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. 2016 Sep 8;5(3):e178. doi: 10.2196/resprot.5836

Table 2.

PilAm Go4Health outcome measures and surveys/questionnaires.

Outcomes Time of collection Scale / Collection Method
Primary Outcomes


BMI, weight, height, and waist circumference Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months (1) Weight measured with Professional Digital Floor Scale



(2) Height measured with Healthometer PORTROD Height Rod



(3) Waist circumference (standing) measured with a tape measure midway between lower rib margin and iliac crest [35]



(4) BMI = kg/m2

Fasting plasma glucose & HbA1c Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months Venipuncture blood specimen collected at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Clinical Research Service Center
Secondary Outcomes


Physical activity Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months (1) Objectively measured total daily step-counts collected by the Fitbit Zip and mHealth app



(2) Self-reported International Physical Activity Questionnaire [36] - 27 items (Cronbach alpha median 0.80)

Diet Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months (1) Fat-Related Diet Habits Questionnaire [35,37] - 22 items (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.77)



(2) Beverage Intake Questionnaire [38] - 15 items (Cronbach’s alpha range 0.97 to 0.99)
Other Outcomes


Self-efficacy for physical activity Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months Self-efficacy for Physical Activity Questionnaire [39] - 12 items (Cronbach alpha range 0.78 to 0.82)

Self-efficacy for diet Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months Eating Confidence survey [39,40] -16 items (Cronbach alpha range 0.83 to 0.84)

Social support for diet and exercise Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months Social Support for Diet and Exercise Survey [41] – 23 items (Cronbach alpha range 0.80 to 0.93)

Self-reported health Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Survey Global Health [42] - 10 items (internal consistency=0.81, validity=0.86)

Process evaluations 3 months and 6 months Comprehensive, semi-structured interviews to solicit participant feedback on cultural relevancy, compliance to the mobile intervention, barriers to use, and suggestions for intervention improvements (at 3 and 6 months)
Baseline Outcomes


Sociodemographics and medical history Baseline only Gender, ethnicity, birth date, primary language, years lived in United States, marital status, number of children, education level, employment and health insurance status, income, hyperlipidemia, smoking, hypertension or other chronic illnesses, and/or family history of diabetes

Acculturation Baseline only Marin Short-Acculturation Scale for Filipino Americans [43] - 12 items (Cronbach alpha range 0.79 to 0.85)

Health literacy Baseline only Short-Health Literacy Survey [44,45] - 3 items (Reliability range 0.74 to 0.84)