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. 2018 Dec 22;8(12):e024278. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024278

Table 1.

Overview of domains and psychometric scales included in the three questionnaires, showing the number of questions within the specific scales at specific times

Scales Questionnaire 1 Questionnaire 2 Questionnaire 3
Time since the loss 24–60 days 7 months 13 months
 Sociodemographic and obstetric variables 22
 The Inventory of Daily Widowed Life (IDWL) Caserta and Lund53 2007 15 15 15
 The Two Track Bereavement Questionnaire on Life Following Loss (TTBQ) Rubin et al 55 2009 60 60 60
 The Experience in Close Relationships Scale–revised, short form (ECR-R) Fraley et al 50 2011 12
 Selected questions from
 The European Value Survey Survey57 2006
23 23
 Prolonged Grief Disorder (PG-13)56 13 13 13
 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-PTSD) Blevins et al 54 2015 17 17 17
 Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS), Toedter et al 13 1988 33 33 33
Total no of questions 195 138 161