We are interested in learning whether or not you are affected by stress. Please circle the number below that describes your stress in the past week:

No stress	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Severe stress

Scoring

The score is the number circled or histogram marked (radio buttons below the numbers are used on the Internet version). Scores range from 0 to 10, with the higher score indicating more stress. If two consecutive numbers are circled, score the higher (more stress) number, if two non-consecutive numbers are circled, do not score.

Characteristics

Tested on 954 subjects.

Source of Psychometric Data

English language participants in the U.S. National Chronic Disease Self-Management Study. Study described in Ory MG, Ahn S, Jiang L, et al. National study of chronic disease self-management: six month outcome findings. Journal of Aging and Health . 2013 [in press].

Comments

This scale is a modified version of the visual analog scale. We found that this scale is easier for subjects to use, resulting in less missing and unclear responses. The scale above is that used for our Internet studies, with color and shading used. The psychometrics were done on a print black-and-white version, which is printed in the PDF version of this page (see link on the bottom of this page). The VNS was originally developed in Spanish.

References

Unpublished at this time.

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