| Questions PAID 5 | Group | A0^ (%) | A1^ (%) | A2^ (%) | A3^ (%) | A4^ (%) | p* value |
| Feeling scared when you think about living with diabetes | Intervention control | 6 0 | 30 7 | 45 62 | 17 28 | 2 3 | 0.001 |
| Feeling depressed when you think about living with diabetes | Intervention control | 12 0 | 32 14 | 31 48 | 23 37 | 2 1 | 0.001 |
| Worrying about the future and the possibility of serious complications | Intervention control | - - | 56 17 | 17 44 | 23 36 | 4 3 | 0.001 |
| Feeling that diabetes is taking up too much of your mental and physical energy every day | Intervention control | 11 0 | 31 14 | 38 49 | 18 34 | 2 3 | 0.001 |
| Coping with complications of diabetes | Intervention control | 10 0 | 28 7 | 36 55 | 24 36 | 2 2 | 0.001 |
| PAID 5 score after health education | Intervention control | 8.75 11.35 |
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| Levels of HbA1c% after health education | Intervention control | 6.2 6.8 |
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