World Health Organization Well-Being Index - WHO-5

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 13, 2015

Last Modified: January 01, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

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.

Duration

1 minutes

Overview

5 questions on a 6-point Likert Scale, self report

Summary Data

File Name: who5_summary*.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
startDate Date the session was run
startTime Time the session was run
subjectId Participant ID
groupId Group number
sessionId Session number
elapsedTime Session duration in ms
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
validTotal 1 = all questions were answered
0 = otherwise
who5TotalScoreRaw 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."
who5TotalScorePercent 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.
+ individual responses

Raw Data

File Name: who5.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject, group, session With the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build Inquisit version number
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)