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Table 3 Differences in the mean percentage of correct answers on the MDKT between groups of professions, groups related to experienced own diabetes knowledge and groups related to insulin administration (n = 127a) in nursing homes and home-based care

From: 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

MDKT

 

General diabetes subscale (items 1–14)

Insulin-use subscale (items 15–23)

 

n

Mean % correct answers (SD)

Mean % correct answers (SD)

Total

127

69.4 (15.1)

73.4 (17.6)

Profession

   

 Registered nurses

36

76.4 (14.7)d

79.0 (14.7)

 Nursing aides

67

66.9 (14.2)

73.3 (16.5)

 Nursing assistants

21

65.3 (15.2)

64.0 (21.6)d

P-value for differences between the groupsb

 

<0.01d

<0.01d

Experience of own diabetes knowledge as sufficient

   

 Yes

72

72.5 (13.3)

74.8 (18.6)

 No

50

65.1 (16.1)

71.1 (16.0)

P-value for differences between the answer categoriesc

 

<0.01d

0.25

Delegation to administer insulin

   

 Yes

82

73.6 (14.4)

74.9 (17.4)

 No

40

60.0 (12.4)

70.6 (18.3)

P-value for differences between the answer categoriesc

 

<0.01

0.22

  1. aOne nursing aide and one registered nurse did not answer the questions on the general diabetes subscale, and two nursing aides and one nurse did not answer the questions on the insulin-use subscale
  2. b P-value for differences between groups tested by ANOVA
  3. c P-value for differences between groups tested by independent sample t-test
  4. d P < 0.05