What is the best measure for assessing diabetes distress? A comparison of the Problem Areas in Diabetes and Diabetes Distress Scale: results from Diabetes MILES–Australia

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 667-680

  Fenwick, Eva K ^a,b,c   Rees, Gwyn ^a   Holmes Truscott, Elizabeth ^d,e   Browne, Jessica L ^d,e   Pouwer, Frans ^f   Speight, Jane ^d,e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d THE AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH IN DIABETES   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g AHP Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diabetes distress; patient reported outcomes; psychometric; questionnaire; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85044656535     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105316642006     Document Type: Article

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