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. 2019 Sep-Dec;12(3):179–192. doi: 10.4103/ijoy.IJOY_40_18

Table 4.

Level 2 assessments on mobile app

Assessment variable Method Instrument used Validation
1 Diabetes risk Hard copy and mobile app IDRS score 0-90 Mohan et al., 2005
2 Screening form Hard copy and mobile app Demography, self-reported diabetes
3 Height cm Hard copy and app Stand-meter
4 Weight Entered in app Digital weighing scale KRUPS co. 2016
Design no. 161856
5 Questionnaires Details in app SES Int J Recent Trends Sci Technol 2014;11:1-2.
Income and expenditure Kuppaswamy’s SES scale revised for 2014
Gururaj and Maheshwaran 2914
6 Known diabetes Self-reported Entered into apps
Duration of DM, complications, and associated conditions
7 Sleep Quantity, quality, and sleep routine Taken from many studies
Prepared for the purpose by the psychology department of S-VYASA
8 Quality of life PHQ Thour A, Das S, Sehrawat T, Gupta Y. Indian J Endocrinol Metab 2015;19:252.
Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB. J General Internal Med 2001;16:606-13.
9 Stress PSS Cohen S, Kamarck T, Mermelstein R. Perceived Stress Scale. Measuring Stress: A Guide For Health And Social Scientists. 1994. P. 235-83.
Ross A, Thomas S. J Alternat Complementary Med 2010;16:3-12.
10 Six stress measures for work, family, health, social, financial, others Numerical analog scale
11 Physical activity Typical daily work/home activity level, frequency, and amount of mild, moderate, and vigorous activities Compiled from different studies and modified to be validated in this study
12 Alcohol Alcohol-quantity, frequency, and duration Modified Version of Babor TF, de la Fuente JR, Saunders J, Grant M. 2011.
13 Tobacco Tobacco smokeless and smoked Compiled from different studies and modified to be validated in this study

SES=Socioeconomic status, PSS=Perceived stress scale, PHQ=Patient health questionnaire, DM=Diabetes mellitus