Categories | Items | Pre-test mean (± SD) | Post-test mean (± SD) | p-value |
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Knowledge | ||||
Nutrition and monitoring | 7 | 4.13 ± 1.14 | 5.45 ± 0.97 | < 0.001 |
Oral pharmacotherapy | 3 | 2.17 ± 0.92 | 2.65 ± 0.57 | 0.003 |
Knowledge about insulin | 4 | 2.25 ± 0.86 | 3.05 ± 0.8 | < 0.001 |
Complications of diabetes | 3 | 2.47 ± 0.74 | 2.9 ± 0.3 | < 0.001 |
Total knowledge scores | 17 | 11.02 ± 0.79 | 14.05 ± 1.12 | 0.01 |
Attitude | ||||
Special training in diabetes | 4 | 17.72 ± 2.29 | 18.6 ± 1.53 | 0.02 |
Complications in diabetes | 3 | 11.4 ± 2.22 | 12.22 ± 2.26 | 0.04 |
Value of tight control | 2 | 8.85 ± 1.15 | 9.18 ± 0.92 | 0.07 |
Patient autonomy | 3 | 11.77 ± 1.94 | 12.92 ± 1.72 | 0.003 |
Total attitude scores | 12 | 49.79 ± 3.25 | 52.91 ± 3.4 | 0.01 |