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DDS-17 items | Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted |
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1. Feeling the diabetes is taking up too much of my mental and physical energy every day | 0.868 |
2. Feeling that my doctor doesn’t know enough about diabetes and diabetes care | 0.877 |
3. Feeling angry, scared, and/or depressed when I think about living with diabetes | 0.861 |
4. Feeling that my doctor doesn’t give me clear enough directions on how to manage my diabetes | 0.874 |
5. Feeling that I am not testing my blood sugars frequently enough | 0.873 |
6. Feeling that I am often failing with my diabetes routine | 0.868 |
7. Feeling that friends or family are not supportive enough of self-care efforts (e.g., planning activities that conflict with my schedule, encouraging me to eat the “wrong” foods) | 0.870 |
8. Feeling that diabetes controls my life | 0.874 |
9. Feeling that my doctor doesn’t take my concerns seriously enough | 0.875 |
10. Not feeling confident in my day-to-day ability to manage diabetes | 0.868 |
11. Feeling that I will end up with serious long-term complications no matter what I do | 0.863 |
12. Feeling that I am not sticking closely enough to a good meal plan | 0.870 |
13. Feeling that friends or family don’t appreciate how difficult living with diabetes can be | 0.871 |
14. Feeling overwhelmed by the demands of living with diabetes | 0.871 |
15. Feeling that I don’t have a doctor, who I can see regularly enough about my diabetes | 0.875 |
16. Not feeling motivated to keep up my diabetes self-management | 0.872 |
17. Feeling that friends or family don’t give me the emotional support that I would like | 0.871 |
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