Background: Among Singaporeans with diabetes, 1 in 3 have not been diagnosed. A large proportion of Singaporean adults are not current for their recommended diabetic screening.

Objective: To determine whether handing out diabetes screening leaflets to patients at the point of registration in a general practice (GP) clinic would influence their uptake of diabetes screening.

Design: A randomized controlled trial with a follow-up period of 3 months. Outcome measured was whether patients did the diabetes screening test (fasting plasma glucose).

Intervention: A leaflet on diabetes screening was given to patients when they registered in the GP clinic. The control group did not receive a leaflet.

Setting: A GP clinic in Toa Payoh, a suburb in central Singapore

Participants: 97 patients 40 years old and above who were not known diabetics.

Results: There was no significant difference in the uptake of diabetes screenings between the intervention and the control group (p=0.740).

Conclusion: Handing out leaflets at registration in the GP clinic does not change uptake of diabetes screening.