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| Title |
Diabetes knowledge in nursing homes and home-based care services: a validation study of the Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test adapted for use among nursing personnel
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| Published in |
BMC Nursing, June 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12912-016-0159-1 |
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| Authors |
Anne Haugstvedt, Morten Aarflot, Jannicke Igland, Tilla Landbakk, Marit Graue |
| Abstract |
Providing high-quality diabetes care in nursing homes and home-based care facilities requires suitable instruments to evaluate the level of diabetes knowledge among the health-care providers. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test adapted for use among nursing personnel. The study included 127 nursing personnel (32 registered nurses, 69 nursing aides and 26 nursing assistants) at three nursing homes and one home-based care facility in Norway. We examined the reliability and content and construct validity of the Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test. The items in both the general diabetes subscale and the insulin-use subscale were considered relevant and appropriate. The instrument showed satisfactory properties for distinguishing between groups. Item response theory-based measurements and item information curves indicate maximum information at average or lower knowledge scores. Internal consistency and the item-total correlations were quite weak, indicating that the Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test measures a set of items related to various relevant knowledge topics but not necessarily related to each other. The Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test measures a broad range of topics relevant to diabetes care. It is an appropriate instrument for identifying individual and distinct needs for diabetes education among nursing personnel. The knowledge gaps identified by the Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test could also provide useful input for the content of educational activities. However, some revision of the test should be considered. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 50 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 8% |
| Researcher | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 18% |
| Unknown | 10 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 36% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 11 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 April 2017.
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#4,211,224
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Outputs from BMC Nursing
#123
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#74,279
of 352,592 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Nursing
#5
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