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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2007;29(5):379–387. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.04.005

Table 3.

CALM Study Measures

Measure Assessment Tool
Pre-existing Characteristics
 Demographic information Income Usual items
 Acculturation NCS-R, NSAL (Black Americans), and NLAAS-National Latino and
Asian American Study (NLAAS) and the National Survey of American
Lives [39]
 Social support Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey [40]
Individual Vulnerabilities and Outcomes
 Anxiety Anxiety Sensitivity Index [41]
 General symptoms Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) [42]
 Panic disorder Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS-SR) [43]
 Generalized anxiety disorder Generalized anxiety disorder severity scale (GADSS) [44]
 Social phobia Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) [45]
 Post-traumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Civilian Version (PCL-C) [46]
 Depression PHQ 9-item Depression Scale [34,47]
 Alcohol use 3 items based on AUDIT [31]
 Major chronic medical conditions Medical Outcomes Study checklist [40]
Functioning
 General health Short-Form Health Survey-12 (SF-12) [48]
 Disability Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) [49]
 Healthy days CDC HRQOL “Healthy Days” Core Module [50]
 Quality of life EuroQol ED-5D [51]
 Satisfaction with family life Kansas Family Life Satisfaction [52]
 Health behaviors (smoking, exercise) Checklist of common health behaviors
Health Care Utilization and Satisfaction
 Use of Alternative therapies National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) [53]
 Stigma and help-seeking National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) [53]
 Satisfaction with health care HealthCare for Communities [54]