Diabetes Risk Calculator

The Diabetes Risk Calculator is based on the Leicester Practice Diabetes Risk Score which is recommended by NICE and is used for the identification of those patients at risk of having undiagnosed diabetes or being at risk of diabetes in the future.

The score identifies people who may be at high risk of diabetes or currently have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes using data on age, sex, BMI, ethnicity, family history of diabetes and anti-hypertensive use. It calculates the risk score for all those aged 40-75 years old.

Accessing the Diabetes Risk Calculator

1. From Consultation Manager, select Vision+ from the floating toolbar and select Calculators - Other - Diabetes Risk:

   

2. The Diabetes Risk Calculator displays:

   

   • Select Add Data to add/update any missing patient data.
   • Select History to view historical data.

   • To demonstrate a 'What If' scenario select Predicted . Remember, if you decide to record the score you must select Reset .

3. The Diabetes Risk score is automatically calculated.
   Note - The Diabetes Risk score looks at the Family History of Diabetes Structured area (SDA) for clinical term 12521 - Family history of diabetes mellitus type 2. If you have used the clinical term 1252 - Family history of diabetes this will not be included.
4. Select OK to record the clinical term and the score or click OK & Attach to also record the form as an attachment.

   

5. The appropriate clinical term saves to the patient's record.

   

6. To view an attachment, from patient's record, right click on the attachment entry and select View Attachment. The attachment displays as a PDF: