Spanish Glucose Testing

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¿Tiene Ud. una máquina para medir el nivel de azúcar (glucosa) en la sangre? No
Sí
¿Cuántos días de la última semana se hizo la prueba del nivel de azúcar en la sangre?
Por favor llene con "0" u otro número.		 ____ días

Scoring

These are single items. Score as No="0", Sí="1"; number of days as entered.

Characteristics

Question 1 (have a testing machine). Tested on 189 Spanish-speaking subjects with diabetes.

No. of
items
Observed
Range

Mean
Standard
Deviation
Internal Consistency
Reliability
Test-Retest
Reliability
1
0-1
.751
.433
—
NA

Question 2 (number of days in last week tested). Tested on 142 Spanish-speaking subjects with diabetes who reported they had machine.

No. of
items
Observed
Range

Mean
Standard
Deviation
Internal Consistency
Reliability
Test-Retest
Reliability
1
0-7
4.23
2.72
—
NA

Source of Psychometric Data

Stanford Spanish Diabetes Self-Management (Tomando Control de su Diabetes) Study, ongoing. Unpublished.

Comments

This is a scale to determine if people have a glucometer and how many days they used it in the last week.

References

Unpublished at this time.

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