Health, quality of life and health psychology.

Brief generic HRQoL; reproduces the SF-36 Physical (PCS-12) and Mental (MCS-12) component summary scores

Generic HRQoL and utility across 15 dimensions (mobility, vision, hearing, breathing, sleeping, eating, speech, elimination, usual activities, mental function, discomfort/symptoms, depression, distress, vitality, sexual activity); profile + single index

Single-item-per-domain generic HRQoL; one item for each of the 8 SF-36 domains, yielding PCS-8 and MCS-8 summaries

Multi-attribute utility HRQoL with strong psychosocial coverage; AQoL-8D dimensions: Independent Living, Pain, Senses, Mental Health, Happiness, Coping, Relationships, Self-Worth

Asthma-specific HRQoL - symptoms, activity limitation, emotional function, environmental stimuli

Independence in ten basic activities of daily living: feeding, bathing, grooming, dressing, bowel and bladder control, toilet use, transfers, mobility, stairs.

Beliefs about prescribed medication: Specific-Necessity, Specific-Concerns; and general beliefs (General-Overuse, General-Harm)

Positive body image: acceptance of, respect for, favorable opinion toward, and protective attitudes about one's body (unidimensional)

Concerns about body shape, weight, and the experience of 'feeling fat' (body dissatisfaction)

Coping across 14 two-item strategies (self-distraction, active coping, denial, substance use, emotional support, instrumental support, behavioral disengagement, venting, positive reframing, planning, humor, acceptance, religion, self-blame); often grouped into approach vs avoidant coping

Cognitive and emotional illness representations distilled to single items: consequences, timeline, personal control, treatment control, identity, coherence/understanding, concern, emotional response (+ open causal item)

Pain severity (worst/least/average/now) and pain interference with 7 life domains (general activity, mood, walking, work, relations, sleep, enjoyment of life); plus body map and relief from treatment

Physical and mental fatigue (severity over recent weeks); often used as a total fatigue score

Cognitive coping / emotion-regulation strategies across 9 subscales: self-blame, acceptance, rumination, positive refocusing, refocus on planning, positive reappraisal, putting into perspective, catastrophizing, other-blame

Dispositional and situational coping across 15 strategies (e.g. active coping, planning, positive reframing, acceptance, denial, behavioral/mental disengagement, emotional/instrumental support, humor, religion, substance use, restraint, venting, suppression of competing activities)

Coping style across 3 dimensions: Task-oriented, Emotion-oriented, Avoidance-oriented (Avoidance splits into Distraction and Social Diversion)

Cognitive and behavioral strategies for coping with pain: diverting attention, reinterpreting pain sensations, coping self-statements, ignoring pain sensations, praying/hoping, catastrophizing, increasing behavioral activity; + control/effectiveness ratings

Single-chart functional health status across domains: physical fitness, feelings, daily activities, social activities, change in health, overall health, pain (chart set varies)

Overall loneliness with emotional-loneliness and social-loneliness subscales

Dermatology-specific health-related quality of life (symptoms/feelings, daily activities, leisure, work/school, personal relationships, treatment)

Diabetes-specific emotional distress across four sources: emotional burden, physician-related distress, regimen-related distress, interpersonal distress.

Global psychological distress in the past week, rated on a single visual analogue, plus the source of that distress from an accompanying problem list (practical, family, emotional, spiritual, physical).

Generic health status across 6 health measures (Physical, Mental, Social, General, Perceived Health, Self-Esteem) and 4 dysfunction measures (Anxiety, Depression, Pain, Disability)

Severity of nine common symptoms in palliative and oncology care: pain, tiredness, drowsiness, nausea, appetite, shortness of breath, depression, anxiety, wellbeing, plus one optional patient-specified symptom.

Perceived ability to find, evaluate, and apply online health information (eHealth literacy)

Perceived structural and functional social support (emotional, instrumental, informational, appraisal) developed for cardiac patients

Cancer-specific HRQoL: 5 functional scales (physical, role, emotional, cognitive, social), 9 symptom scales/items, a global health/QoL scale

Generic HRQoL / health utility: Mobility, Self-Care, Usual Activities, Pain/Discomfort, Anxiety/Depression (descriptive system) plus the EQ VAS self-rated health thermometer

Generic HRQoL / utility with the same 5 dimensions as EQ-5D-3L but 5 response levels per dimension for finer discrimination; plus EQ VAS

Generic HRQoL / utility for children and adolescents; child-friendly wording of the 5 EQ-5D dimensions (mobility, looking after myself, doing usual activities, having pain/discomfort, feeling worried/sad/unhappy) + EQ VAS

Health literacy as the competence to access, understand, appraise and apply health information across health care, disease prevention and health promotion.

