When Is Diabetes Distress Clinically Meaningful? Establishing cut points for the Diabetes Distress Scale

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  • LAWRENCE FISHER
  • DANIELLE M. HESSLER
  • WILLIAM H. POLONSKY
  • JOSEPH MULLAN
چکیده

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSdRecruited were 506 study 1 and 392 study 2 adults with type 2 diabetes from community medical groups. Multiple regression equations associated the DDS17, a 17-item scale that yields a mean-item score, with HbA1c, diabetes self-efficacy, diet, and physical activity. Associations also were undertaken for the two-item DDS (DDS2) screener. Analyses included control variables, linear, and quadratic (curvilinear) DDS terms.

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تاریخ انتشار 2012