Translation and Validation of the Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire in Indonesian Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
Indriastuti Cahyaningsih, M Rifqi Rokhman, Nurul Maziyyah and 3 others
PMID 39425573WHAT IT FOUND
A translated 23-item diabetes knowledge questionnaire gave consistent scores and identified common knowledge gaps in 304 Indonesian adults with type 2 diabetes.
It can help clinics plan diabetes education.
Key findings
01The final Indonesian diabetes knowledge questionnaire has 23 items because the insulin reaction item was removed after mistranslation.
02In 304 patients, those below 55 years, those with high school or higher education, and those with a longer diabetes history had higher scores; scores did not differ significantly by blood glucose control.
03Fewer than 15% of patients answered items about diabetes causes and cleansing cuts with iodine and alcohol correctly.
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What it does not show
The questionnaire was tested only in Indonesian patients with type 2 diabetes who were aged 18 years or older, had taken at least 1 glucose-lowering medication for at least 6 months, and attended primary health care centers in 3 districts in Yogyakarta. The insulin reaction item was removed, so the final version has 23 items rather than the original 24. The expert panel had only 7 people, and the authors state they may not all have been sufficiently knowledgeable about the terminology. Only 27 patients were included for test-retest reliability, which limits assessment of poor reliability for individual items. The study did not test an educational intervention, so it does not show that using the questionnaire improves diabetes knowledge or patient outcomes. DKQ scores did not differ significantly between controlled and uncontrolled glycemic status, so the score should not be used as a proxy for blood glucose control.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest. Funding was from Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, and the sponsor had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, or manuscript writing.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that a high diabetes knowledge score means good blood glucose control. In this study, DKQ scores did not differ significantly between patients with controlled and uncontrolled glycemic status (P = .687).