Severity and functional impact of fatigue (motivation, exercise, physical functioning, work/family/social interference)

Beliefs that physical activity and work cause/worsen pain and should be avoided; two subscales: Physical Activity (FABQ-PA) and Work (FABQ-W)

Cancer/chronic-illness HRQoL across 4 wellbeing domains: Physical, Social/Family, Emotional, Functional

Fatigue and its impact on daily functioning over the past 7 days (tiredness, weakness, energy, ability to do usual activities)

Physical activity across 3 domains (work, transport, recreation) plus sedentary time; MET-minutes/week and activity categories

Leisure-time physical activity frequency at three intensities (strenuous, moderate, mild) in a typical week; Leisure Score Index (MET-weighted) and active/insufficiently-active classification

Functional ability in daily living across eight categories: dressing, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reach, grip, and common activities.

Self-management skills and outcomes across 8 independent domains: Positive and Active Engagement in Life, Health-Directed Behaviour, Skill and Technique Acquisition, Constructive Attitudes and Approaches, Self-Monitoring and Insight, Health Service Navigation, Social Integration and Support, Emotional Wellbeing

Multi-attribute utility HRQoL; HUI3 attributes: vision, hearing, speech, ambulation, dexterity, emotion, cognition, pain; single index anchored to dead=0, perfect health=1

Health-promoting behaviours - 6 subscales (health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual growth, interpersonal relations, stress management)

Capability wellbeing (Sen's capability approach) across 5 attributes: Stability/attachment, Attachment/love, Autonomy, Achievement, Enjoyment/pleasure

Cognitive and emotional representations of illness (Leventhal self-regulatory model): identity, timeline (acute/chronic), timeline cyclical, consequences, personal control, treatment control, illness coherence, emotional representations, plus causal beliefs

Self-reported physical activity over the last 7 days across domains (work, transport, domestic/garden, leisure) plus sitting time; yields MET-minutes/week and low/moderate/high categories

Perceived availability of functional social support across 4 subscales: Appraisal, Belonging, Tangible, Self-Esteem (the 12-item version typically uses Appraisal, Belonging, Tangible)

Independence in six basic activities of daily living: bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, feeding.

Dialysis/CKD-specific HRQoL - generic core (SF-36/12) plus kidney-disease-targeted scales (burden of disease, symptoms/problems, effects of kidney disease)

Child/adolescent HRQoL across up to 10 dimensions (physical wellbeing, psychological wellbeing, moods/emotions, self-perception, autonomy, parent relations, social support/peers, school environment, social acceptance/bullying, financial resources)

Independence in eight instrumental activities of daily living: telephone use, shopping, food preparation, housekeeping, laundry, transport, medication management, finances.

Social engagement / risk of social isolation, indexing size and closeness of family and friendship networks

Multidimensional pain experience: sensory, affective, evaluative and miscellaneous qualities via pain descriptors; present pain intensity (PPI); pain rating index (PRI)

Generic health-related quality of life across 8 domains: Physical Functioning, Role-Physical, Bodily Pain, General Health, Vitality, Social Functioning, Role-Emotional, Mental Health; aggregated into Physical (PCS) and Mental (MCS) component summaries

Coping/adjustment styles to a cancer diagnosis: fighting spirit, helplessness-hopelessness, anxious preoccupation, fatalism, cognitive avoidance

Heart-failure-specific health-related quality of life (physical and emotional dimensions)

Self-reported medication-taking adherence (forgetting, stopping, carelessness, situational and emotional barriers)

Perceived functional social support across 4 dimensions: emotional/informational, tangible, affectionate, positive social interaction (+ an overall index)

Attitudinal body image across evaluative, cognitive (investment) and behavioral components for appearance, fitness, health/illness; subscales incl. Appearance Evaluation/Orientation, Fitness Evaluation/Orientation, Health/Illness Orientation, Body Areas Satisfaction, Overweight Preoccupation, Self-Classified Weight

Fatigue across 5 dimensions: General Fatigue, Physical Fatigue, Reduced Activity, Reduced Motivation, Mental Fatigue

Generalized health-control beliefs across 3 (or 4) dimensions: Internality (IHLC), Powerful Others (PHLC), Chance (CHLC); Form C adds 'Doctors' and 'Other people'

Perceived adequacy of social support from 3 sources: Significant Other, Family, Friends