Table 2.
Responses to Individual Items in the SKILLD Scale (N=50)
| Question No.a |
Knowledge Item | Answered Correctly, No. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Signs of hyperglycemia | 19 (38) |
| 2 | Signs of hypoglycemia | 42 (84) |
| 3 | Treatment of hypoglycemia | 1 (2) |
| 4 | Frequency of foot care | 8 (16) |
| 5 | Importance of foot care | 26 (52) |
| 6 | Frequency of eye examinations | 29 (58) |
| 7 | Normal fasting glucose | 6 (12) |
| 8 | Normal hemoglobin A1C | 8 (16) |
| 9 | Frequency of exercise | 12 (24) |
| 10 | Long-term complications of diabetes mellitus | 20 (40) |
Abbreviation: SKILLD, Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy in Diabetes.
a
Original SKILLD questions and Somali translations are shown in the Appendix.