Kontakt 2022, 24(2):114-122 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2022.018

Michigan diabetes knowledge test: validation of modified version among Czech students of nursingNursing - Original article

Pavla Kudlová1, *, Ilona Kočvarová2, Petr Soukup3
1 Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Health Sciences, Zlín, Czech Republic
2 Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Humanities, Research Center, Zlín, Czech Republic
3 Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Prague, Czech Republic

Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Tool (MDKT) was developed to test the level of knowledge in managing Diabetes Mellitus. It is widely used as an original (for patients) and modified tool (for nurses or nursing students) around the world.

Objectives: The aim is psychometric testing of the modified MDKT.

Methods: This quantitative study uses descriptive statistics, Classical Test Theory (CTT), Item Response Theory (ITT), and reliability estimation within the convenient sample of students of nursing (N = 133). Data collection took place in 2018-2019 at a selected Czech University.

Results: Using the MDKT only enables us to differentiate within a narrow spectrum of students whose knowledge is sub-average to average. The analysis has suggested the possibility of reducing the test while maintaining its psychometric parameters.

Conclusions: The test is reliable, however too simple for our convenient sample of third-year nursing students, but this result cannot be generalised. Future investigations may lead to possible modifications, for example creating a more difficult version of the test and its re-validation.

Keywords: Classical Test Theory; Item Response Theory; Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test (MDKT); Nursing students; Reliability; Validity
Grants and funding:

This paper is financed (translation, submission fees) by RVO excellent /MSM-RVO / FHS / 2021/005 as part of the project “Variable factors influencing health and disease”. It is an internal grant within Tomas Bata University in Zlín designated for publishing research outcomes.

Conflicts of interest:

The authors have no conflict of interests to declare.

Received: July 31, 2021; Revised: March 8, 2022; Accepted: May 30, 2022; Prepublished online: June 9, 2022; Published: June 15, 2022  Show citation

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