| Questions PAID 5 | Group | A0^ (%) | A1^ (%) | A2^ (%) | A3^ (%) | A4^ (%) | p* value |
| Feeling scared when you think about living with diabetes | Intervention control | 1 0 | 8 7 | 52 59 | 28 31 | 11 3 | 0.182 |
| Feeling depressed when you think about living with diabetes | Intervention control | - - | 16 15 | 46 48 | 33 36 | 5 1 | 0.412 |
| Worrying about the future and the possibility of serious complications by groups | Intervention control | - - | 12 14 | 38 40 | 40 43 | 10 3 | 0.412 |
| Feeling that diabetes is taking up too much of your mental and physical energy every day | Intervention control | 0 1 | 16 13 | 47 50 | 33 34 | 4 2 | 0.720 |
| Coping with complications of diabetes | Intervention control | - - | 13 10 | 46 54 | 36 34 | 5 2 | 0.498 |
| PAID 5 score before health education | Intervention control |
| 11.3 11.9 |
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| 0.345 |
| Levels of HbA1c% before health education | Intervention control |
| 7.02 6.9 |
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| 0.118 |