Table 4

Correlation coefficients and mean (SD) of HFS-II, HFS-B, and HFS-W scores with external criteria

	HFS-II	HFS-B	HFS-W
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 items depression scores	0.367**	0.202*	0.395**
General Anxiety Disorder scores	0.410**	0.241**	0.432**
Had at least one severe hypoglycemia episode in the past 12 months prior to the survey
Scale	30.35 (18.89)**	11.47 (7.15)*	18.88 (14.18)**
Item	0.97 (0.61)**	0.83 (0.58)**	1.08 (0.81)**
Had no severe hypoglycemia in the past 12 months prior to the survey
Scale	21.63 (16.90)	8.88 (7.59)	12.75 (11.81)
Item	0.67 (0.54)	0.59 (0.51)	0.73 (0.70)
Latest HbA1c
≥7.5% (58 mmol/mol)
Scale	26.65 (18.02)*	10.5 (7.49)*	16.14 (13.18)*
Item	0.84 (0.59)*	0.73 (0.55)*	0.92 (0.78)*
<7.5% (58 mmol/mol)
Total	17.63 (16.01)	6.73 (7.02)	10.9 (10.57)
Item	0.55 (0.48)	0.46 (0.46)	0.63 (0.59)