by Charis Yoon | Jun 14, 2021 | Wellbeing
The CAGE questionnaire, developed in 1968, is a brief assessment containing four questions that is used by doctors to check for signs of potential alcohol dependency (alcohol abuse or alcoholism). The acronym, CAGE, makes the questions easy to remember: Have you ever...
by Charis Yoon | Jun 14, 2021 | Wellbeing
The Trail Making Test, created by neuropsychologist Ralph Reitan in the 1940s, is a neuropsychological test of visual attention and task switching. The assessment consists of two parts which require the participant to connect a set of 25 dots with accuracy in as short...
by Charis Yoon | Jun 14, 2021 | Wellbeing
The Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) was designed in 1989 by Doctors Lauren B. Krupp, Nicolas G. LaRocca, Alfred D. Steinberg, and nurse Joanne Muir-Nash. It is a 9-item scale that measures the severity of fatigue and its effect on the participant’s daily activities and...
by Charis Yoon | Jun 14, 2021 | Wellbeing
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale, otherwise known as the ESS is a self-administered assessment consisting of 8 questions. The questionnaire asks respondents to rate their chances of falling asleep or dozing off while participating in eight different activities, on a...
by Charis Yoon | May 12, 2021 | Wellbeing
The PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 assessments are both components of the longer Patient Health Questionnaire, which offers psychologists a concise way to self-administer an evaluation to assess depression. The assessment incorporates DSM-IV depression criteria, which are clinically...
