Table 7 The Electronic Health Report Form (eHRF) prototype with background questions, reliability, and validity
Item | Health area | questionnaire | Reliability/validity |
|---|---|---|---|
A. Background questions | |||
A1 | Reason for visiting Youth Health Clinics (YHC) | ||
A2–A4 | Age, Gender, Sex | SEXual health Identification Tool (SEXIT) (15) | Content- and face validity, acceptability for YHCs age group. Swedish (4). |
A5 A6 | Sexual orientation Living conditions | SEXIT (15) SEXIT (15) | |
A7 | Ongoing healthcare contact outside YHC | ||
B. Physical health | |||
B1–B4 | Alcohol, drugs, and tobacco | Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test – Consumption (Audit-C) (38), SEXIT (15), National Guidelines: Living Habits (36) | Audit-C: Best choice for harmful and high-volume drinking. Swedish [59]. National Guidelines: Living Habits. Swedish (36): Used nationally and recommended for healthcare. |
B5–B9 | Nutrition and eating habits | National Guidelines: Living Habits (36) | Used nationally and recommended for healthcare. |
B10–B11 | Physical activity and sedentary time | National Guidelines: Living Habits, indicator questions for physical activity (36, 37) | Used nationally and recommended for healthcare. |
B12 | Behavior change | Self-efficacy Scale (31) | |
B13–B18 | Bodily symptoms | Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) (40) | Adequate validity and satisfactory test-retest reliability (40). School-age children. Swedish. |
C. Mental health | |||
C1–C8 | Anxiety/worry | Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7) (41) | Good reliability and criterion-, construct-, factorial- and procedural validity from age 18 (41). Swedish. |
C9–C18 | Sadness/depression | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) (42) | Validity and reliability acceptable from age 18 (42). Swedish. |
C19–C23 | Relation to food and body | The SCOFF Questionnaire* (43) | Acceptable validity for adolescents, especially girls [60]. Swedish. |
D. Experience of violence | |||
D1–D9 | Experience of violence | SEXIT (15) | Content- and face validity, acceptability for YHC age group. Swedish (4). |
E. Sexual health | |||
E1–E10 | Sex habits | SEXIT (15) | Content- and face validity, acceptability for YHCs, Swedish (4). |
F. Social support | |||
F1–F6 | Social support | Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS) subscales “Need for support” and “Support seeking” (44) | Initial validation for adult cancer patients (44), used many contexts. Not available in Swedish |
F7 | Behavior change | The Bandura Self-efficacy Scale (31) | Constructed in accordance with Bandura’s guidelines of how to construct self-efficacy scales (31). |
Total | 74 items |