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. 2025 Jan 29;9(1):BJGPO.2024.0045. doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0045

Table 1. Overview of patient-reported outcome measures.

Mental health measure Items, n Score range Cut-off value Topic
Single-item wellbeing questiona 1 1–5 ≥4: impaired mental wellbeing Mental wellbeing
WHO-5 Wellbeing Indexb 18 5 0–100 <50: impaired mental wellbeing Mental wellbeing
Patient Health Questionnaire-9c 22 9 0–27 0–4: no depressive symptoms
5–9: mild depressive symptoms
10–14: moderate depressive symptoms
15–19: moderately severe depressive symptoms
≥20: severe depressive symptoms
Depressive symptoms
Problem Areas in Diabetes-5c 23 5 0–20 >7: elevated diabetes distress Diabetes distress
Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7d 24 7 0–21 0–4: minimal anxiety symptoms
5–9: mild anxiety symptoms
10–14: moderate anxiety symptoms
≥15: severe anxiety symptoms
Anxiety symptoms

a5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (very good) to 5 (very bad). b6-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (none of the time) to 5 (all of the time). c5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not a problem) to 4 (serious problem). d4-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly all of the time). WHO = World Health Organization.