Table 2.
Spearman’s correlations between alexithymia, glycaemic control and psychopathological parameters in patients with brittle diabetes (n=44)
| Clinical and psychopathological variables | TAS-20 total score | TAS-20 DIF | TAS-20 DDF | TAS-20 EOT |
| HbA1c (last measurement) | .041 | .150 | .034 | -.020 |
| Mean HbAlc (last three measurements) | .097 | .209 | .013 | .011 |
| SCL-90-R subscales | ||||
| Somatization | .341a | .574c | .137 | -.001 |
| Obsessive-compulsive | .263 | .371a | -.026 | .231 |
| Interpersonal sensitivity | .269 | .515c | .176 | -.037 |
| Depression | .221 | .403b | .221 | -.090 |
| Anxiety | .301a | .482c | .255 | -.050 |
| Hostility | .285 | .488c | .191 | -.025 |
| Phobic anxiety | .302a | .419b | .161 | .082 |
| Paranoid ideation | .086 | .4l5b | -.050 | -.090 |
| Psychoticism | .026 | .346a | .005 | -.181 |
Legend: ap < 0.05; bp < 0.01; cp < 0.001. Spearmans correlation p coefficient values are reported