WASHINGTON — One diabetes educator is encouraging colleagues to implement sleep apnea screening programs, after recent survey results showed that most physicians and diabetes educators do not screen for sleep apnea, despite being aware of the association between the two.
“We, as diabetes educators, are well-positioned to screen for sleep apnea and recommend further evaluation for high-risk patients. We are not just about diabetes, but the other comorbidities too,” Virginia Zamudio-Lange, RN, MSN, CDE, said yesterday at the American Association of Diabetes Educators 35th Annual Meeting.
In the survey of physicians at the American Diabetes Association, 94% reported being aware of the association between sleep apnea and diabetes, but only 47% said that they conduct routine screening. "The scary thing is about 85% is undiagnosed," Zamudio-Lange said.
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