Variable | Scale | Instrument | Description | Cronbach α |
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Wellbeing | 0–10 | Personal Wellbeing Index (39) | Seven items assessing perceived quality of life (life, health, relationships, security, community connection, future security) | 0.72 |
Generalized distress | 1–5 | Kessler-6 [40] | Six items assessing generalized psychological distress | 0.55 |
Depression | 0–3 | Hopkins Symptoms Checklist -HSCL-25 [41] | 25 items, 15 for depression symptoms and 10 for anxiety symptoms | 0.89 |
Anxiety | 0–3 | |||
PTSD | 0–3 | PTSD Checklist Civilian-PCL-C [42] | 16 items assessing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a civilian population | 0.89 |
Functional impairment | 1–5 | WHO Disability Assessment Schedule WHO-DAS [43] | 12 items assessing impaired ability to function across six life domains (household, cognitive, mobility, self-care, social, society) | 0.83 |
Community efficacy | 1–5 | Community efficacy scale [44] | Eight items assessing community efficacy, defined as group capability to perform actions towards a common goal | 0.81 |
Coping Strategies | 1–4 | Brief Cope | 2-item-14 subscales (active coping, planning, positive reframing, acceptance, religion, humor, emotional support, social/instrumental support, behavioral disengagement, venting, self-distraction, deniala, self-blame, and substance use) assessing the use of coping strategies | 0.86 |