MDKT | General diabetes subscale (items 1–14) | Insulin-use subscale (items 15–23) | |
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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 |