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. 2017 Sep 14;8:99–105. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2017.09.002

Table 1.

Widowed elders' lifestyle after loss (WELL): Assessments.

Domain Measure
Depression Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, HRSD [30]
Patient Health Questionnaire-9, PHQ-9 [31]
PRIME MD/MINI [34]
Anxiety Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale, GAD-7 [32]
Complicated grief Inventory of Complicated Grief, ICG [33]
Social isolation Select items from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project [35]
Medical illness burden Cumulative Illness Rating Scale – Geriatrics, CIRS-G [36]
Cognitive function Modified Mini-Mental State Examination, 3MS [37]
Functional status, physical performance Short Performance Physical Battery, SPPB [38]
Cardiometabolic health status Heart rate, blood pressure, body mass index
Disability Late-life Functional Disability Inventory, LLFDI [39]
Physical activity CHAMPS Physical Activity Questionnaire [40]
Dietary behavior and intake Rapid Eating Assessment for Patients, REAP [41]
Sleep Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI [42]
Chronobiological function Actigraphy and the Social Rhythm Metric, SRM [43]
Technology acceptance and usability Technology Acceptance Measure [44] and Post-study Usability Questionnaire [45]
Biosignatures Inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-6, tumor necrosis-α)

Notes. Participants in Phase I and Phase II receive all of the above assessments.