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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 19.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Psychiatry. 2019 Nov 19;25(2):283–296. doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0581-3

Table 2.

AURORA Study assessments by domain

Assessment & Domain / Task Timepoint

Medical Record ED
Self-Report Questionnaire ED 2W 8W 3M 6M 12M

 Anxiety (PROMIS)
 Depression (PROMIS)
 PTSD (PCL-5)
 Perceived Stress (PSS)
 Current alcohol and tobacco use (PhenX, PROMIS)
 Lifetime alcohol and tobacco use
 Insomnia (ISI)
 Sleep-related impairment (PROMIS)
 Sleep quality (PSQI)
 Nightmares (CAPS IV)
 Stress-induced sleep disturbance (FIRST)
 Panic attack during sleep
 Chronotype (CIRENS)
 Pain (overall, by region)
 Pain interference (PROMIS)
 Pain catastrophizing
 Somatic Symptoms
 Disability (SDS)
 General mental, physical health (SF-12)
 Dissociative symptoms (DES-B)
 Rumination (RRQ)
 Peritraumatic distress (PDI)
 Expectations of recovery
 Current Medications
 Emotional support (PROMIS)
 Social networks
 Risk taking (RTQ)
 Resilience (CDRS)
 Mindfulness (FFMQ)
 Impulsivity (SUPPS-P)
 Distractibility (ASRS)
 Anxiety sensitivity (ASI)
 Personality (BFI, TIPI)
 Childhood trauma (CTQ)
 Lifetime trauma (LEC)
 Emotional problem history (AAS Section D)
 Self-efficacy (PROMIS)
 Military service history
 Health service utilization
 Education (PhenX)
 Gender (PhenX)
 DOB
 Sex at Birth
 Socioeconomic status

Biologics ED 1W 2W 3W 4W 6M

 DNA
 RNA
 Plasma/EDTA
 ACD
 Saliva

Neurocognitive ED 48 hour W1–12, 3M, 6M, 9M, 12M
Battery 1 Battery 2 Battery 3 Battery 4

 Simple/Choice Reaction Time
 TAU/NIMH Dot Probe*
 Vocabulary Test
 Gradual Onset Continuous Performance
 Verbal Paired Associates Memory
 Delay Discounting
 Digit Symbol Substitution
 Multiracial Emotion Identification Test
 Probabilistic Reward
 Threat/Neutral Sternberg*
 Forward Digit Span
 Trauma Implicit Association Test*
 Cognitive Bias Test*
 Belmont Emotional Sensitivity Test: Anger and Happiness*

Flash Surveys W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13-W52

 Sleep W17, Then every 7th week
 Anxiety, depression, panic, hyperarousal, emotional numbing W13, then every 7th week
 Avoidance, re-experiencing, rumination W18, then every 7th week
 Somatic symptoms W16, then every 7th week
 Pain rumination W15, then every 7th week
 Self-regulation, disorganization W27,52
 60 second audio W20,33,45,51

Smartphone-based Evaluations W1-M12 (continuous)

 Phone call log
 Email log
 Text log
 Keystrokes
 Taps and swipes
 Location
 Word Cloud
 Accelerometry

Wearable W1–12 (continuous) M3–12 (variable)

 Heart rate
 Autonomic Nervous system
 Sleep
 Circadian rhythm
 Activity
 Temperature
 Humidity
 Atmospheric/air pressure
 Light

In-Person Assessments 2W 6M

Startle
 Dark Enhanced
 Acquisition
 Dot Probe
 Extinction
Pain
 Cold Pressor
 Cuff Algometry
 Temporal Summation
 Pressure Pain Threshold
 Conditioned Pain Modulation
fMRI
 Resting state
 Fearful Faces Task
 Go/NoGo Task
 Reward vs. Loss Task
Structural MRI
 T1 Structural
DTI
Blood
 DNA
 RNA
 Plasma
 ACD
Neurocognitive Assessment
 Vocabulary Test
 Gradual Onset Continuous Performance Test
 Verbal Paired Associates Memory Task
 Digit Symbol Substitution Test
 Delay Discounting Task
 Multiracial Emotion Identification Test
 Probabilistic Reward Task
 Forward Digit Span
*

Assessments not completed by full cohort