Table 3.

Convergent validity: correlation (Spearman’s r) between the Diabetes Health Profile-18 dimensions and the SF12v2 dimensions

SF-12v2 dimensions	Diabetes Health Profile (DHP-18)
	Psychological distress	Barriers to activity	Disinhibited eating
Physical functioning	− 0.268	− 0.316	− 0.322
Role-physical	− 0.021	− 0.435	− 0.284
Bodily pain	− 0.246	− 0.311	− 0.268
General health	− 0.380	− 0.240	− 0.326
Vitality	− 0.334	− 0.248	− 0.263
Social functioning	− 0.248	− 0.261	− 0.236
Role-emotional	− 0.353	− 0.407	− 0.412
Mental health	− 0.517	− 0.292	− 0.322

All values were significant with p < 0.05; Values > 0.40 in bold