TABLE 7.
Psychosocial, mental health and other questionnaires.
| Questionnaire | Description |
| Mental health | |
| Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) (Izal and Montorio, 1993) | Measures the presence of depressive symptoms in older adults (30 items). |
| Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Zigmond and Snaith, 1983) | Questions about anxiety, feelings of depression and emotional distress in the last week (14 items). |
| Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) (Remor, 2006) | Questionnaire that measures the degree of stress perceived in relation to certain life events during the last month (14 items). |
| Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) (Robins et al., 2001) | By assessing positive and negative feelings about the self, this scale measures global self-esteem (10 items). |
| Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) (Vazquez et al., 2013) | It measures the degree of satisfaction with the conditions of their life on a scale of 1 to 7. It measures overall life satisfaction (5 items). |
| UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA-L) (Russell et al., 1980) | This scale assesses feelings of loneliness and social isolation (10 items). |
| Psychological variables | |
| Social media use | Measures the frequency and usefulness given to social networks (5 items). |
| Social Support Questionnaire | It measures the type and quality of social relationships maintained by the subject and the degree of social support received (11 items). |
| Big Five Inventory (BFI) (Caprara et al., 1993) | It measures the Big five dimensions of personality: Extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience (44 items). |
| Short Form 36 Health questionnaire (SF-36) (Alonso, 2003) | Questionnaire that measures quality of life according to eight health-related dimensions: physical functioning, physical limitations, pain, behavioral disturbances due to emotional problems, mental capacity, health perception, social functioning and energy/fatigue perception (36 items). |
| Functional ability variables | |
| Instrumental activities of daily living (Lawton and Brody, 1969) | Questionnaire assessing daily cognitive and self-care activities in terms of routine and ability (26 items). |
| International Fitness Scale (IFIS) (Merellano-Navarro et al., 2017) | It subjectively assesses fitness levels by stratifying a population into fitness level groups (5 items). |
| Mobility and agility questionnaire | Questions about current health status and existing limitations for certain activities (8 items). |
| Questions about energy and frailty | It measures the energy levels perceived by the subject during the last time, frailty and body weight variation throughout life (9 items) |
| McGill Pain Questionnaire (Melzack, 1987) | Questionnaire assessing qualitative experiences of pain through affective, sensory, and perceived pain intensity descriptors (16 items). |
| Medical history | |
| Health history | Details health history, illnesses, injuries, operations and any other related events that have occurred at any time in life. |
| Medication list | Information on current and permanent prescription and over-the-counter medications, as well as information on visual impairments. |
| Oral health questionnaire (Schroder et al., 2011) | Questions about the subject’s oral health (10 items) |
| COVID questionnaire | Questions about COVID-19 information and COVID vaccine status. (40 items) |
| Adverse event report | Questions about adverse event during the period in the trial participation. (40 items) |
| Lifestyle behaviors | |
| Drinks questionnaire | Questions about the frequency of intake of coffee and alcoholic beverages (14 items). |
| Food-frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) (Boylan et al., 2009) | Subjects are asked to indicate the frequency and usual amount of food and beverage consumption using response categories (148 items). |
| MEDAS-14 (Schroder et al., 2011) | Questionnaire of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (14 items). |
| Smoking questions (Schroder et al., 2011) | Questions on smoking habits throughout life (4 items). |
| Sitting time questionnaire | Subjects respond how much time they spend sitting at work, at home, while watching TV or in their free time, and driving on a typical day during weekday and weekends. (8 items) |
| Physical activity assessment | Questions on the perception and performance of physical activity during life (77 items). |
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (Buysse et al., 1989) | Survey that measures the sleep quality (21 items). |
| Others | |
| Demographic questions (Schroder et al., 2011) | Questions about the family’s economic situation, years of education, and doctor visits (16 items). |
| Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI) (Oldfield, 1971) | Questions about how often the subject uses one or the other hand for different tasks (9 items). |