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Article: Researchers' work from University of Sydney, Center for Health Policy focuses on diabetes prevention.
- Article from:
- Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- May 4, 2009
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Investigators publish new data in the report 'Are current psychometric tools suitable for measuring outcomes of diabetes education.' In this recent report, researchers in Sydney, Australia conducted a study "To critically appraise the suitability, validity, reliability, feasibility and sensitivity to change of available psychometric tools for measuring the education outcomes identified in the (Australian) National Consensus on Outcomes and Indicators for Diabetes Patient Education. Potentially suitable psychometric measurement tools were identified through a two-step process."
"Step 1: a structured semi-systematic literature review and consultation with experts; ...