“…All the included studies provided a correlation between the proposed study variables among adults with T2D. In Wahyuni and Ramayani (2020), the investigation of this association was the main objective, whereas in other studies (Bohanny et al, 2013;Chan et al, 2020;Dao-Tran et al, 2018;Didarloo et al, 2012;Kurnia et al, 2017;Lee & Lin, 2009;Reisi et al, 2016;Tharek et al, 2018;Wainwright et al, 2022;Walker et al, 2014), this correlation was an additional consideration as part of examining the hypothesized model or regression analysis. Two studies used Spearman's correlation to assess the relationship (Dao-Tran et al, 2018;Walker et al, 2014), whereas the other nine studies used Pearson's correlation (Bohanny et al, 2013;Chan et al, 2020;Didarloo et al, 2012;Kurnia et al, 2017;Lee & Lin, 2009;Reisi et al, 2016;Tharek et al, 2018;Wahyuni & Ramayani, 2020;Wainwright et al, 2022).…”