Reference
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List of questions
| Question number (as in the K10+ version) | Question | Original 10-item version | Original 6-item version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel tired out for no good reason? | ✓ | |
| 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? | ✓ | |
| 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 | ✓ | |
| 1g | During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel depressed? | ✓ | |
| 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? | ✓ | ✓ |
Where this scale is used in CLOSER questionnaires/datasets
| Version | Study | Questionnaire | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 3 CAPI Questionnaire | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 5 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 7 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 11 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 14 Self-Completion Parent Questionnaire 2015 | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 14 Self-Completion Partner Questionnaire 2015 | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 17 CAWI Self-Reported Parent Questionnaire 2018 | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 17 Young Person Self-Completion Questionnaire 2018 | - |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset |
| Original 6-item version | MCS | MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset |