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Table 2 Categories of actual knowledge about diabetes among nurses

From: Levels and predictors of nurses’ knowledge about diabetes care and management: disparity between perceived and actual knowledge

Knowledge category

N

Mean score ± SD

% Mean score of correct answers

Diabetes pathology, symptoms and management

14

6.6 ± 2.9

47.1

Diabetes monitoring and complications

13

7.4 ± 3.7

56.9

Diabetes diet/nutrition

6

2.0 ± 1.2

33.3

Diabetes medications

16

7.2 ± 3.9

45.0

Overall score

49

23.2 ± 9.6

47.3

  1. N, number of items per category; SD, standard deviation