The use of degrees of certainty to evaluate knowledge

[en] In patients with chronic diseases education should improve knowledge about the disease and increase certainty in knowledge. We present here a technique to measure changes in certainty after an educational intervention. For this purpose, before and after a course, patients answer a questionnaire in which answers are accompanied by an estimate of the degree of certainty. Answers are then assigned to areas of knowledge defined a priori: mastered (certainty greater than or equal to90%, correctness greater than or equal to90%), hazardous (certainty greater than or equal to90%, correctness less than or equal to50%), uncertain (certainty less than or equal to50%, correctness greater than or equal to90%) and residual. Finally differences in the distribution of answers among different areas are analysed statistically. Using this technique in a group of patients with type I diabetes who followed a course on insulin use, we found significant changes in the distribution of answers among different areas of knowledge. Thus changes in certainty can be analysed quantitatively and used to evaluate better the effect of therapeutic education. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Disciplines :

Education & instruction
Sociology & social sciences
Public health, health care sciences & services

Author, co-author :

Brutomesso, Daniela

Gagnayre, Remi

Leclercq, Dieudonné ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'éducation et formation > Technologie de l'éducation

Crazzolara, D.

Busata, E.

d'Ivernois, J.

Casiglia, E.

Tiengo, A.

Baritussio, A.

Language :

English

Title :

The use of degrees of certainty to evaluate knowledge

Publication date :

September 2003

Journal title :

Patient Education and Counseling

ISSN :

0738-3991

eISSN :

1873-5134

Publisher :

Elsevier Sci Ireland Ltd, Clare, Ireland

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Issue :

Pages :

29-37

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