Table 4.
Psychological status evaluations used in major studies of U.S. veterans of the first Gulf War
| Psychological Domain | Instrument | Acronym | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family and social support |
Social Provision Scale |
|
[66,67] |
| |
Family Relationship Index |
FRI |
[68] |
| |
Social Support Questionnaire |
|
[69] |
| |
Social Support |
|
[70] |
| |
Family Stress |
|
[71] |
| |
Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale |
FACES-II |
[72] |
| |
Relationship Quality |
|
[73] |
| Intelligence |
National Adult Reading Test |
NART |
[74] |
| |
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
WAIS |
[75] |
| |
Shipley Institute of Living Scale |
SILS |
[76,77] |
| Personality |
Neuroticism, Extroversion, Openness Personality Inventory |
NEO-PI |
[78] |
| |
Dispositional Resilience Scale |
DRS |
[79] |
| |
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire |
|
[80] |
| Psychiatric status |
Hopkins Symptom Checklist |
HSCL |
[81,82] |
| |
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 |
MMPI-2 |
[83] |
| |
Personality Assessment Inventory |
|
[84] |
| |
Composite International Diagnostic Interview |
CIDI |
[85] |
| |
Symptom Checklist-90-Revised |
SCL-90R |
[86] |
| |
Diagnostic Interview Schedule |
DIS |
[87] |
| |
Brief Symptom Inventory |
BSI |
[88,89] |
| |
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R |
SCID |
[90] |
| |
Health Screening System |
HSS |
[91] |
| Depression |
Prime-MD/Patient Health Questionnaire |
PHQ |
[92,93] |
| |
Beck Depression Inventory |
BDI |
[94] |
| Anxiety |
Anxiety Sensitivity Index |
ASI |
[95] |
| |
Beck Anxiety Inventory |
BAI |
[96,97] |
| |
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory |
|
[98] |
| Cognitive Functioning |
Digit Span |
|
[75] |
| |
California Verbal Learning Test |
CVLT |
[99] |
| |
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test |
|
[100,101] |
| |
Test of Memory Malingering |
TOMM |
[102] |
| |
Wechsler Memory Scale |
WMS |
[103,104] |
| |
Recognition Memory Test |
|
[105] |
| |
Heaton Memory Test |
|
[106] |
| |
Continuous Visual Memory Test |
|
[107] |
| |
Auditory Verbal Learning Test |
AVLT |
[108] |
| |
Trail-Making Tests A & B |
|
[109,110] |
| |
Continuous Performance Test |
|
[111,112] |
| |
Cognitive Failure Questionnaire |
|
[113] |
| |
Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test |
|
[114] |
| |
Stroop Test |
|
[115] |
| |
Performance On-line |
|
[116] |
| |
Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test |
|
[117,118] |
| |
Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test |
PASAT |
[119] |
| |
Controlled Oral Word Association Test |
COWAT |
[120] |
| |
Neurobehavioral Evaluation System Continuous Performance Test |
|
[121] |
| |
Behavioral Assessment and Research System |
BARS |
[122] |
| |
Symbol Digit |
|
[123] |
| |
Simple Reaction Time |
|
[124] |
| |
Oregon Dual-Task Procedure |
|
[125] |
| Psychomotor function |
Grip Strength Test |
|
|
| |
Symbol Digit |
|
[123] |
| |
Grooved Pegboard |
|
[126] |
| |
Purdue Pegboard |
|
[127] |
| |
Finger Tapping Test |
|
[109,128] |
| Health perception |
Sickness Impact Profile |
|
[129,130] |
| |
Barsky Amplification Scale |
|
[131] |
| |
Illness Behavior Questionnaire |
|
[132] |
| Quality of Life | Quality of Life Inventory | [133] |