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. 2022 Apr 14;19(8):4787. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084787

Table 1.

Mental health screening tools, questions, and domains.

What Measure Original Items Number
DASS-21 Distress Depression 3. I could not seem to experience any positive feeling at all;
5. I found it difficult to work up the initiative to do things;
10. I felt that I had nothing to look forward to;
13. I felt down-hearted and blue;
16. I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything
17. I felt I was not worth much as a person;
21. I felt that life was meaningless;
Anxiety 2. I was aware of dryness of my mouth;
4. I experienced breathing difficulty (e.g., excessively rapid breathing, breathlessness in the absence of physical exertion);
7. I experienced trembling (e.g., in the hands)
9. I was worried about situations in which I might panic and make a fool of myself;
15. I felt I was close to panic;
19. I was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical exertion (e.g., sense of heart rate increase, heart missing a beat);
20. I felt scared without any good reason;
Stress 1. I found it hard to wind down;
6. I tended to over-react to situations;
8. I felt that I was using a lot of nervous energy;
11. I found myself getting agitated;
12. I found it difficult to relax;
14. I was intolerant of anything that kept me from getting on with what I was doing;
18. I felt that I was rather touchy;
WHOQoL Brief Psychological
health (PH)
5. How much do you enjoy your life?;
6. To what extent do you feel your life is meaningful?;
7. How well can you concentrate?;
11. Can you accept your physical appearance?;
19. How satisfied are you with yourself?;
26. How often do you have negative feelings such as bad mood, despair, anxiety, depression?;
Social relationships (SR) 20. How satisfied are you with your personal relationships?;
21. How satisfied are you with your sex life?;
22. How satisfied are you with the support you get from your friends?
General health (GH) How satisfied are you with your health?
Subjective well-being (SWB) 9-item SWB C1 (positive domain) 1.How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
2. To what extent do you feel that the things you do in life are worthwhile?;
3. How happy did you feel during the last week?;
8.Last week, how energetic did you normally feel in the middle of the day?
9. Last week, how efficient did you normally feel in the middle of the day?
C2 (negative domain) 4. How worried did you feel during the last week?
5. Did you feel depressed during the last week?
6. During last week, how often did you feel nervous and stressed?
7. During last week, how often did you feel that you were unable to cope with all the thing you had
Energy level 8.Last week, how energetic did you normally feel in the middle of the day?
9. Last week, how efficient did you normally feel in the middle of the day?
10. Last week, how tired did you normally feel in the middle of the day?