Reference
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Kessler, R. C., Andrews, G., Colpe, L. J., Hiripi, E., Mroczek, D. K., Normand, S. L. T.,
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& Zaslavsky, A. M. (2002). Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress. Psychological Medicine, 32(6)
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, 959–976.
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291702006074
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Please, note that the items shown in this table are from the original version of this scale. To access other versions' items, click on the hyperlinks present in the table at the bottom of this page.
List of questions
| Question number (as in the K10+ version) | Question |
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K10 | K6
(PDF)| Original 10-item version | Original 6-item version |
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| 1a | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel tired out for no good reason? | ✓ |
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| 1b | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel nervous? | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1c | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel so nervous that nothing could calm you down? | ✓ |
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| 1d | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel hopeless? | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1e | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel restless or fidgety? | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1f | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel so restless that you could not sit still? | ✓ |
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| 1g | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel depressed? | ✓ |
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| 1h | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel so depressed that nothing could cheer you up? | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1i | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel that everything was an effort? | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1j | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel worthless? | ✓ | ✓ |
2 | The last ten questions asked about feelings that might have occurred during the past 30 days. Taking them altogether, did these feelings occur More often in the past 30 days than is usual for you, about the same as usual, or less often than usual? | 3 | During the past 30 days, how many days out of 30 were you totally unable to work or carry out your normal activities because of these feelings? | 4 | Not counting the days you reported in response to Q3, how many days in the past 30 were you able to do only half or less of what you would normally have been able to do, because of these feelings? | 5 | During the past 30 days, how many times did you see a doctor or other health professional about these feelings? | 6 | During the past 30 days, how often have physical health problems been the main cause of these feelings? | ...
Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets
| Version | Study | Year | Questionnaire | Dataset |
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K6| Original 6-item version | MCS | 2003-2005 | MCS Age 3 CAPI Questionnaire |
K6 | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | 2006-2007 | MCS Age 5 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire |
K6 | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | 2008-2009 | MCS Age 7 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire |
K6 | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | 2012-2013 | MCS Age 11 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire |
K6| - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | 2015-2016 | MCS Age 14 |
Self-Completion | Parent Questionnaire 2015 |
K6| - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | 2015-2016 | MCS Age 14 Self-Completion Partner Questionnaire 2015 |
K6 | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | 2018-2019 | MCS Age 17 |
Young Person Completion | Reported Parent Questionnaire 2018 |
K6 | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | 2018-2019 | MCS Age 17 |
CAWI Reported Parent | Completion Questionnaire 2018 |
K6K6 Parent 1 Parent 1 K6 Cohort Member 2 Cohort Member 2 K6K6K6