Anja Cucak
Development and Implementation of Screen-Based Simulation Technology to Meet Medical Education Demands During the COVID-19 Pandemic
South Dakota medicine : the journal of the South Dakota State Medical Association
inadequate numeracy barrier patients understanding health measure numeracy related antibiotic use available develop validate measure numeracy antibiotic use make measure available arabic language context best practices developing translating validating scales consulted develop anonymous survey administered surveymonkey ten openended questions participants provided answer assessed basic numeracy covering fractions percentages proportionality measurement estimation contextualized real life situations panel five experts 10 cognitive debriefings provided face content validity tool individuals 18 years mastery arabic english included exploratory factor analysis performed characterize psychometric properties items using principalcomponent analysis convergent validity established comparing numeracy scores antibiotic knowledge scale scores differences numeracy scores according sociodemographic variables tested using multivariate analyses variance two hundred fiftyfour responses obtained giving response rate 635 twofactor structure explained 442 variance evolved mathematical knowledge problemsolving skills numeracyrelated practices experience acceptable reliability cronbachs alpha coefficient 0713 higher numeracy scores significantly correlated scores antibiotic knowledge r 0205 p 001 factor one within tool side effects resistance r 0162 p 005 participants universitycollege education presented higher levels numeracyrelated practices experience highschool education likewise participants medical insurance presented higher numeracy scores without valid reliable measure antibiotic numeracy english arabic created tool could identify patients low numeracy candidates targeted interventions intensive education appropriate antibiotic use