Fig. 4

DM Impact on Social and Mental Health. (a) Impact on DM patients’ social health. For limitation on social activities, 11, 38, 65, 53 and 28 respondents selected “not at all”, “very little”, “somewhat”, “quite a bit” and “a great deal”, respectively. For limitation on things participants enjoy, 6, 27, 54, 66 and 42 respondents selected “not at all”, “very little”, “somewhat”, “quite a bit” and “a great deal”, respectively. For limitations on sexual desire, 38, 32, 48, 49 and 32 respondents selected “not at all”, “very little”, “somewhat”, “quite a bit” and “a great deal”, respectively. For limitations on physical intimacy, 38, 36, 51, 34 and 36 respondents selected “not at all”, “very little”, “somewhat”, “quite a bit” and “a great deal”, respectively. For negative impact on family relationships, 35, 60, 66, 20 and 14 respondents selected “not at all”, “very little”, “somewhat”, “quite a bit” and “a great deal”, respectively. For negative impacts on relationships outside the family, 29, 54, 71, 26 and 15 respondents selected “not at all”, “very little”, “somewhat”, “quite a bit” and “a great deal”, respectively. (b) Impact on DM patients’ mental health. For anxiousness, 14, 38, 90, 39 and 14 respondents selected respondents selected “never”, “rarely”, “sometimes”, “usually” or “always”, respectively. For depression, 14, 46, 42, 27 and 16 respondents selected “never”, “rarely”, “sometimes”, “usually” or “always”, respectively. For concern of worsening DM, 2, 15, 91, 40 and 47 respondents selected “never”, “rarely”, “sometimes”, “usually” or “always”, respectively. For worry for outward appearance, 22, 43, 71, 27 and 32 respondents selected “never”, “rarely”, “sometimes”, “usually” or “always”, respectively. For worry for others judging ability to carry out tasks, 5, 28, 80, 46 and 36 respondents selected “never”, “rarely”, “sometimes”, “usually” or “always”, respectively. For worry for DM flares, 1, 22, 76, 52 and 44 respondents selected “never”, “rarely”, “sometimes”, “usually” or “always”, respectively