Table 4.
Percentage of Participants Correctly Answering Prediabetes and Diabetes Prevention Knowledge Questions, by Mode of Response
| All Students (n = 197) |
Paper (n = 135) |
Electronic (n = 62) |
p-value [effect size] |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preclinical knowledge of prediabetes and diabetes prevention | ||||
| Q1. Proportion of adults with prediabetes | 48.22 | 48.15 | 48.39 |
0.975 [0.006] |
| Q2. Prediabetes risk factors | 53.30 | 59.26 | 40.32 |
0.013** [0.385] |
| Q3. HbA1c levels | 26.4 | 25.19 | 29.03 |
0.572 [0.086] |
| Clinical management knowledge of prediabetes and diabetes prevention | ||||
| Q4. USPSTF recommendations | 12.69 | 14.07 | 9.68 |
0.392 [0.132] |
| Q5. Metformin vs LCP | 27.92 | 21.48 | 41.94 |
0.003*** [0.463] |
| Q6. National DPP weight loss | 58.88 | 57.04 | 62.90 |
0.440 [0.119] |
p-values student scores are significantly different from students who took the test electronically compared to students who took the test on paper; **p < 0.05; ***p,0.01; significant effect size for educational research is ≥0.33