title: Validating the utility of the Spanish version of the American Diabetes Association Risk Test.
abstract: The American Diabetes Association (ADA) Risk Test, often used for decisions to blood glucose screen or not, lacks studies reporting the reliability or validity for the Spanish version of the tool. The objective of this study is to further validate the utility of the Spanish version of the ADA's Risk Test for Latino Populations. A convenience sample of 316 Latinos participated in this study. A positive but weak statistical correlation was found between blood glucose and the Risk Test score (.138), suggesting low reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the instrument. Two internal consistency estimates of reliability techniques were computed for the Risk Test for diabetes scale items, indicating low reliability.
authors.affiliation: Kennesaw State University.
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rozo-Rivera
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akers
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: VanGeest
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bairan
authors.forename: Kieran J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Fogarty
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sowell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D008875:Middle Aged; D019303:Multilingualism; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011594:Psychometrics; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014177:Translations; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose