LETTER SEEKING OPINION AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE

CONTENT VALIDITY OF THE RESEARCH TOOL

To,

Respected Sir/Madam

Sub: Requisition for content validation of the tool

With reference to the above subject, ------”.
I have developed a structured knowledge questionnaire for the data collection. I request
your kind self to validate the tool for its content validity and give your expert and valuable
suggestions as per enclosed checklist. Your expert opinion and cooperation will be highly
appreciated and gratefully acknowledged and Iwould be obliged and remain thankful to you.
Enclosures:
 Structured questionnaire
 Tool validity certificate.

Thanking you in anticipation

Yours Sincerely
------
Date:
Place:

AIM OF THE STUDY

 Study of knowledge regarding diabetes and dietary practices among diabetic patients
admitted to Yenepoya Medical College Hospital.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

 To assess the level of knowledge regarding diabetes mellitus among diabetic patients.
 To study the level of knowledge regarding dietary practices among diabetic patients.
 To find out the association between selected demographic variables and knowledge
regarding diabetes and dietary practices among inpatients.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TOOL

The tool consists of structured knowledge questionnaire. It consists of four parts – Part A, Part
B, Part C, Part D. Part A includes demographic variables such as age, gender, educational status,
religion etc, Part B includes history of disease, Part C include questions to assess the knowledge
about disease, Part D includes questions regarding dietary practices.

Name of the tool: Formulated questions regarding knowledge about diabetes and dietary
practices among diabetic patients.

Operational Definitions
Knowledge :In this study knowledge refers to the information that diabetic patients are having
regarding diabetes and proper dietary practices.
Patients: In this study patients refers to the person admitted in Yenepoya Medical College for
treatment of diabetes.

TYPE OF TOOL : Multiple choice questions.

Total Items: 56 Questions

CONTENT VALIDITY CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the structured tool developed by ------------------- student of Yenepoya University,
Mangalore is validate by under designed and can proceed to conduct the main study for dissertation
entitled “-------------------------------------------

Date: (Signature of the validator with designation)

Place:

Key answers for administered structured questionnaire on knowledge score.

Sl. Key Sl. No Key Sl. No Key Sl. No Key Sl. No Key
No
1 13 25 37 49
2 14 26 38 50
3 15 27 39 51
4 16 28 40 52
5 17 29 41 53
6 18 30 42 54
7 19 31 43 55
8 20 32 44 56
9 21 33 45
10 22 34 46
11 23 35 47
12 24 36 48

Dear sir / Madam,

Kindly go through the content and place the right marks against the interview schedule in the
following column from relevant to not relevant, whether need modification. There are totally 56 questions
in four parts. Kindly give your opinion in remark column.
Part A Demographic Data

Sl. No Item Relevant Need Not relevant Remarks

modification
1 Age
2 Gender
3 Location
4 Education
5 State
6 Religion
7 Marital status
8 Occupation
9 Family income
10 Family type

Part B History of Disease

Sl. No Item Relevant Need Not relevant Remarks
modification
11 Type of diabetes
12 Duration of diagnosis
13 Attended any
awareness program
14 Last reading of
Hemoglobin AIC

15 Blood sugar checkup-

how often?
16 Treatment modality
17 Permanent use of
insulin-when started?
18 Family member with
diabetes

Part C Knowledge about Disease

Sl. No Item Relevant Need Not relevant Remark

modification
19 Must avoid sugar at
all cost
20 Should have non-
starchy foods
21 Diabetes Caused by
eating too much sugar
22 Must consume sweets
in limit
23 Avoid sweets and
chocolates
24 Whether got diabetes
from family
25 Can consume lot of
liquid foods
26 Whether can consume
fruits as much you
wants
27 Should eat special
food
28 Whether advise to take
highly protein food
29 More likely to get
infection from other
disease
30 High protein diet is
not suitable
31 Should eat slowly and
stop when full
32 Should not consume
more rice
33 Underground
vegetables are not
commonly use
34 Sugar free items more
expensive
35 Diabetes affects more
to men
36 Common among rich
people
37 Diabetes is hereditary
38 Diet control and
exercise, regular
medication control
diabetes
39 Symptoms of high
blood sugar
40 Symptoms of low
blood sugar

Part D Dietary Practices

Sl. No Item Relevant Need Not relevant Remark

modification
41 Use of fruits – how
often?
42 Type of fruits
consumed
43 Use of fried foods-
how often?
44 Whether can manage
diabetes with eating
habit
45 Dietary practice
rating
46 Use of homemade
food
47 Whether meals
prepared by diabetes
recipes
48 Numbers meals per
day
49 Influence by eating
 habit of family
members
50 Eating more than
normal on special
days
51 Self treatment of
low blood sugar
52 Whether Consuming
alcohol
53 Whether eating
non-veg food
54 Whether consuming
lot of salt
55 Whether consuming
lot of oily food
56 Reasons for not
following diabetic
diet

Suggestions if any:
Signature of the expert
Designation