PURPOSE: @entity6 is a leading cause of @entity1939 in the working age population. While optometrists have an established role in screening @entity1 with known @entity6 , their role in screening for @entity6 has not been evaluated. For @entity6 screening in optometry practices to be successful it must be acceptable to both optometrists and to the public. The purpose of this study was to determine acceptability to @entity1 attending optometry practices of using random capillary blood @entity413 (rCBG) tests to detect raised blood @entity413 levels in optometry practices. METHODS: A screening service offering @entity1 with risk factors or symptoms of @entity6 rCBG tests was piloted in five high street opticians' practices in North East England. One thousand and two @entity1 used the screening service during a 20 week period. Each was given a questionnaire to complete and return following a rCBG test. RESULTS: Nine hundred and thirty-nine questionnaires were returned (return rate 93.7%). The mean age of @entity1 was 54.5 years, 63.3% were female and 75.0% had not been screened for @entity6 previously. 99.1% agreed or strongly agreed that the location was convenient for them and 98.0% would recommend others to use the screening service. 83.8% of the @entity1 would not have gone elsewhere to have any tests done and 148 (16.2%) responded that they would have sought a test elsewhere; 14.2% at the GP, 0.8% at a pharmacy and 0.5% elsewhere. Only 3.2% reported that the test procedure was uncomfortable. CONCLUSIONS:     To those attending opticians' practices, screening using rCBG tests is acceptable in terms of convenience and test comfort, and they would recommend the test to others. Screening in optometry practices provides an opportunity to identify @entity1 at risk of @entity6 in a hitherto unutilised setting.

Screening for XXXX in optometry practices: acceptability to users.

@entity1939 :: ('MESH:D001766', 'Disease') :: ['blindness'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'people'] @entity413 :: ('MESH:D005947', 'Chemical') :: ['glucose'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['Diabetes', 'diabetes', 'diabetes for eye disease']
@entity6 :: (MESH:D003920,Disease) :: ['diabetes']
