Modification and validation of the Revised Diabetes Knowledge Scale

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-310

  Collins, G S ^a   Mughal, S ^b   Barnett, A H ^b   Fitzgerald, J ^c   Lloyd, C E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes knowledge; Minority ethnic groups; Psychometric properties; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVISED DIABETES KNOWLEDGE SCALE; SIMPLIFIED DIABETES KNOWLEDGE SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851480018     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03190.x     Document Type: Article

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