Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Numeracy
Specific context:
Diabetes
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Paper and pencil
Time Cut-off:
30 minutes
Assessment:
Objective
Psychometrics
Number of items:
15
Sample size in validation study:
176
Language of validated version:
Arabic
Main article reference
Alghodaier, H., Jradi, H., Mohammad, N.S., & Bawazir, A. (2017). Validation of a diabetes numeracy test in Arabic. PLoS ONE, 12(5), e0175442. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175442
Link to articleCorresponding author
Hussah Alghodaier
Description
An Arabic language tool to assess diabetes numeracy skills.
Year Measure first Published: 2017
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
No
Reliability: Test-retest correlation:
0.75
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Saudi Arabia
Content validity:
Two professional translators translated the English DNT-15 into classical Arabic. The Arabic version was reviewed by bilingual investigators and a diabetes educator before being back translated to English and reviewed for consistency. Content validity was evaluated through the content validity ratio and content validity index. The Arabic DNT-15 was pilot tested among 15 diabetes patients to evaluate clarity of the scale. Finally, 17 bilingual members of the general public were asked to complete both the English and Arabic versions of the scale consecutively. These scores yielded a Spearman correlation coefficient of 0.95 (p<0.001).
Criterion validity:
Strong positive correlation between DNT-15 scores and Diabetes Knowledge Test scores (r=0.42, p<0.01).
Reliability notes:
Kruder-Richardson (KR-20) indicated good internal consistency reliability (0.8). .
