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. 2015 Apr 29;11:669–681. doi: 10.2147/TCRM.S81623

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Proportion of patients according to the categories of diabetes-related distress, depressive symptoms, medication adherence, and health-related quality of life.

Abbreviations: DDS, Diabetes Distress Scale 17 items (low, no distress, mean DDS score <2; medium, moderate distress, mean DDS score 2–2.9; high, distress worthy of clinical attention, mean DDS score ≥3); PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire 9 items (depression severity: low, no depression; PHQ score 0–4; medium, mild depression, PHQ score 5–9; high, moderate to severe depression, PHQ score 10–27); MMAS, Morisky Medication Adherence Scale 8 items (low, low adherence, MMAS score <6; medium, medium adherence, MMAS score 6–7; high, high adherence, MMAS score 8); WHOQOL-BREF, World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (low, 0–49.99; medium, 50.01–74.99; high, 7–100. WHOQOL-BREF categories are arbitrarily set).