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. 2014 Feb 12;3:83. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-83

Table 3.

Quality of life and patient satisfaction questionnaires used and validated in the BENCH-D study

Questionnaire Abbreviation Domain No. of items Scoring Cronbach’s alpha Item-scale correlation (Min-Max)
SF-12 Health Survey physical component SF-12 PCS Physical functioning 6 0-100 - -
WHO-5 Well-Being Index WHO-5 Psychological well-being 5 0-100 - -
Diabetes Empowerment Scale-Short Form DES-SF Diabetes Psychosocial Self-Efficacy 8 0-100 0.93 0.916-0.933
Problem Areas in Diabetes 5 PAID-5 Diabetes distress 5 100-0 0.93 0.918-0.923
Health Care Climate Questionnaire-Short Form HCC-SF Patient centered communication 6 0-100 0.93 0.909-0.927
Patients Assessment of Chronic Illness Care-Short Form PACIC-SF Quality of chronic illness care and patient support 11 0-100 0.85 0.833-0.849
Global Satisfaction for Diabetes Treatment GSDT Satisfaction with treatment regimen 7 0-100 0.80 0.748-0.787
Diabetes Self-care Activities SDSCA-6 Self-care activities 6 0-7 - -
Barriers to Medications BM Barriers to medication 10 0-100 0.77 0.736-0.753
Perceived social support PSS Patient perceived support 5 0-100 0.81 0.748-0.830