Table 2

- Correlation of SADDS–17 scores with participants’ demographics and psychological predictors.

Variables	Total score	Factor 1 (regimen-related distress)	Factor 2 (emotional burden)	Factor 3 (physician-related distress)	Factor 4 (interpersonal distress)
Gender	0.08	-0.151	0.154	0.134	-0.018
Age	0.031	-0.056	-0.029	0.036	0.104
Social status	0.118	-0.16	0.201^*	0.119	0.08
Educational level	-0.184	-0.002	-0.115	-0.133	-0.107
Occupation	-0.153	0.059	-0.254^†	0.008	-0.073
Family income	-0.096	0.13	-0.187	-0.01	-0.128
Duration of diabetes	0.086	0.128	0.117	-0.097	-0.021
Number of family members under your care	-0.114	0.054	-0.128	-0.042	-0.163
Smoking	-.195^*	-0.146	-0.081	-0.101	-0.007
Cigarettes	0.162	0.067	0.008	0.16	0.101
Hookah	-0.015	-0.108	-0.028	0.101	0.026
Anti-depressant medication	-0.138	0.04	-.210^*	-0.007	-0.115
Visual analogue scale for medication adherence	-0.263^†	-0.317^†	-0.1	-0.087	0.02
Quality of life physical health domain	-0.146	-0.043	-0.109	0.01	-0.183
Quality of life psychological domain	-0.114	-0.151	-0.02	0.038	-0.15
Quality of life social relations domain	-0.238^*	-0.09	-0.158	0.025	-0.321^†
Quality of life environment domain	-0.270^†	-0.083	-0.115	-0.087	-0.333^†
HADS - anxiety	0.407^†	-0.004	0.442^†	0.249^†	0.117
HADS - depression	0.392^†	0.091	0.420^†	0.153	0.102

↵* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
↵† Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). HADS: hospital anxiety and depression scale