Symptom | Results |
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Excessive thirst | Significant association between change in the frequency of experiencing excessive thirst and change in HbA1c (p < 0.0001). |
Frequent urination (day and night) | Significant association between change in the frequency of experiencing frequent urination and change in HbA1c (p < 0.0001, p = 0.0005 for day and night respectively) |
Fatigue/extreme tiredness and tiredness and lack of energy | Significant association between change in the frequency of experiencing fatigue symptoms and change in HbA1c (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.0001 for tiredness/lack of energy and fatigue/extreme tiredness respectively). |
Psychological | |
Feeling scared when thinking about living with diabetes | Significant association between feeling scared…” and change in HbA1c (p = 0.0328). The p value for the association between “feeling depressed…” and change in HbA1c was p = 0.0557. |
Feeling depressed when thinking about living with diabetes | |
Wishing to reduce HbA1c | The higher the current HbA1c level, the more the respondents wanted to reduce their HbA1c level (p < 0.0001). |