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. 2021 Oct 22;10(10):e30901. doi: 10.2196/30901

Table 1.

Baseline global measures.

Construct Assessment Description
Background variables

N/Aa Demographic questionnaire Gender, ethnicity, education, income, health care coverage, marital status, employment status

N/A Clinical information Recent severe high/low blood glucose events, method of insulin delivery, pump/injections/continuous glucose monitor use, diagnoses, height and weight

Personality 10-item personality inventory [17] 10 items, measures personality along 5 dimensions
Diabetes management

Self-management Diabetes self-management
questionnaire [18]
16 items, higher scores indicate more desirable self-management behavior

Insulin self-management Insulin self-management 3 items, inspired by medication adherence items [19], also administered at follow-up

Diabetes self-care Self-Care Inventory-Revised [20] 9 items, higher scores signal increased levels of diabetes self-care, 4 subscales
Emotional well-being

Fear of hypoglycemia Hypoglycemic attitudes and
behavior scale [21]
14 items, higher scores indicate more fear of hypoglycemia

Anxiety Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment [22] 7 items, higher scores indicate increased severity of anxiety

Diabetes stigma Type 1 Diabetes Stigma
Assessment Scale [23]
8 items, higher scores indicate more diabetes stigma experienced, 3 subscales

Emotional regulation Difficulties in emotion regulation scale [24] 18 items, higher scores reflect greater difficulty with emotion regulation

Depressive symptoms Patient health questionnaire [25] 8 items, higher scores reflect greater depression symptoms severity
Other

Occupational balance Occupational balance
questionnaire [26]
11 items, higher scores indicate a higher level of lifestyle balance

Social support Social support questionnaire [27] 12 items, higher scores signal greater satisfaction with social support system

aN/A: not applicable.