Dimensions and questions | Factor | Mean (SD) | Communalities | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Psychological distress | ||||||
6. | Do you lose your temper if people keep on at you about sugar testing or diet? | 0.537 | 0.252 | 0.005 | 0.7 (0.8) | 0.31 |
8. | Are there more arguments or upsets at home than there would be if you did not have diabetes? | 0 .568 | 0.000 | 0.163 | 0.5 (0.7) | 0.37 |
15. | Because of your diabetes, do you get depressed? | 0 .478 | 0.308 | 0.316 | 0.8 (0.7) | 0.43 |
16. | Does your diabetes cause you to lose your temper or shout? | 0 .835 | 0.137 | 0.105 | 0.8 (0.7) | 0.73 |
17. | Do you get touchy or moody about diabetes? | 0 .812 | 0.177 | 0.187 | 0.8 (0.7) | 0.73 |
18. | Do you find yourself losing your temper over small things? | 0 .720 | 0.210 | 0.132 | 0.6 (0.7) | 0.58 |
Barriers to activity | ||||||
1. | Does food control your life? | 0.016 | 0.159 | 0 .588 | 1.3 (0.9) | 0.40 |
2. | Does having diabetes mean it is difficult staying out late? | 0.139 | −0.027 | 0 .573 | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.35 |
3. | Does having diabetes mean your days are tied to meal times? | −0.007 | −0.054 | 0 .756 | 1.1 (1.0) | 0.59 |
4. | Do you avoid going out if your sugar is on the low side? | 0.119 | −0.058 | 0.378 | 0.8 (0.9) | 0.17 |
11. | Because of your diabetes, do you worry about getting colds or influenza? | 0.139 | −0.015 | 0 .505 | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.26 |
13. | Do you find it frightening or worrying going into busy or crowded shops? | 0.211 | 0.269 | 0.219 | 0.3 (0.6) | 0.17 |
14. | Do you get edgy when out and there is nowhere to eat? | 0.260 | 0.179 | 0.354 | 0.6 (0.7) | 0.24 |
Disinhibited eating | ||||||
5. | Do you have problems keeping to your diet because you eat to cheer yourself up? | 0.153 | 0 .752 | 0.041 | 0.6 (0.8) | 0.61 |
7. | Do you have problems keeping to your diet because you find it hard to say no to food you like? | 0.114 | 0 .710 | −0.018 | 0.9 (0.8) | 0.54 |
9. | When you start eating how easy do you find it to stop? | −0.112 | −0.608 | 0.069 | 2.0 (0.7) | 0.40 |
10. | How likely are you to eat something extra when you feel bored or fed up? | 0.164 | 0 .705 | −0.060 | 1.5 (0.8) | 0.53 |
12. | Do you wish there were not so many nice things to eat? | 0.112 | 0 .553 | 0.118 | 0.9 (1.0) | 0.36 |
Values higher than 0.4 in boldface.