Table 5.

Discriminative validity of DSDH17M through analysis of Wilcoxon rank-sum test (n=722)

Variable	Categories	F1 Regimen-related distress and emotional burden	F2 Interpersonal distress	F3 Physician-related distress
Mean (SD)		2.33 (1.15)	1.71 (1.26)	2.08 (1.34)
Median		2.0	1.0	1.5
		Median	Median	Median
Sex	Female	2.1	1.0	1.5
	Male	1.8	1.0	1.3
Schooling	Elementary school or less	2.0	1.0	1.5
	Secondary school or higher	2.0	1.0	1.5
Obesity	Yes	2.1	1.0	1.5
	No	1.9	1.0	1.3
Stressful events	Yes	3.0	1.7	2.5
	No	1.9	1.0	1.3
Duration of diabetes and/or hypertension	≤3 year	1.9	1.0	1.6
	>3 year	2.0	1.0	1.5
Complications of diabetes or hypertension	Yes	2.0	1.0	1.5
	No	2.0	1.0	1.3
Adherence to pharmacological treatment	Yes	1.8	1.0	1.3
	No	2.4	1.0	1.8
Blood pressure control	Yes	2.0	1.0	1.3
	No	2.1	1.0	1.5
Glucose control	Yes	1.9	1.0	1.3
	No	2.1	1.0	1.5
Wilcoxon rank-sum		p Value	p Value	p Value
Sex		0.002	0.005	0.013
Schooling		0.840	0.489	0.596
Obesity		0.004	0.011	0.033
Stressful events		<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Duration of diabetes and/or hypertension		0.299	0.652	0.321
Complications of diabetes or hypertension		0.913	0.494	0.170
Adherence to pharmacological treatment		<0.0001	0.005	0.008
Blood pressure control		0.146	0.793	0.175
Glucose control		0.058	0.794	0.200

DSDH17M, Distress Scale for Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension.