| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| CVI | Content validity index |
| DQOL | Diabetes Quality of Life |
| DQOL-AO | Diabetes Quality of Life-Afaan Oromoo |
| EFA | Exploratory factor analysis |
| IDF | International Diabetes Federation |
| KMO | Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin |
| QOL | Quality of life |
| T2D | Type 2 diabetes |