Illness Perception and Depressive Symptoms among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study in Clinical Settings in Nepal

Table 4

Relationship between depressive symptoms and illness perception (Spearman correlation).

	Depression	Identity	Timeline (acute)	Timeline (cyclic)	Consequences	Personal control	Treatment control	Illness coherence	Emotional representation	Cause
Depression (BDI-II) scale	1
Identity	0.525	1
Timeline (acute)	0.115	0.106	1
Timeline (cyclic)	0.337	0.328	0.35	1
Consequences	0.511	0.410	0.170	0.437	1
Personal control	−0.099	−0.087	−0.077	−0.127	−0.108	1
Treatment control	−0.250	−0.231	−0.435	−0.074	−0.247	0.225	1
Illness coherence	−0.446	−0.305	−0.018	−0.515	−0.356	0.193	0.166	1
Emotional representation	0.636	0.412	0.018	0.477	0.518	−101	−0.156	−0.468	1
Cause	0.366	0.390	0.006	0.162	0.395	−0.081	−0.069	−0.252	0.342	1

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