The 14-item Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test: Translation and validation study of the Malaysian version

Practical Diabetes International

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 238-241a

  Al Qazaz, Harith Khalid ^a   Sulaiman, Syed Azhar Syed ^a   Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^a   Shafie, Asrul Akmal ^a   Sundram, Shameni ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Balik Pulau   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diabetes knowledge; Michigan test; Translation; Validation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICHIGAN DIABETES KNOWLEDGE TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 77956531731     PISSN: 13578170     EISSN: 1528252X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1495     Document Type: Article

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