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. 2017 Dec 7;5(12):e183. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.8910

Table 2.

Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS)a and subscale scores.


Study measures

Both groups (n=114)

Usual care (n=56)
Coach PCPb portal with
decision support (n=58)
Pc,d

n Mean (SDe) Pf
n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

DDS









Baseline

114

2.5 (0.9)


56

2.4 (0.9)

58

2.6 (0.9)
.79c

12 month 103 2.3 (0.8)
46 2.3 (0.9) 57 2.3 (0.8)


Change

103


–0.2 (0.8)

.01

46

–0.1

57

–0.3
.37d
Emotional burden









Baseline

114


2.6 (1.3)


56

2.6 (1.3)

58

2.6 (1.3)
.75c

12 month 104 2.6 (1.3)
46 2.6 (1.3) 58 2.5 (1.2)


Change

104

0 (1.2)

.83

46

0.1

58

–0.1
.48d
Interpersonal distress









Baseline

114

2.1 (1.3)


56

1.9 (1.1)

58

2.3 (1.4)
.24c

12 month 103 2.0 (1.2)
46 1.8 (1.1) 57 2.2 (1.2)


Change

103

0 (1.2)

.64

46

0.1

57

–0.1
.65d
Physician-related distress









Baseline

114

1.7 (1.0)


56

1.8 (1.0)

58

1.6 (0.9)
.86c

12 month 104 1.7 (1.0)
46 1.7 (1.0) 58 1.7 (1.0)


Change

104

0 (1.0)

.73

46

–0.2

58

0.1
.12d
Regimen-related distress









Baseline

114

3.3 (1.3)


56

3.1 (1.3)

58

3.5 (1.2)
.65c

12 month 104 2.7 (1.1)
46 2.7 (1.1) 58 2.7 (1.0)


Change

104

–0.6 (1.4)

<.001

46

–0.4

58

–0.8
.16d

aThe three categories of DDS scores are little or no diabetes distress (DDS <2.0), moderate diabetes distress (DDS=2.0-2.9), and high diabetes distress (DDS ≥3) [36].

bPCP: primary care provider.

cGroup effect on diabetes distress, regardless of gender.

dGroup by time effect on diabetes distress, regardless of gender.

eSD: standard deviation.

fTime effect on diabetes distress scores in all groups.