Table 1.
Pre-existing Measures used in the Study
Health Variable | Measure | Number of Items | Reference Period | Description | Reliability in Present Study |
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Fruit & vegetables/day | Multifactor Screener | 7 | Past month | Food frequency questionnaire used in NCI’s OPEN and EATS studies. Used to calculate pyramid servings of fruits and vegetables per day. | N/A |
Physical activity | International Physical Activity Questionnaire – Short Form (IPAQ-SF) | 7 | Past month | Subjects report average number of days per week and minutes per day of physical activity, not including yoga practice. Total score used to classify levels of physical activity (low, moderate, high). | N/A |
Sleep disturbance | PROMIS® | 4 | Past 7 days | PROMIS® and NIH Toolbox are NIH initiatives providing a free national | .83 |
Fatigue | PROMIS® | 4 | Past 7 days | databank of commonly used patient-reported outcome measures. Use 5-point | .90 |
Socials support | NIH Toolbox | 8 | Past few months | Likert scales, ranging from 1 (‘not at all’) to 5 (‘very much’). Standardized T Scores may be calculated from PROMIS. | .96 |
Subjective well-being | Mental Health Continuum-Short Form | 14 | Past month | Measure of positive mental health or “happiness.” Scores used to classify individuals as flourishing, moderately mentally healthy, or languishing. | .91 |
Mindfulness | Freiberg Mindfulness Inventory-SF | 8 | Past month | Measures mindfulness, the immediate ability to focus on the present moment without judgment. | .87 |
N/A = not applicable. PROMIS = Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Information System