Research Article

Validation of the Turkish Version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale

Table 3

Correlations between total PAID, the two factors, the PAID-1 and PAID-5, and other measures of interest.

CES-DITASWHO-5AgeHbA1cDiabetes DurationRegulation Difficulty

PAID total.447**.390**−.472**−.347**.092−.125 273.96* *
PAID factor 1
Diabetes distress
.412**.367**−.444**−.348**.083−.126 258.17**
PAID factor 2
Support-related issues
.463**.375**−.454**−.266**.099−.092 215.22**
PAID-1
“Worrying about the future and the possibility of serious complications”
.348**.247**−.309**−.234**.062−.098 22.82*
PAID-5
PAID items 3,6,12,16,19
.412**.369**−.414**−.324**.110−.086 135.37**

* ρ ≤ 0.05
** ρ ≤ 0.01
χ 2 distribution.