- Factor analysis of SADDS-17 scale with item-loading on each factor.
| Item | Statement | SADDS Dimensions (α) | Factor 1 (regimen -related distress) | Factor 2 (emotional burden) | Factor 3 (physician -related distress) | Factor 4 (interpersonal distress) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feeling that I am not testing my blood sugars frequently enough. | Regimen distress | 0.743 | |||
| 2 | Feeling that I am often failing with my diabetes regimen. | 0.838 | ||||
| 3 | Not feeling confident in my day-to-day ability to manage diabetes. | 0.841 | ||||
| 4 | Feeling that I am not sticking closely enough to a good meal plan. | 0.828 | ||||
| 5 | Not feeling motivated to keep up my diabetes self-management. | 0.597 | ||||
| 6 | Feeling that diabetes is taking up too much of my mental and physical energy every day. | Emotional burden | 0.683 | |||
| 7 | Feeling angry, scared, or depressed when I think about living with diabetes. | 0.716 | ||||
| 8 | Feeling that diabetes controls my life. | 0.733 | ||||
| 9 | Feeling that I will end up with serious long-term complications, no matter what I do. | 0.785 | ||||
| 10 | Feeling overwhelmed by the demands of living with diabetes. | 0.602 | ||||
| 11 | Feeling that my doctor doesn’t know enough about diabetes and diabetes care. | Physician-related distress | 0.864 | |||
| 12 | Feeling that my doctor doesn’t give me clear enough directions on how to manage my diabetes. | 0.875 | ||||
| 13 | Feeling that my doctor doesn’t take my concerns seriously enough. | 0.713 | ||||
| 14 | Feeling that I don’t have a doctor who I can see regularly about my diabetes. | 0.664 | ||||
| 15 | Feeling that friends or family are not supportive enough of my self-care efforts (such, planning activities that conflict with my schedule, encouraging me to eat the “wrong” food). | Interpersonal distress | 0.81 | |||
| 16 | Feeling that friends or family don’t appreciate how difficult living with diabetes can be. | 0.85 | ||||
| 17 | Feeling that friends or family don’t give me the emotional support that I would like. | 0.8 |
SADDS-17: Saudi Arabian diabetes distress scale-17