Glucose Testing

1. Do you have a machine to measure your blood sugar (glucose) level? No
Yes
2. On how many days in the last week did you test your blood sugar level? (If you were sick in the last week, think of the most recent 7 days when you were NOT sick.)
Fill in with "0" or another number.		 ____ days

Scoring

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

Characteristics

Tested on 62 subjects with diabetes.

Item
No. of
items
Observed
Range
Mean
Standard
Deviation
Internal Consistency
Reliability
Test-Retest
Reliability
Have machine
1
0-1
0.871
0.338
—
NA
Days tested
1
0-7
4.85
2.57
—
NA

Source of Psychometric Data

English-speaking diabetics in the Stanford/El Paso Border Diabetes Project. Study reported in Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Jacquez A. Outcomes of Border Health Spanish/English Chronic Disease Self-management Programs. The Diabetes Educator 2005; 31(3):401-409.

Comments

This is a scale to determine if people have a glucometer and how many days they have tested in the past week. These items available in Spanish.

References

Unpublished at this time.

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