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. 2021 May 17;11(5):94. doi: 10.1038/s41408-021-00480-w

Table 2.

Questionnaires sent to participants by email or answered at the study clinic.

Questionnaire Subject Validated? All Arm 1 and normal screening Arm 2 and 3 and advanced diseasea
At registration One time Annually One time Each visit
Background
Anthropomorphic data Weight, height etc. NA ✓ ✓
Social historyb Socioeconomic status NA ✓ ✓
Medical historyc Medical history ✓ ✓
Habitsd Environment NA ✓ ✓
Industrial exposure Environment NA ✓ ✓
Quality of life
PHQ9 Depression Yes ✓ ✓ ✓
GAD-7 Anxiety Yes ✓ ✓ ✓
SWLS Quality of life Yes ✓ ✓ ✓
Other questions of happiness and wellbeing Quality of life No ✓ ✓ ✓
SF-36 Health-related quality of life Yes ✓ ✓
PSS-10 Stress and anxiety Yes ✓ ✓
PCL-5 (MGUS specific) PTSD from MGUS diagnosis Yes ✓
PCL-5 (nonspecific) PTSD other Yes ✓
Symptoms
BPI Pain Yes ✓ ✓
NSS Neuropathy Yes ✓ ✓
DN4 Neuropathy Yes ✓ ✓
Symptoms of PMR PMR No ✓ ✓
Social background
MSPSS Social support Yes ✓ ✓
CD-RISC-10ICE Resilience Yes ✓ ✓
ACE Childhood traumatic events Yes ✓ ✓
LEC Lifetime traumatic events Yes ✓ ✓

Note that all participants were asked to answer four questionnaires when providing informed consent electronically or if they provided an email address in their written consent form.

Questionnaires were not sent to participants who did not provide an email address and were not called into the study.

PHQ9 patient health questionnaire, GAD-7 General anxiety disorder, SWLS satisfaction with life scale, SF-36 36-item short-form survey, PSS-10 perceived stress scale, PCL-5 post-traumatic stress disorder checklist for DSM-5, BPI brief pain inventory, NSS neuropathy symptom scale, DN4 Douleur neuropathique. PMR polymyalgia rheumatica, MSPSS Multidimensional scale of social support, CD-RISC-10ICE Connor-Davidson resilience scale. ACE adverse childhood events. LEC Lifetime events checklist.

✓Showing the timing of the questionnaire in that row is the time/frequency assigned to that column.

aIncluding MM, WM, SMM, and SWM.

bEmployment, marital status, education, income, and residence.

cIncluding obstetric history for women.

dIncluding smoking and alcohol intake.