Health Serv？ces Determ？nat？on Of D？abetes R？sks Of Vocat？onal H？gh School Students

Introduction: Diabetes must be recognized and treated correctly in the early stage to reduce the burden in society. This study was conducted to evaluate the risk of diabetes among Health Service Vocational School students. Material Method: This descriptive study was conducted with 169 students studying at the Health Services Vocational School at a state university. The data were collected with the Finnish Diabetes Risk Questionnaire (FINDRISK). The analysis of the data was assessed using descriptive statistics, chi-square, Pearson Chi-Square, and Fisher's Exact test in the SPSS 18.0 package program. ？A significance level of 0,05 was considered. The study was conducted in accordance with ethical rules. Findings: It was determined that 19.94 ± 0.08 and 50.9% of the average age of the students participating in the study were female students and 85.8% were staying in the dormitory. The weight average of the students was 63,53 ± 0,72 kg, the height average was 169,98 ± 0,53 cm and the body mass index averages were 21,90 ± 0,19 kg / m2. The students's BMI, waist circumference, exercise status, antihypertensive drug use, hypertension history, family history of diabetes mellitus with 10-year type 2 DM risk score were statistically significant (p<0,05). The average FINDRISK score of the students was 4.26 ± 0.23, 83.4% had low risk and 16.6% had mild and moderate risk. Conclusions and Recommendations: Non-interventional FINDRISK screening scale can be used to identify type 2 diabetes risk. It may be advisable to provide students with the possibility of providing healthy food and physical activity in the school environment