TABLE 2.
The Coronavirus Impact Scale
Rate how much the coronavirus pandemic has changed your life in each of the following ways. |
1. Routines: |
0. No change. |
1. Mild. Change in only one area (eg, work, education, social life, hobbies, religious activities). |
2. Moderate. Change in two areas (eg, work, education, social life, hobbies, religious activities). |
3. Severe. Change in three or more areas (eg, work, education, social life, hobbies, religious activities). |
2. Family Income/Employment: |
0. No change. |
1. Mild. Small change; able to meet all needs and pay bills. |
2. Moderate. Having to make cuts but able to meet basic needs and pay bills. |
3. Severe. Unable to meet basic needs and/or pay bills. |
3. Food Access: |
0. No change. |
1. Mild. Enough food but difficulty getting to stores and/or finding needed items. |
2. Moderate. Occasionally without enough food and/or good quality (eg, healthy) foods. |
3. Severe. Frequently without enough food and/or good quality (eg, healthy) foods. |
4. Medical health care access: |
0. No change. |
1. Mild. Appointments moved to telehealth. |
2. Moderate. Delays or cancellations in appointments and/or delays in getting prescriptions; changes have minimal impact on health. |
3. Severe. Unable to access needed care resulting in moderate to severe impact on health. |
5. Mental health treatment access: |
0. No change. |
1. Mild. Appointments moved to telehealth. |
2. Moderate. Delays or cancellations in appointments and/or delays in getting prescriptions; changes have minimal impact. |
3. Severe. Unable to access needed care resulting in severe risk and/or significant impact. |
6. Access to extended family and non-family social supports: |
0. No change. |
1. Mild. Continued visits with social distancing and/or regular phone calls and/or televideo or social media contacts. |
2. Moderate. Loss of in person and remote contact with a few people, but not all supports. |
3. Severe. Loss of in person and remote contact with all supports. |
7. Experiences of stress related to coronavirus pandemic: |
0. None. |
1. Mild. Occasional worries and/or minor stress-related symptoms (eg, feel a little anxious, sad, and/or angry; mild/rare trouble sleeping). |
2. Moderate. Frequent worries and/or moderate stress-related symptoms (eg, feel moderately anxious, sad, and/or angry; moderate/occasional trouble sleeping). |
3. Severe. Persistent worries and/or severe stress-related symptoms (eg, feel extremely anxious, sad, and/or angry; severe/ frequent trouble sleeping). |
8. Stress and discord in the family: |
0. None. |
1. Mild. Family members occasionally short-tempered with one another; no physical violence. |
2. Moderate. Family members frequently short-tempered with one another; and/or children in the home getting in physical fights with one another. |
3. Severe. Family members frequently short-tempered with one another and adults in the home throwing things at one another, and/or knocking over furniture, and/or hitting and/or harming one another. |
9. Personal diagnosis of coronavirus. |
0. None. |
1. Mild. Symptoms effectively managed at home. |
2. Moderate. Symptoms severe and required brief hospitalization. |
3. Severe. Symptoms severe and required ventilation. |
10. Number of immediate family members diagnosed with coronavirus: ___ |
Rate the symptoms of the person who was most sick: |
0. None. |
1. Mild. Symptoms effectively managed at home. |
2. Moderate. Symptoms severe and required brief hospitalization. |
3. Severe. Symptoms severe and required ventilation. |
4. Immediate family member died from coronavirus. |
11. Number of extended family member(s) and/or close friends diagnosed with coronavirus: ____ |
Rate the symptoms of the person who was most sick: |
0. None. |
1. Mild. Symptoms effectively managed at home. |
2. Moderate. Symptoms severe and required brief hospitalization. |
3. Severe. Symptoms severe and required ventilation. |
4. Extended family member and/or close friend died of coronavirus. |
12. Other. Please tell us about any other ways the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your life: |