Background: Diabetes is considered as a multi system disorder, whose prevalence is globally increasing and is considered as a global health change of 21st century. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates the adults having diabetes in 2014 was 422 million with obesity considered as a major contributing factor. Prediabetes is defined as impaired fasting Glucose or impaired glucose tolerance with fasting blood glucose 100-125mg/dl. Prediabetes is considered as a distinct entity under the classification of ICD-10 with diagnostic code R73-09. It’s a reversible condition projecting the last window opportunity against impeding diabetes. Diabetes can be considerably overcome through simple and safe measures to promote health and prevent development of Diabetes from prediabetes.Aim: The study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of Diabetes Risk Reduction package on knowledge among prediabetic employees.Methods: Quantitative research approach with quasi experimental design was used. A total of 178 prediabetic employees aged between 20-60 years, who could understand English and were teaching in the selected schools formed the samples, with 90 and 88 prediabetic employees each from twenty selected schools of Thiruvallur District, formed the experimental and control group. Enumerative sampling technique was used to select the samples. Data was collected using the Questionnaire prepared by the investigator.Results:. Statistical analysis of the background variables revealed homogeneity between the experimental and control group in the pre-test. . The mean gained knowledge score for the experimental group was 8.87 and for control group it was only 0.44 which showed that the experimental group had improved to a great extent. There was increase in post test knowledge score for all the components and it was statistically significant at P<0.001 level.Mild positive correlation was identified between the knowledge and life style.Conclusion: The results indicated that the intervention tool brought significant improvement in knowledge on prediabetes which proved the effectiveness of DRRP. It was found to be simple and practicable for maintaining the healthy life and preventing the progression to diabetes by gain of adequate knowledge on prediabetes.Recommendation: Adequate knowledge on prediabetes can help the employees to prevent its progression to diabetes in future.
FBS –Fasting Blood Sugar; IDRS-Indian Diabetic Risk Score, ,DRRP-Diabetic Risk Reduction Package
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