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. 2022 Feb 1;12(2):e051651. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051651

Table 3.

Items per module, and completion timepoints (‘check-ins’)

Module names and items Conceptual framework domain Completion timepoints (‘check-ins’)
Morning Afternoon Evening
Sleep quality module (two items)
 1. How well did you sleep? Sleep quality x
 2. When you woke up how did you feel? Sleep quality x
General well-being module (seven items)
 3. How is your mood right now? Mood x x x
 4. How anxious do you feel right now? Anxiety x x x
 5. How is your energy level right now? Energy levels x x x
 6. How irritable do you feel right now? Mood x x x
 7. How alert do you feel right now? Cognitive function x x x
 8. How easy was if for you to remember things today? Cognitive function x
 9. How well are you able to concentrate right now? Cognitive function x x x
Fear of hypoglycaemia/hyperglycaemia module (four items)
 10. How worried are you about having a hypo later today? Fear x x
 11. How worried are you about having high blood glucose later today? Fear x x
 12. How worried are you about having a hypo while asleep? Fear x
 13. How worried are you about having high blood glucose while asleep? Fear x
Social interactions module (one item)
 14. How well did you get along with other people today? Social interactions x
Work and productivity module (four items)
 15. How many hours did you work today? Work/productivity x
 16. How many hours did you miss from work for ANY reason today?(this includes health issues, vacation, holiday, etc.) Work/productivity x
 17. How many hours did you miss from activities other than work today for ANY reason (eg, study, housework, shopping, family or leisure activities)? Leisure activities x
 18. How productive were you while working today? Work/productivity x
Self-report of hypos while asleep module* (eight items)
 19. During the night, did you have a hypo OR take action to prevent a hypo that was about to happen?† NA x
 20. How many hypos did you have? NA x
 21. At what time did this happen? NA x
 22. How did you detect your hypo or a hypo that was about to happen? (Select all that apply) NA x
 23. What happened? (Select all that apply) NA x
 24. Overall: How bothersome was hypoglycaemia for you last night? Burden x
 25. Overall: How much sleep did you lose due to hypoglycaemia? Sleep quality x
 26. Overall: How worried were you about going back to sleep? Sleep quality x
Self-report of daytime hypos module* (seven items)
 27. Today, did you have a hypo OR take action to prevent a hypo that was about to happen?† NA x
 20.1 How many hypos did you have? NA x
 21.1 At what time did this happen? NA x
 22.1 How did you detect your hypo or a hypo that was about to happen? NA x
 23.1 What happened? NA x
 28. Overall: How bothersome was hypoglycaemia for you today? Burden x
 29. Overall: How long was it before you were feeling your ‘usual self’ again? Daily living/usual activities x

*Several of these items are not part of the conceptual framework, but were included to capture details about the hypoglycaemic episodes

†These items have branching: if a hypo is reported, the items below are presented to the participant for completion.