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Translation, cultural adaptation, and evaluation of the psychometric properties of an Arabic diabetes distress scale

A cross sectional study from Saudi Arabia

Mohammed A. Batais, Fahad D. Alosaimi, Abdulrahman A. AlYahya, Ouf A. Aloofi, Mohammad K. Almashouq, Khalid S. Alshehri and Abdulaziz F. Alfraiji
Saudi Medical Journal May 2021, 42 (5) 509-516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.5.20200286

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