Items Used to Create Attitudes Toward the Prediabetes Index
| The national guidelines and recommendations for diabetes prevention focused on screening for prediabetes are useful in my practice. |
| Diabetes prevention should be focused on individuals with lab values indicating abnormal blood glucose consistent with prediabetes. |
| *Diabetes prevention should be a focus for all patients, regardless of blood glucose levels. |
| Diagnosing a patient as being prediabetic is an effective way to increase patient awareness of their need for treatment. |
| *Diagnosing prediabetes is misleading to patients regarding them having a disease. |
| *Diagnosing a patient with prediabetes risks overtreatment. |
| Current evidence supports the utility of screening for prediabetes. |
| Current evidence supports the effectiveness of treating prediabetes. |
Each item was answered using a 5-point scale (1, strongly disagree, to 5, strongly agree).
↵* Items were reverse coded so that on the summated index, a higher score on the index represented a more positive attitude toward the construct of prediabetes.