Spanish Hypoglycemia

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En la última semana, ¿tuvo usted algunos de los siguientes síntomas…?

1. ¿dolores de cabeza en la mañana? No      
Sí      
No sé

 

Items (using the same format as above):

En la última semana, ¿tuvo usted algunos de los siguientes síntomas…?

  1. ¿dolores de cabeza en la mañana?
  2. ¿pesadillas?
  3. ¿sudores nocturnos?
  4. ¿mareos?
  5. ¿temblores o debilidad?
  6. ¿aumento de apetito o mucha hambre?
  7. ¿desmayos o pérdida del conocimiento, aunque haya durado poco tiempo?

Scoring

Code as follows: No="0", Sí="1", No sé=blank. Score is the sum of the seven items, higher score indicating more hypoglycemia symptoms.

Characteristics

Tested on 189 Spanish-speaking subjects with diabetes.

No. of
items
Observed
Range

Mean
Standard
Deviation
Internal Consistency
Reliability
Test-Retest
Reliability
7
0-7
2.01
1.71
0.635
NA

Source of Psychometric Data

Stanford Spanish Diabetes Self-Management study (Tomando Control de su Diabetes), ongoing. Study reported in Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Gonzalez VM. Hispanic chronic disease self-management: a randomized community-based outcome trial. Nurs Res. 2003; Nov-Dec;52(6):361-9.

Comments

This scale, developed by John Piette, has never been validated against actually clinical hypoglycemia. It should be considered a list of symptoms. Reprinted with permission.

References

Piette J, A study of English- and Spanish-speakers with diabetes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 1999, 17(2): pp. 138-141.

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