: The number of women in the United States who have diabetes
