Table 6. Comparison of the original English, revised English and revised Malay SDSCA questionnaire.

Domain/Item	Original English SDSCA	Revised English SDSCA	Revised Malay version
1. General diet
1. Follow healthy	Y	Y	Y
diet/Recommended diet (last 7 days)
2. Limited-calorie diet for diabetics	Y	N	N
3. Fruits and veg. (fiber) (last 7 days)	Y	Y	Y
4. High-fat food (fatty food)(last 7 days)	Y	Y	N (replaced with item 5a)
5. Sweet food	Y	N	N
6. Follow healthy diet plan (past 1 month)	N	Y	Y
2. Exercise
1. 20 mins (last 7 days)	Y	N	N
2. 30 mins (last 7 days)	Y (%)	Y (number of days)	Y
3. Specific exercise session (last 7 days)	Y	Y	Y
3. Blood glucose testing
1 Test blood (last 7 days)	Y	Y	Y
2. Test blood per recommendation (last 7 days)	Y	Y	Y
4. Medication		(moved to Additional Items)	(moved to Additional Items)
1. Taking diabetes medication (last 7 days)	N	Y	Y
2. Taking insulin injection (last 7 days)	Y	Y	Y
3. Taking diabetes pills (last 7 days)	Y	Y	Y
6. Foot care
1. Inspect feet (last 7 days)	N	Y	Y
2. Inspect inside of shoes (last 7 days)	N	Y	Y
7. Smoking
1. Smoke (last 7 days)	N	Y	N (unsuitable for children)
Additional items (extended version)
1a. Advice on diet		Y	Y
2a. Advice on exercise		Y	Y
3a. Advice on blood testing		Y	Y
4a. Advice on medication
5a. Diet – balancing		Y	Y
carbohydrate intake (last 7 days)		Y	Y (replace item 4)
6a. Medication – as above
7a. Medication – as above		Y	Y
8a. Medication – as above		Y	Y
9a. Foot care – wash feet (last 7 days)		Y	Y
10a. Foot care – soak feet (last 7 days)
11a. Foot care – dry in between toes after wash (last 7 days)		Y	Y
12a. Smoking – asked about smoking		Y	N (not suitable for children)
13a. Smoking – advice to stop smoking		Y	N (not suitable for
14a. Smoking – the last time smoking		Y	N (not suitable for children)

* Y=Yes, N=No