Table 4.

The communality value, the average and the standard deviation of each item of DEPS-R item statistics for total scale

	Item-total r	Mean	Standard deviation
D 1 (Losing weight is an important goal to me)	0,68	2.21	1.809
D 2 (I skip meals and/or snacks)	0.26	1.22	1.256
D 3 (Other people have told me that my eating is out of control)	0.63	1.09	1.361
D 4 (When I overeat. I don’t take enough insulin to cover the food)	0.45	1.01	1.168
D 5 (I eat more when I am alone than when I am with others)	0.54	0.88	1.286
D 6 (I feel that it’s difficult to lose weight and control my diabetes at the same time)	0.6	1.55	1.652
D 7 (I avoid checking my blood sugar when I feel like it is out of range)	0.58	0.71	1.17
D 8 (I make myself vomit)	0.58	0.04	0.246
D 9 (I try to keep my blood sugar high so that I will lose weight)	0.44	0.12	0.494
D 10 (I try to eat to the point of spilling ketones in my urine)	0.62	0.03	0.205
D 11 (I feel fat when I take all of my insulin)	0.59	0.33	0.945
D 12 (Other people tell me to take better care of my diabetes)	0.54	1.85	1.607
D 13 (After I overeat. I skip my next insulin dose)	0.58	0.12	0.416
D 14 (I feel that my eating is out of control)	0.67	1.04	1.3
D 15 (I alternate between eating very little and eating huge amounts)	0.53	0.9	1.116
D 16 (I would rather be thin than to have good control of my diabetes)	0.56	0.46	1.105