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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2017 Sep 14;8:99–105. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2017.09.002

Table 1.

Widowed Elders’ Lifestyle after Loss (WELL): Assessments

Domain Measure
Depression Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, HRSD30
Patient Health Questionnaire-9, PHQ-931
PRIME MD/MINI34
Anxiety Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale, GAD-732
Complicated grief Inventory of Complicated Grief, ICG33
Social isolation Select items from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project35
Medical illness burden Cumulative Illness Rating Scale – Geriatrics, CIRS-G36
Cognitive function Modified Mini-Mental State Examination, 3MS37
Functional status, physical performance Short Performance Physical Battery, SPPB38
Cardiometabolic health status Heart rate, blood pressure, body mass index
Disability Late-life Functional Disability Inventory, LLFDI39
Physical activity CHAMPS Physical Activity Questionnaire40
Dietary behavior and intake Rapid Eating Assessment for Patients, REAP41
Sleep Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI42
Chronobiological function Actigraphy and the Social Rhythm Metric, SRM43
Technology acceptance and usability Technology Acceptance Measure44 and Post-study Usability Questionnaire45
Biosignatures Inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-6, tumor necrosis-α)

Notes. Participants in Phase I and Phase II receive all of the above assessments.