Helping Occupational Therapy Clients Manage Prediabetes and Diabetes

About 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year (American Diabetes Association [ADA], 2017). As of 2015, diabetes affected 30.3 million Americans—23.1 million diagnosed and 7.2 million undiagnosed—or 9.4% of the population. The total cost of diabetes in the United States in 2017 was $327 billion—$237 billion for direct medical costs and $90 billion for lost productivity. The prevalence of all cases of diabetes is projected to grow by 54% to more than 54.9 million by 2030,