Table 4.

Correlations of the AR-PAID and its subscales with other measures of effect and HbA1c (N = 200).

AR-PAID	Median (IQR)	Correlation coefficient a
		PHQ-9	GAD-7	WHO-5	HbA1c
Total AR-PAID (0–100)	16.3 (6.3–33.8)	0.71**	0.50**	−0.69**	0.36**
Emotional problems (0–60)	11.3 (3.8–21.3)	0.68**	0.51**	−0.68**	0.37**
Treatment problems (0–10)	1.3 (0–5.0)	0.59**	0.37**	−0.54**	0.28**
Food problems (0–15)	2.5 (0–6.3)	0.60**	0.37**	−0.52**	0.26**
Lack of support (0–15)	0 (0–1.3)	0.41**	0.36**	−0.29**	0.15*

AR-PAID, Arabic version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes; GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale 7; HbA1c, Glycated hemoglobin; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire 9; WHO-5, 5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index.

^aSpearman's Correlation. IQR: Interquartile range.

^**p < 0.001,

^*p < 0.05.