Table 1. Instrument Dimensions (Number of Items).
| Appraisal of Diabetes Scale |
Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life |
Diabetes Health Profilea |
Diabetes Impact Measurement Scales |
Diabetes Quality-of-Life Measure |
Diabetes-Specific Quality-of-Life Scale |
Diabetes-39 | Questionnaire on Stress in Patient With Diabetes-R |
Well-Being Enquiry for Diabetics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single index (7) |
Single index (13) |
Psychological distress (14) |
Well-being (11) | Worries about future effectsof diabetes (4) |
Worries about future (5) |
Anxiety and worry (4) |
Depression/fear of future (6) |
Serenity (10) |
| Barriers to activity (13) |
Diabetes-related morale (11) |
Worries about social/vocational issues (7) |
Social relations (11) |
Social and peer burden(5) |
Leisure time (4) | Discomfort (10) | ||
| Disinhibited eating (5) |
Nonspecific symptoms (11) |
Impact of treatment (20) |
Leisure time flexibility (6) |
Sexual functioning (3) |
Partner (6) | Impact (20) | ||
| Specific symptoms (6) |
Satisfaction with treatment (15) |
Daily hassles (4) | Energy and mobility (15) |
Work (6) | ||||
| Diet restrictions (5) | Treatment regimen/diet (9) |
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| Physical complaints (8) |
Diabetes control (12) |
Physical complaints (6) |
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| Treatment satisfaction (10) |
Hypoglycemia (4) Doctor-patient relationship (4) |
a
The number of items for the Diabetes Health Profile refers to the DHP-1. The DHP-18 has 6, 7, and 5 items for the psychological distress, barriers to activity, and disinhibited eating dimensions, respectively. Table 2 in Garratt AM, Schmidt L, Fitzpatrick R. Patient-assessed health outcome measures for diabetes: a structured review. Diabetic Med. 2002;19:1-11. Reprinted here with permission.