Objectives: To develop and validate the Psychosocial Problems Scale for type 2 diabetics.
Methods: The study was conducted at Lahore from November 2017 to July 2018 in three phases. The first phase related to item generation in which endorsements was taken from experts. In the second phase, a pilot study was conducted and in the third phase, psychometric properties were established. In the third phase, the scale was administered on a sample of diabetics aged 30-60 years. Exploratory factor analysis was used to establish construct validity of the scale. Correlation was carried out to establish concurrent validity of the scale with Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale and Psychosocial Problems Scale for type 2 diabetics.
Results: The mean age of 395 subjects was 47.19±8.76 years. Three factors that emerged from factor analysis were social/occupational, sexual life satisfaction and psychological. Significant positive correlation (p<0.001) was found with both the scales. To establish the discriminant validity, correlation was computed and significant negative correlation (p<0.01) was found between Satisfaction with Life Scale and Psychosocial Problems Scale for type 2 diabetics (p<0.05).
Conclusions: The psychosocial problem scale for type 2 diabetics was found to be a valid and reliable tool to identify psychosocial problems of patients with type 2 diabetes.
Keywords: Type 2 diabetes, Sexual satisfaction, Depression, Anxiety, Social problems..