Validation of living with chronic illness scale in a type 2 diabetes mellitus population

Table 3 Convergent validity and internal validity of LW-CI-T2DM scale

	LW-CI-T2DM scale
	Domain 1. Acceptance	Domain 2. Coping	Domain 3. Self-management	Domain 4. Integration	Domain 5. Adjustment	Total score
Convergent validity
Age	0.14**	−0.04	−0.02	0.05	−0.05	0.02
Age onset T2DM	0.14**	−0.1*	−0.02	0.06	−0.02	0.04
T2DM duration	0.09*	−0.08	−0.01	−0.02	−0.04	−0.10
WHOQOL—Physical health	0.22**	0.22**	0.21**	0.31**	0.24**	0.30**
WHOQOL—Psychological	0.23**	0.44**	0.40**	0.48**	0.45**	0.51**
WHOQOL—Social relationships	0.19**	0.31**	0.27**	0.40**	0.32**	0.38**
WHOQOL—Environment	0.22**	0.32**	0.34**	0.49**	0.34**	0.43**
DUFSS	0.18**	0.48**	0.46**	0.49**	0.47**	0.56**
Satisfaction With Life	0.28**	0.34**	0.36**	0.47**	0.40**	0.50**
Satisfaction—physical health	0.24**	0.31**	0.30**	0.42**	0.38**	0.44**
Satisfaction—well−being	0.26**	0.25**	0.24**	0.32**	0.35**	0.38**
Satisfaction—social relations	0.29**	0.33**	0.31**	0.39**	0.35**	0.45**
Satisfaction—leisure	0.26**	0.31**	0.33**	0.39**	0.31**	0.48**
Satisfaction—financial situation	0.19**	0.35**	0.30**	0.41**	0.29**	0.41**
Internal validity
Coping	0.09*	–	–	–	–	–
Self-management	0.17**	0.61**	–	–	–	–
Integration	0.24**	0.62**	0.65**	–	–	–
Adjustment	0.13**	0.62**	0.56**	0.59**	–	–

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