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. 2014 May 8;2:38. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00038

Table 1.

Scales and test–retest correlations.

Survey items and constructs Test–retest correlation
NUTRITION
Fruit and vegetable consumption was assessed using the National Cancer Institute’s fruit and vegetable all day screener, a standardized instrument of daily servings (26). Additional questions were added to assess frequency and amount of dietary fat Fruit 0.485
Veg 0.480
Fruit and veg 0.554
Fat 0.696
SLEEP/FATIGUE
Subjective, self-reported measures of sleep and fatigue were assessed using items from the National Institutes of Health Patient-Reported Outcomes Information System (PROMIS) sleep disturbance, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (2729) Sleep quality 0.652
Sleep quantity 0.652
Fatigue 0.645
Karolinska 0.292
HEALTH PERCEPTIONS
General health status was assessed with the SF-36 (30) SF-36 0.743
MUSCULO-SKELETAL DISCOMFORT
Musculo-skeletal discomfort was assessed using 18 of the 54-items of the Cornell Musculo-skeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (CMDQ) (31) Musculo-skeletal pain 0.635
STRESS, HEALTHY EATING, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Constructs with established reliability from our previous studies were used (25) Stress 0.732
Healthy eating 0.733
Physical activity 0.632
BURNOUT
Burnout was assessed with questions from the emotional exhaustion subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) (32) Burnout 0.654