Faculty of Medicine Ibn El Jazzar of Sousse, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ibn El Jazzar of Sousse, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Apr 28;41:346. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.346.33522. eCollection 2022.
the simplified diabetes knowledge scale is used to obtain a general assessment of diabetic´s knowledge about diabetes and its care. For clinical and methodological purposes, it was relevant and necessary to develop an Arabic version of this instrument. Thus, the aim of this study was to translate and validate the simplified diabetes knowledge scale (SDKS) into Arabic to measure the knowledge of Arabic-speaking diabetics.
a methodological validation study of the simplified diabetes knowledge scale, following the guidelines of Vallerand was carried out. A convenience sample of diabetics followed in eight basic health centers in Sousse region and in Farhat Hached and Sahloul University Hospitals was recruited. An Arabic questionnaire including the demographic and clinical data of the diabetic and the final experimental version of the simplified diabetes knowledge scale was used.
a sample of 333 diabetics was recruited. Content validity of the final experimental version was 0.94. Reliability assessed by Cronbach´s alpha coefficient (0.812), by test-retest correlation coefficient (> 0.60) and by internal consistency after deletion of each item (from 0.788 to 0.816) were acceptable except items 19 and 20 which had to be reformulated. Construct validity analysis identified that three items among the 20 ones (12, 17 and 20) required reformulation. Inter-item correlation matrix showed that the majority of items were not correlated with each other. Validation process was ended by establishing standards table.
this study showed the Arabic version of the simplified diabetes knowledge scale had good validity and reliability.
简化糖尿病知识量表用于获得糖尿病患者对糖尿病及其护理的一般知识评估。出于临床和方法学的目的，开发该工具的阿拉伯语版本是相关且必要的。因此，本研究旨在将简化糖尿病知识量表（SDKS）翻译并验证为阿拉伯语版本，以衡量讲阿拉伯语的糖尿病患者的知识水平。
按照 Vallerand 的指导方针，对简化糖尿病知识量表进行了方法学验证研究。在苏塞地区的 8 个基层卫生中心以及法哈特·哈切德和萨赫勒大学医院招募了方便样本的糖尿病患者。使用包括糖尿病患者人口统计学和临床数据以及简化糖尿病知识量表最终实验版本的阿拉伯语问卷。
共招募了 333 名糖尿病患者。最终实验版本的内容效度为 0.94。通过 Cronbach's alpha 系数（0.812）、重测相关系数（>0.60）和删除每个项目后的内部一致性（从 0.788 到 0.816）评估的可靠性是可以接受的，但项目 19 和 20 必须重新制定。结构有效性分析表明，20 个项目中的 3 个（12、17 和 20）需要重新制定。项目间相关矩阵显示，大多数项目彼此之间没有相关性。验证过程通过建立标准表结束。
本研究表明简化糖尿病知识量表的阿拉伯语版本具有良好的有效性和可靠性。
