Validation of the diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia (DHL) knowledge instrument in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Lai, Pauline Siew Mei, Chua, Siew Siang, Tan, Ching Hooi, Chan, Siew Pheng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9073/1/Lai-2012-Validation_of_the_di.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9073/; https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-18
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

BACKGROUND: Patient's knowledge on diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia and its medications can be used as one of the outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of educational intervention. To date, no such instrument has been validated in Malaysia. Therefore, the aim of this study was...