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Table 5 Internal-consistency reliability, and convergent validity of the Eth-PAID and Eth-PAID-5 (n = 200)

From: Psychometric evaluation of the problem areas in diabetes (PAID) scale among people with type 2 diabetes in Ethiopia: a tool validation study

			Full form (PAID-20)												PAID-5
			One factor [38]	Two factor [40]		Two factor [31]		Three factor [39]			Four factor [24]				One factor [35]
			One factor [38]	SC1	SC2	SC1	SC2	SC1	SC2	SC3	SC1	SC2	SC3	SC4	One factor [35]
Cronbach’s alpha			0.821	0.640	0.768	0.762	0.664	0.759	0.611	0.517	0.738	0.308	0.611	0.517	0.510
Pearson’s r (P)	PDMS	r	-0.13	-0.14*	-0.10	-0.09	-0.17*	-0.07	-0.14*	-0.26*	-0.08	-0.002	-0.14*	-0.26	-0.138*
	PDMS	P	0.06	0.05	0.14	0.19	0.01	0.32	0.05	0.00	0.24	0.98	0.05	0.00	0.05
	FBS	r	0.02	0.04	-0.01	0.01	0.03	0.03	-0.04	-0.01	0.004	0.10	-0.04	0.01	0.07
	FBS	p	0.86	0.26	0.88	0.95	0.71	0.66	0.54	0.88	0.95	0.15	0.54	0.88	0.34

PDSMS, Perceived Diabetes Self-Management Scale; FBS, Fasting Blood Glucose; *p < 0.05, SC: Subclass

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