I had a study on diabetes HBA1c, hand X ray, nailfold capillary, prayer sign eg findings evaluated by logical and numerical.  I had choosed multivariate analyses ANOVA. 

Dear Binnur, 

I aprreciate your answer but the question is about the scale applied in several studies to measure diabetes. Do you know it?

Thank you

Have a nice time

Helena

Dear Vyacheslav, 

You are right and if you have only 2 scales, one  for each type, i would appreciate if you could tell me.

Thank you

Have a nice time

Helena

PS: the point is that inspite i am not in the domain of medicine, each time i have to analyse data i want to know what exist, what are usually used,...because i think that if i have some knowledge about the normal procedures i could analyse data in a more realistic way. I always do this in whatever field. 

Dear All, 

i appreciate all yor valuable information. There are some RG colleagues that send a message to my RG e-mail, but again i do not know why, it does not aloowed me to repply. 

Have a nice time

Helena

I thank you all

Dear  Vyacheslav Lyashenko ,

I have to ask if i can send you the diabetes data because i am just a person that has to analyse it .

Have a nice time and thank yo for your interest and help

Helena.

Hi Helena, I am not clear as to what you mean by diabetes scale. Are you interested in diagnostic scale or scale for treatment intervention? Making the question explicit will help to give appropriate answer as a clinician and a researcher.

Hi Helena,

Good Morning, 

There are two instruments for the assessment Diabetic patients developed by Prof. Clare Bradley:Handbook of Psychology and Diabetes as follows:

1. The diabetes treatment satisfaction Quuestionnaire-DTQS

2.Diabetes Quuality of Life Measure-DQOL

All the best

A. Bener

Dear Helena,

I know a paper that describes an intervention adapted for people diagnosed with type II diabetes. At the end, participants had developed proactive coping competences through which they managed to adopt healthy behaviors regarding their lifestyle. The effects remained significant nine months after the program ended.

It may be helpful to you.

Thoolen, B. J., de Ridder, D., Bensing, J., Gorter, K. & Rutten, G. (2009). Beyond good intentions: The role of proactive coping in achieving sustained behavioural change in the context of diabetes management. Psychology & Health, 24(3), 237-254.

Have a nice day!

Elena

only those in medical field could answer

Dear Olubunmi, Elena, Mohamad, Abdulbari et all, 

I thank you all for your kind help and useful information.

As soon as possible i will give the answers that some Rg colleaagues asked me

Have a nice time

Helena

Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ)

Authors: Bradley C. (1994)

Administration: 8 questions on each version.

Constructs Measured: The DTSQ consists of 2 versions with more under development. The status version (DTSQs) is used to make the initial assessment of total diabetes treatment satisfaction, treatment satisfaction in specific areas, and perceived frequencies of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. Each of the 8 items are scored on a scale of 0-6. The change version (DTSQc) has the same 8 items as the status version, but reworded slightly to measure the change in satisfaction rather than absolute satisfaction. It was developed to overcome ceiling effects in the status version. Each item is scored on a scale of -3 to +3.

Reliability and Validity: The DTSQ score correlates well with the General Well Being scale. Both versions of the DTSQ have been tested extensively in English and in many other languages.

Assessment in Minorities and Elderly: No assessments have been made in minority populations. Assessments in elderly populations show that the DTSQ is a valid measure of treatment satisfaction.

Costs: None, but a license is requested by the authors.

http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/family_medicine/rcmar/diabetes_tools.htm

What is the scale to be used for? Diagnosis, treatment tec

This will help know the answers to proffer.

e.g Finnish diabetes scale can be used for screening for likelihood of developing diabetes.

All diseases have a definition according to the medical association.  That is how a disease is diagnosed.  There really is a big book of all diseases.  The medical definition of diabetes is based on retinopathy, partly due to the resources available at the time that diabetes was first described.  There are other factors that are included now.  Diabetes and pre-Diabetes were redefined last year.  Look up the American medical association to get the new definition.  You might also find it on the World Health Organisation website.

Dear all, 

I appreciate all the information you gave me and as i have said, i have aske this question just to be more inside the subject that i have to do data analysis. I And of course knowledge never ends,...

I thank you all for your kind contribution.

Helena

dear helena i just wanted to know why you are so inquisitive og getting insight into diabetic data analysis and why you have to analyze the data -you mean you have to do the statistical analysis be it t test chi square etc otherwise why u have to analyze -i try to find out as irena a nice friend wanted me to answer your question lthough you have received enough answers but i was trying to find out so that i can fill any lacuna left .

Dear Kulvinder et all, 

Have a nice time and I thank you all  for your kindness

Helena