Stigma evaluation for diabetes and other chronic non‐communicable disease patients: Development, validation and clinical use of stigma scale – The Kanden Institute Stigma Scale

Abstract

The KISS is a validated and reliable questionnaire for assessment of stigma among patients with diabetes as well as other lifestyle-related chronic non-communicable diseases, and might contribute to identifying and rectifying diabetes stigma, as well promoting awareness among health care professionals of this very consequential health problem.