Table 1 Characteristics of the instruments included in the evaluation questionnaire
Health area | Instrument | Validity | Item(s) | Response options |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mental health | SWEMWBS | Youth [53] Swedish [54] | Seven statements to examine psychological well-being | Five-point (p) Likert scale: always (1p) / often (2p) / sometimes (3p) / rarely (4p) / not at all (5p) Highest possible score is 35 p. High points indicate high positive mental well-being |
SOMS-7 | Swedish, working age [55] | Measures the experience of mastering life with five negatively and two positively formulated statements | Responses on a four-point Likert scale. Negatively formulated response options are reverse-scored. Scores range from 7–28 p, with higher scores indicating higher ability to manage life | |
Physical health | IPAQ-SF | Swedish 18–65 years olds [38] | Measures physical activity (working, transportation, housework, gardening, leisure time, and planned physical exercise) and sedentary time for the past seven days | The activities provide a score that sums to physical activity time and how often each is performed, expressed as Metabolic Energy Turnover |
Sexual health | Self-efficacy questions, self-composed according to Bandura [40] | Subjective rating of self-efficacy for healthy sexual behavior concerning protection from sexually transmitted disease, unwanted pregnancy, and alcohol consumption connected with having sex | Response options range from 0 (not at all sure) to 100 (completely sure). Questions and response options are designed according to Bandura’s guide to constructing scales | |
Social support | OSSS-3 | Working age [56] | Measures social functioning using three questions regarding the number of people the respondent feels close to, interest and concern that others have for the respondent, and how easy it is to get practical help from others | Total score ranges from 3–14 (3–8 = poor support, 9–11 = moderate support, 12–14 = strong support) |
MMQoL | Eight statements concerning friendship relationships | Each statement has five response options: Very true / Fairly true / Neither true nor false / Not particularly true / Not at all true |