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Table 1 Overview of instruments used in this study

From: Health-related quality of life is strongly associated with self-efficacy, self-esteem, loneliness, and stress in 14–15-year-old adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Factors

Instruments

Number of items

αª

HRQOL

KIDSCREEN-27

  

 Physical well-being

5

0.81

 Psychological well-being

7

0.87

 Autonomy and parent relations

7

0.77

 Social support and peers

4

0.78

 School environment

4

0.80

Self-efficacy

Generalized Self‐Efficacy Scale (GSE)

10

0.87

Self-esteem

Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale (RSES)

4

0.79

Pain

Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)

  

 Having pain today

1

 

 Pain on average

1

 

 Pain interference with activity

3

0.81

 Pain interference with emotions

4

0.90

Lübeck Pain-Screening Questionnaire (LPQ)

  

 Pain duration

1

 

 Pain frequency

1

 

OTC analgesic questions (derived from SUS)

  

 Intake of OTC analgesics during the last 4 weeks

1

 

 Frequency of OTC analgesics intake

1

 

Sleep

School Sleep Habits Survey

  

 Problems with sleepiness

1

 

 Frequency of enough sleep

1

 

Loneliness

UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8)

8

0.80

Stress

Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ)

30

0.93

  1. OTC, Over-the-counter; SUS, “Pain, youth and self-medication study”
  2. ªCronbach’s α coefficient values in this study