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- Title
Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of the Michigan Revised Diabetes Knowledge Test and Its Relationship with the Turkish Health Literacy Scale-32 Scores.
- Authors
Uzeli, Ülkem Şen; Yapar, Dilek; Aydemir, Nihal; Küçükler, Ferit Kerim
- Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Education is essential in patients with diabetes to prevent acute and/or chronic complications that may develop over time due to diabetes. This studyaimed to examine the relationship between diabetes knowledge level and health literacy (HL) level of patients by testing the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the revised Diabetes Knowledge Test-2 (Tr-DKT2). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 148 patients with insulin-using diabetes were included in our study. Türkiye Health Literacy Scale-32 (THLS-32) and after the determination of the validity of the language and content of the Michigan revised DKT2, it was applied to the patients. The internal consistency of DKT2 was calculated using the Kuder-Richardson-20 (KR-20) formula. The construct validity of DKT2 was examined by testing the validity of known groups and the relationship between it and the THLS-32 score. RESULTS: A moderate, positive correlation was found between the mean scores on the total THLS-32 and DKT2 (r=0.378). Regarding the testretest reliability, the intraclass correlation co-efficient value for the total score was found to be 0.893 (95% confidence interval: 0.841-0.928), which was evaluated to be a high value. The internal consistency co-efficient was found to be 0.70 for DKT2. The KR-20 value was calculated as 0.72 for the general test dimension and 0.68 for the insulin use dimension. CONCLUSION: The Turkish version of DKT2 is a valid and reliable measurement tool. We think that as the HL levels of the patients increase, the diabetes patients will manage diabetes well as their diabetes knowledge level increases.
- Subjects
TURKEY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; RESEARCH evaluation; STATISTICAL reliability; CONFIDENCE intervals; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH methodology; DIABETES; HEALTH literacy; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUESTIONNAIRES; INTRACLASS correlation; STATISTICAL correlation; DATA analysis software; DATA analysis
- Publication
Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023, Vol 8, Issue 5, p365
- ISSN
2149-7893
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4274/cjms.2023.2023-73