Table 3.
Diabetes distress score among patients with good and poor diabetic control
| Good control [HbA1c 1 ≤ 7.0%] (n = 50) |
Poor control [HbA1c 1 > 7.0%] (n = 56) |
Mann-Whitney U test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | p-value | ||
| Total score of the DDS-17 | 1.50 | 0.76 | 1.88 | 0.87 | <0.001* | |
| DDS-17 subscales | Emotional Burden | 1.60 | 1.20 | 2.00 | 1.15 | 0.003* |
| Regime Distress | 1.60 | 1.05 | 2.20 | 1.20 | 0.001* | |
| Physician Distress | 1.00 | 0.75 | 1.75 | 1.25 | 0.004* | |
| Interpersonal Distress | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 0.069 | |
HbA1c = glycosylated hemoglobin; IQR = interquartile range; *statistically significant at p < 0.05; A higher score indicates higher distress level