Table 2.
Response distribution for each BOS item (n = 739).
| Item | Response Category (%) * | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Domain 1: Excessive thinking | |||||
| I tended to overthink even the (most) minor of events. | 21.8 | 41.8 | 19.9 | 12.3 | 4.2 |
| I tended to stick to one way of doing or thinking about something. | 38.2 | 31.9 | 19.1 | 8.5 | 2.3 |
| I had racing thoughts (was thinking something a lot). | 15.6 | 42.8 | 21.5 | 14.5 | 5.7 |
| Domain 2: Hypersensitivity | |||||
| I felt tired when reading newspapers/magazines. | 52.5 | 24.4 | 15.8 | 5.1 | 2.2 |
| I felt that others were watching me. | 44.8 | 29.1 | 19.4 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| I easily felt tense in public. | 40.3 | 26.5 | 20.8 | 8.4 | 3.9 |
| Domain 3: Restless behavior | |||||
| I did not like to have leisure time. | 38.6 | 23.5 | 22.5 | 11.2 | 4.2 |
| I tended to walk or move fast. | 37.1 | 21.2 | 13.9 | 19.9 | 7.8 |
| I was not good at waiting. | 38.6 | 23.4 | 14.2 | 13.7 | 10.1 |
| My notebook was full of schedules. | 40.2 | 25.7 | 19.5 | 11.2 | 3.4 |
BOS: Brain Overwork Scale; * 1: very inaccurate/never (0 day per week); 2: moderately inaccurate/rarely (1–2 day(s) per week); 3: neutral/sometimes (3–4 days per week); 4: moderately accurate/frequently (5–6 days per week); 5: very accurate/always (7 days per week).