___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 03-13-2015 last updated: 03-03-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 03-03-2022 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements a computerized version of the the World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5), a short self-administered screening tool of 5 positively worded questions to assess current mental well-being (last 2 weeks). The screening tool is available in multiple languages and can be downloaded at: https://www.psykiatri-regionh.dk/who-5/who-5-questionnaires/ The WHO-Five Well-being Index (WHO-5) was developed at the Psychiatric Research Unit, Mental Health Centre North Zealand, Hillerød, Denmark. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 questions on a 6-point Likert Scale, self report ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 1 minutes to complete __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'who5.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values) Scale: 5 (all of the time) - 0 (at no time) no reversed scored questions q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited) (2) Summary data file: 'who5_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startdate: date script was run starttime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) validtotal: 1 = all questions were answered; 0 = otherwise who5_totalscore_raw: the raw total score (0 <= totalscore <= 25); or "cannot be determined" if not all questions were answered 0 representing worst possible and 25 representing best possible quality of life. "It is recommended to administer the Major Depression (ICD-10) Inventory if the raw score is below 13 or if the patient has answered 0 to 1 to any of the five items. A score below 13 indicates poor wellbeing and is an indication for testing for depression under ICD-10." who5_totalscore_percent: the percentage total score (0 <= score <= 100) A percentage score of 0 represents worst possible, whereas a score of 100 represents best possible quality of life.