Table 2.

Diabetes knowledge of Karen high school students

	Correct answer		Incorrect answer		Response rate
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Do you know diabetes?	312	93.13*	23	6.87	335	90.30
Diabetes is a communicable disease.	263	71.66	104	28.34	367	98.92
Diabetes is a curative disease.	105	28.69	261	71.31	366	98.65
Elderly persons are more susceptible or more likely to have diabetes than adults.	201	54.92	165	45.08	366	98.65
If your blood-related relatives or family members have diabetes, you are also at risk of having diabetes.	83	22.87	280	77.13	363	97.84
Obese people are more at risk of diabetes than those who are not obese.	299	81.69	67	18.31	366	98.65
Regular exercisers are less likely to have diabetes than those who do not exercise.	262	71.58	104	28.42	366	98.65
Suspicious diabetes symptoms are frequent urination and frequent water drinking from thirst.	188	51.51	177	48.49	365	98.38
Obese children are at risk of diabetes.	276	75.41	90	24.59	366	98.65
Pregnant women are likely to have diabetes.	67	18.36	296	81.64	363	97.84
Numbness in one of the limbs is a sign of diabetes.	130	36.01	231	63.99	361	97.30
Diabetic people should take special care of their feet by wearing comfortable heel-covered shoes to prevent them from being wounded.	154	42.08	212	57.92	366	98.65
Wounds of diabetic people are not easy to heal and likely to get worse.	196	53.41	171	46.59	367	98.92
Blindness or kidney failure is a complication of untreated diabetes.	170	46.45	196	53.55	366	98.65
Normal level of blood sugar after 8-hour fasting is not more than 100 mg/dL.	111	30.25	256	69.75	367	98.92
People who regularly eat sweet, fried, and fatty food are at risk of having diabetes.	267	72.95	99	27.05	366	98.65

Notes: Reliability coefficient = 0.763;

^*answer “yes”.