Table 2.

Measures and assessment instruments (DIA‐CIDI, military version)

Section	Domain/questionnaire	Abbrev.	Domain	Authors
A	a) Standard CIDI demographic information	CIDI‐A	a) Age, gender, family status, education, income, etc.	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997
	b) Military specific information		b) Rank, carrier, service, deployments, etc.	Wittchen et al., 2009
	c) Problem‐list		c) Recent somatic, psychological, psychosocial problems (domain‐score)
	World Mental Health Social Support Scale	WMH‐SPS	Social network, social support (score)	Kessler et al., 2008
	Concerns about Life and Family Disruption Scale	DRRI	Worries about home and family (disruption in relationship, missing important events at home, etc.)	King et al., 2003
	Difficult Living and Working Environment Scale	DRRI	Living and working environment (climate, clothing, equipment, etc.)	King et al., 2003
	Combat Experiences Scale & Exposure to Aftermath of Battle Scale	DRRI	Combat experiences, dealing with aftermath of combat (attacks, corpses, injured, refugees, destroyed homes)	King et al., 2003
	Sense of Preparedness Scale	DRRI	Feeling prepared (information, equipment, training, etc.)	King et al., 2003
	Positive effects of deployment	MHAT IV	Perceived positive effects of deployment	Based on Mental Health Advisory Team (MHAT IV), 2006; German: Wittchen et al., 2009
	World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0	WHO‐DAS II	Disability total and subscale scores (communication, mobility, self‐care, interpersonal, life activities, participation	Üstün et al., 2010
B	Smoking and DSM‐IV nicotine dependency	CIDI‐B	quantity, frequency, onset and recency symptoms of dependency, therapy, changes associated with deployment)	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997
C	WHO‐Quality of Life Questionnaire	WHOQOL‐bref	Subjective rating of quality of health and life	WHOQOL Group, 1998
			WHOQOL total and domain scores
	Physical status	CIDI‐CX	16 medically confirmed diagnosed illnesses, and status of medical treatment, (in general and associated with deployment)	Wittchen and Jacobi, 2008
	DSM‐IV somatoform disorders	CIDI‐C	DSM‐IV somatoform disorders, SSI4/6, pain disorder, undifferentiated somatoform disorder; onset and recency, total score	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997
D	DSM‐IV anxiety disorders	CIDI‐D	Panic attacks, panic disorder, GAD, agoraphobia, social phobia, specific phobia, all onset und recency, severity scores, changes associated with deployment	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997
	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale	HADS	Degree of symptoms of anxiety and depression	Zigmond and Snaith, 1983
N	N1 distressing and traumatic events	CIDI‐N1	29 events categorized in three main categories, mission and non‐mission‐related	Wittchen et al., 2009
	N2 number of combat experiences	MHAT IV mod.	33 combat‐related events, frequency (respectively and total)	Based on Hoge et al., 2004; German: Wittchen et al., 2009
	DSM‐IV Post‐traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	CIDI‐N	PTSD, acute stress disorder, onset und recency, number of symptoms	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997
	Post‐traumatic Diagnostic Scale	PDS	Frequency and intensity of PTSD symptoms within last month	Ehlers et al., 1996 (English: Foa, 1995)
E	Depression Screening Questionnaire (DSQ −34)	DSQ‐34	34 item version of the DSQ, dimensional measure of depression symptoms, allows diagnosis of adjustment disorder as MDD	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997; Wittchen et al., 2009
	DSM‐IV Depressive Disorders	CIDI‐E	DSM‐IV major depression, dysthymia, and subtypes, onset and recency, course, changes associated with deployment	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997
	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index	PSQI	Quality of sleep, sleep disorders	Riemann and Backhaus, 1996 (English: Buysse et al., 1989)
	Fatigue Scale for Motor and Cognitive Functions	FSMC	Cognitive and physiological fatigue	Penner et al., 2005 .
F	DSM‐IV bipolar disorders	CIDI‐F	Manic and hypomanic episode, onset and recency, course, changes associated with deployment	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997
G	DSM‐IV psychosis	CIDI‐G	Type and number of psychotic symptoms (25), and likelihood of presence of psychosis	Wittchen and Jacobi, 2008
I	DSM‐IV alcohol abuse and dependence	CIDI‐I	Standard drinks – recent, lifetime, quantity, frequency, onset and recency, course, symptoms of dependency, therapy, changes associated with deployment	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997
K	DSM‐IV OCD	CIDI‐K	DSM‐IV OCD (obsessions and compulsions) onset and recency, changes associated with deployment	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997
L	DSM‐IV abuse and dependency of drugs	CIDI‐L	Quantity, recency, onset and recency, changes associated with deployment	Wittchen and Pfister, 1997
Q	Usage of medical services and interventions	CIDI‐Q	Services of different facilities within and outside the army, frequency, type of service and their evaluation	Wittchen et al., 2009
	Barriers to Care scale	BAC	Barriers to care	Wittchen and Jacobi, 2008
X1	Perceived Threat Scale	DRRI	Perceived threat (death, serious injuries, chemical and biological weapons, etc.)	King et al., 2003
X2	Deployment Social Support Scale	DRRI	Social support in the work environment (unit cohesion, respect)	King et al., 2003
X3	General (1–7) + Sexual Harassment Scale	DRRI	bullying and sexual harassment (extreme criticism, devaluation, inappropriate sexual comments or actions)	King et al., 2003
X4	Work environment	MHAT IV‐mod	Atmosphere within the unit, support by unit/seniors	Based on Mental Health Advisory Team (MHAT IV), 2006; German: Wittchen et al., 2009
X5	Work environment	MHAT IV‐mod	Behaviour and perceived competence of seniors	Based on MHAT 2006; German: Wittchen et al., 2009
X6	Social support after homecoming		Appreciation and support after homecoming	Based on Maercker and Bromberger, 2005; Iversen et al., 2009; Wittchen et al., 2009
X7	Response to Intrusions Questionnaire	RIQ	Dysfunctional coping with intrusive memories (rumination, thought suppression, distraction, dissociation)	Clohessy and Ehlers, 1999
X8	Post‐traumatic Cognitions Inventory‐r	PTCI‐r	Dysfunctional cognitions about traumatic event and its sequel	Foa et al., 1999