Measure of Psychological Adjustment to Diabetes (ATT19)
Welch et al.‚ 1994
1. If I did not have diabetes I think I would be quite a different person.
2. I dislike being referred to as “a diabetic”.
3. Diabetes is the worst thing that has happened to me.
4. Most people would find it difficult to adjust to having diabetes.
5. I often feel embarrassed about having diabetes.
6. There is not much I seem to be able to do to control my diabetes.
7. There is little hope of leading a normal life with diabetes.
8. The proper control of diabetes involves a lot of sacrifice and inconvenience.
9. I try not to let people know about my diabetes.
10.Being told you have diabetes is like being sentenced to a life time of illness.
11.My diabetic diet does not really spoil my life.
12.In general‚ doctors need to be a lot more sympathetic in their treatment of people with diabetes.
13.having diabetes over a long period changes the personality.
14.I often find it difficult to decide whether I feel sick or well.
15.Diabetes is not really a problem because it can be controlled.
16.There is really nothing you can do if you have diabetes.
17.There is really no-one I feel I can talk to openly about my diabetes.
18.I believe I have adjusted well to having diabetes.
19.I often think it is unfair that I should have diabetes when other people are so healthy.
There are six subscales: diabetes stress‚ coping‚ guilt‚ alienation/cooperation‚ illness conviction‚ and ambiguity tolerance
“I disagree completely” to “I agree completely”
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