Table 4.

Mean scores, standard deviations and internal consistency of the Sinhalese S-PSS-10.

Description	Total	T2DM patients	ASMHC group	HCC group	P value (ANOVA)
Mean scores	21.4 ± 6.9	23.8 ± 6.0	17.9 ± 6.0	15.8 ± 6.4	0.00
Perceived distress	13.7 ± 4.8	15.0 ± 4.2	11.6 ± 4.9	11.2 ± 5.2
PSS-Q1	2.4 ± 0.9	2.6 ± 0.8	2.0 ± 1.1	2.0 ± 0.9
PSS-Q2	2.2 ± 1.0	2.4 ± 0.9	1.7 ± 1.0	1.6 ± 1.2
PSS-Q3	2.2 ± 1.0	2.4 ± 0.9	1.9 ± 1.0	1.8 ± 1.2
PSS-Q6	2.2 ± 0.9	2.4 ± 0.8	2.0 ± 0.9	1.8 ± 1.2
PSS-Q9	2.3 ± 0.9	2.5 ± 0.8	2.0 ± 0.9	2.0 ± 0.9
PSS-Q10	2.2 ± 1.0	2.4 ± 0.9	1.8 ± 0.9	1.8 ± 1.1
Perceived coping	7.6 ± 3.4	8.8 ± 3.0	6.3 ± 3.0	4.6 ± 2.9
PSS-Q4	1.8 ± 1.0	2.2 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 0.8	0.9 ± 0.9
PSS-Q5	2.0 ± 0.9	2.2 ± 0.8	1.6 ± 0.8	1.3 ± 0.9
PSS-Q7	1.9 ± 1.1	2.1 ± 1.1	1.7 ± 1.0	1.2 ± 1.0
PSS-Q8	1.8 ± 1.0	2.1 ± 0.9	1.5 ± 0.9	1.1 ± 1.0
Cronbach’s alpha for PSS-10	0.87	0.85	0.81	0.79
Cronbach’s alpha for perceived distress	0.89	0.87	0.90	0.86
Cronbach’s alpha for perceived coping	0.83	0.79	0.82	0.73
Mean scores S-PHQ-9		7.35 ± 4.23	3.76 ± 3.80
Cronbach’s alpha for S-PHQ-9		0.79	0.81