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Mental health questionnaires

Learn how to use validated screening tools to help identify mental health issues in people living with diabetes.

Questionnaires can be effective tools when used to screen for diabetes distress and other mental health conditions, or to open a conversation about emotional wellbeing. Here you will find validated, reliable and easy-to-use questionnaires that assess common mental health issues for people with diabetes.

Diabetes distress

Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) Scale

Anxiety

Generalised Anxiety Disorder Seven (GAD-7)

Depression

Patient Health Questionnaire Nine (PHQ-9)

Fear of hypoglycaemia

Hypoglycaemia Fear Survey version II Worry Scale (HFS-II W)

Attitudes towards insulin

Insulin Treatment Appraisal Scale (ITAS)

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