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

Table 2.

Follow-up global measures.

Construct Assessment Description
Function

Functional health status RAND 36-item short form health survey v1.0 [28] 36 items, measures 8 dimensions of health, higher scores indicate better
functional health status

Illness intrusiveness Adapted illness intrusiveness rating scale [29] 13 items, higher scores reflect greater interference associated with the disease (diabetes) and its treatment
Emotional well-being

Diabetes-related quality of life Helmsley quality of life and diabetes survey [30] 27-36 items depending on age group, higher scores reflect better diabetes-related quality of life

Diabetes distress Problem areas in diabetes scale [31] 5 items, higher scores suggest greater diabetes-related emotional distress

Positive and negative
affect
Stress and Working Memory Study Affect Items [32] 9 items, sum of 4 items indicates positive affect and sum of other 4 items indicates negative affect; 1 item not from original (“tension”) was added

Perceived stress Perceived stress scale [33] 10 items, higher scores indicate greater perceived stress

Life satisfaction Satisfaction with life scale [34] 5 items, higher scores reflect greater life satisfaction
Other

N/Aa COVID-19 questions Provides information about COVID-19 era life circumstances such as economic and lifestyle changes

N/A Study-specific follow-up questions Difficulties with the study devices, experience of diabetic ketoacidosis or
hypoglycemia during study visit

aN/A: not applicable.