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. 2021 Jul 12;18(14):7435. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147435

Table 2.

Item–total statistics of the DQOL-AO version among adults living with type 2 diabetes attending Nekemte Specialized Hospital, 2020 (n = 417).

Item Number Domain and Items Item–Total Correlation
Satisfaction
1 How satisfied are you with the amount of time it takes to manage your diabetes? 0.581
2 How satisfied are you with the amount of time you spend getting check-ups? 0.543
3 How satisfied are you with the time it takes to determine your sugar level? 0.352
4 How satisfied are you with your current treatment? 0.461
5 How satisfied are you with the flexibility you have in your diet? 0.326
6 How satisfied are you with the burden your diabetes is placing on your family? 0.365
7 How satisfied are you with your knowledge about your diabetes? 0.207
8 How satisfied are you with your sleep? 0.351
9 How satisfied are you with your social relationships and friendships? 0.626
10 How satisfied are you with your sex life? 0.481
11 How satisfied are you with your work, school, and household activities? 0.543
12 How satisfied are you with the appearance of your body? 0.596
13 How satisfied are you with the time you spend exercising? 0.537
14 How satisfied are you with your leisure time? 0.496
15 How satisfied are you with life in general? 0.223
Impact
1 How often do you feel the pain associated with the treatment of your diabetes? 0.363
2 How often are you embarrassed by having to deal with your diabetes in public? 0.303
3 How often do you have low blood sugar? 0.181
4 How often do you feel physically ill? 0.473
5 How often does your diabetes interfere with your family life? 0.518
6 How often do you have a bad night’s sleep? 0.412
7 How often do you find your diabetes limiting your social relationships and friendships? 0.486
8 How often do you feel good about yourself? −0.151
9 How often do you feel restricted by your diet? 0.339
10 How often does your diabetes interfere with your sex life? 0.523
11 How often does your diabetes keep you from driving a car or using a machine (e.g., a typewriter)? 0.522
12 How often does your diabetes interfere with your exercising? 0.468
13 How often do you miss work, school, or household duties because of your diabetes? 0.554
14 How often do you find yourself explaining what it means to have diabetes? 0.359
15 How often do you find that your diabetes interrupts your leisure-time activities? 0.557
16 How often do you tell others about your diabetes? 0.284
17 How often are you teased because you have diabetes? 0.245
18 How often do you feel that because of your diabetes you go to the bathroom more than others? 0.273
19 How often do you find that you eat something you shouldn’t rather than tell someone that you have diabetes? −0.291
20 How often do you hide from others the fact that you are having an insulin reaction? 0.167
Social/Vocational Worry
1 How often do you worry about whether you will get married? 0.387
2 How often do you worry about whether you will have children? 0.429
3 How often do you worry about whether you will not get a job you want? 0.433
4 How often do you worry about whether you will be denied insurance? 0.019
5 How often do you worry about whether you will be able to complete your education? 0.292
6 How often do you worry about whether you will miss work? 0.404
7 How often do you worry about whether you will be able to take a vacation or a trip? 0.358
Diabetes-Related Worry
1 How often do you worry about whether you will pass out? 0.496
2 How often do you worry that your body looks different because you have diabetes? 0.574
3 How often do you worry that you will get complications from your diabetes? 0.407
4 How often do you worry about whether someone will not go out with you because you have diabetes? 0.116