Translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric evaluation of the arabic version of the type 1 diabetes stigma assessment scale (DSAS-1-Ar) among adults in Jazan, Saudi Arabia
Husameldin Elsawi Khalafalla, Osama Albasheer, Fatima A. Elfaki, Abdulrahman Hummadi, Yahia Solan, Rania Hassan, Norah Rajeh, Taif Solan, Huda Mohamed Haroun Adam, Stef P. J Kremers · 2026
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Husameldin Elsawi Khalafalla leads a team translating, in 2026, a diabetes stigma questionnaire into Arabic for adults with type 1 diabetes in Saudi Arabia. Stigma can harm mood, self-care and blood sugar control. Despite high diabetes rates in the region, no validated Arabic tool existed to measure that stigma.
The team adapted the 19-item scale following standard cross-cultural steps and gave it to 299 adults at a diabetes center in Jazan. All items loaded well onto the three expected themes: being treated differently, blame and judgment, and identity concerns. Consistency scores were excellent. However, none of the tested structures met the usual statistical fit cutoffs, so the authors advise care in how total scores are interpreted.
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| CREATOR | Husameldin Elsawi Khalafalla, Osama Albasheer, Fatima A. Elfaki, Abdulrahman Hummadi, Yahia Solan, Rania Hassan, Norah Rajeh, Taif Solan, Huda Mohamed Haroun Adam, Stef P. J Kremers |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |