AUTHOR=Lin Ching-Ling , Chang Yao-Tsung , Liu Wen-Cheng , Huang Li-Chi , Tsao Shin-Yi , Chen Yu-Hsin , Chen Ruey-Yu 

TITLE=Exploring and Developing a New Culturally-Appropriate Diabetes Distress Scale in Taiwan

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.838661

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.838661

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Introduction:
The aim of this study was to develop and validate a new diabetes distress scale suitable for Chinese and Taiwanese culture.
Methods:
This study collected the current diabetes distress measurement tools, re-organized current definitions about the domains of diabetes distress, and then developed a new tool. 395 participants from four hospitals in northern Taiwan were recruited by cluster randomized sampling for validity test.
Results:
We found the new diabetes distress scale had appropriate reliability and validity, including an acceptable model fit for the 12-item scale.
Conclusions:
This new diabetes distress scale might be more directly related to emotional distress issues and blood sugar control and improve the prevention and treatment of diabetes distress and even benefit the treatment of diabetes. More validity and reliability studies about this new tool in wider countries are needed.