Research Resources
The following tables were developed to assist you in locating information about research instruments/tools that have been used with transplant subjects. Each table contains the instrument/tool's name, and information about variables, populations, descriptions, reliability, validity, language, copyright, fees, sources, and references. The reliability and validity information was obtained from published sources. However, please contact the tool developer for additional information. If you have any suggestions for changes or corrections, please contact the ITNS office.
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- Research Tool Group #1 (1-20)
- Research Tool Group #2 (21-40)
- Research Tool Group #3 (41-60)
- Research Tool Group #4 (61-80)
- Research Tool Group #5 (81-105)
Comprehensive List of Tools by Group
Group #1
Tools 1 - 20
- 1. Heart Transplant Symptom Checklist
- 2. Zung Self Rating Depression Scale
- 3. Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE)
- 4. Heart Failure Functional Status Inventory
- 5. Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist
- 6. Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS)
- 7. Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale
- 8. Mastery Scale
- 9. Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire
- 10. Jalowiec Coping Scale
- 11. Miller Hope Scale
- 12. Beck Depression Inventory
- 13. Millon Behavioral Health Inventory
- 14. Symptom Checklist 90
- 15. Coping Checklist
- 16. Coping with Serious Illness Battery
- 17. 6 Minute Walk Test
- 18. Spiritual Perspective Scale
- 19. Sickness Impact Profile
- 20. Rating Question Form
Group #2
Tools 21 - 40
- 21. Quality of Life Index (modified)
- 22. Heart Transplant Intervention Scale
- 23. Assessment of Compliance with Transplant Regimen
- 24. Quality of Well-Being Scale
- 25. Medical Outcomes Study- Short Form Health Profile
- 26. Karnofsky Performance Status
- 27. QOL: Visual Analog Scale
- 28. Nottingham Health Profile
- 29. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
- 30. Short Form-36 Health Survey
- 31. Transplant Symptom Frequency & Distress Scale
- 32. UCLA Loneliness Scale-Revised
- 33. Illness Intrusiveness Ratings Scale
- 34. Index of Well-being
- 35. Basic Personality Inventory
- 36. Mental Health Inventory
- 37. Sleep Disturbance Questionnaire
- 38. Cardiac Symptom Inventory
- 39. Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales
- 40. Rand-36 Item Health Survey
Group #3
Tools 41 - 60
- 41. Brief Symptom Inventory
- 42. Body Cathexis Scale
- 43. Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory
- 44. General Health Questionnaire
- 45. Schoolager's Coping Strategies Inventory
- 46. Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale
- 47. Life Orientation Test
- 48. COPE
- 49. Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
- 50. Family Environment Scale
- 51. Assessment of Problems with the Heart Transplant Regimen
- 52. Quality of Life Index
- 54. Heart Transplant Stressor Scale-Preoperative Assessment
- 55. Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II
- 56. Desire for Control Scale
- 57. Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scale
- 58. Illness Behavior Questionnaire
- 59. Psychological General Well-Being Index
- 60. Profile of Mood States
Group #4
Tools 61 - 80
- 61. Rosenberg Happiness Scale
- 62. Rosenberg Anxiety Scale
- 63. Campbell's Index of Well-Being Scale
- 64. Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire
- 65. Hopkins Symptom Checklist
- 66. Survey of Recent Life Experiences
- 67. Religious Coping Scale
- 68. Coping Strategies Inventory
- 69. Social Provisions Scale
- 70. Social Support Index
- 71. Heart Transplant Stressor Scale
- 72. Life Satisfaction Index
- 73. Dyadic Adjustment Scale
- 74. Symptoms/Feelings Checklist
- 75. Quality of Life Scale
- 76. Derogatis' Symptom Checklist-90-Revised
- 77. Ways of Coping Checklist
- 78. Global Adjustment to Illness Scale
- 79. Herth Hope Index
- 80. Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Scale for Adults (MUIS-A)
Group #5
Tools 81 - 105
- 81. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III)
- 82. Weschler Preschool and Primary Scale for Intelligence
- 83. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
- 84. Bayley Scales of Infant Development-III
- 85. British Ability Scales
- 86. Ruth Griffiths Mental Development Scales
- 87. Richman Behaviour Checklist
- 88. Rutter A Scale
- 89. Rutter B Scale
- 90. Rutter B Scale (Wide Range Achievement Test III)
- 91. Test of Non-Verbal Intelligence - 3 (TONI - 3)
- 92. Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence & Social Acceptance for Young Children
- 93. Self-Perception Profile for Children
- 94. Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents
- 95. Child Behavior Checklist
- 96. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised (WAIS-R)
- 97. Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test
- 98. Children's Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test
- 99. Stroop Color-Word Naming Test: Children's Version
- 100. Buschke Selective Reminding Test
- 101. Meier Visual Discrimination Test
- 102. Grooved Pegboard Test
- 103. Cognitive Abilities Test, Second Edition
- 104. Conners Continuous Performance Test
- 105. Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory