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. 2025 Nov 24;4:120. Originally published 2024 Jun 19. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/openreseurope.17667.2

Table 4. School and home questionnaires content.

Domain Content
School
Personal information These questions cover personal characteristics of participants
Public transport To assess the amount of time each participant spends in a given public mode of transport
RF-EMF exposure-mobile phone To assess usage/handling habits (for example 5G compatibility of phone, voice calls, internet
activities, social media, etc.). as well as phone accessory usage (for example headphones)
RF-EMF exposure-Laptop/Tablet To assess personal usage time (i.e. how long, when, where) and activities. Additionally,
wireless headphone usage asked
RF-EMF exposure-cordless phone To indicate cordless phone pattern usage
RF-EMF-other sources close to body To indicate usage pattern of electronic accessories such as smartwatch, VR, portable gaming
consoles, etc.
Electronic media use These questions cover excessive use of electronic media
School time To indicate the student’s feelings; e.g.; happiness, sadness, etc. at school
Health and wellbeing These questions cover health questions regarding their physical and psychological health
Sleep Disturbance Scale for
Children (SDSC)
To identify sleeping patterns and problematic sleeping behavior
Sports and free time To indicate participants’ hobbies during leisure time.
Family and friend To indicate the relationship level of participant with family and friends
Alcohol, tobacco usage To assess drinking and smoking patterns
Noise annoyance and sensitivity To indicate noise (from different sources) annoyance at school and home. Also the role of
noise in daily life activities disruption
Home
Electronic media use These questions cover engagement in online harassment of others or receiving such messages themselves
Patient Health Questionnaire-9
(PHQ-9)
To assess the severity of depressive symptoms
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(GAD-7)
To assess anxiety
Eating Disorder Examination
Questionnaire-7 (EDE-Q7)
to assess body dissatisfaction
Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) To assess non-suicidal self injury
Puberty To assess the pubertal development
Health-Related Quality of Life
Questionnaire (KIDSCREEN-10
Index)
To assess the general health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
Selected Zerssen Items To assess non-specific somatic symptoms
The Strengths and Difficulties
Questionnaire (SDQ)
To assess behavioral problems
Rosenberg Self Esteem To assess the self esteem
Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6) To assess headache
School support questions To assess the students feeling towards school and if they receive support from students and
teachers.
Interim
Electronic media use To assess which devices the adolescents use, mobile phone usage and which platforms
adolescents use and how much time they spent
Reading behaviour To assess if adolescents read in their free time
SDSC To assess sleep disturbance and if they use devices before going to bed
KIDSCREEN-10 Index To assess the general health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
GAD-7 To assess anxiety