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Research Instruments in CINAHL
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The following research instruments are included in the CINAHL database
as of June 2005. The full-text of the particular instrument may or may
not be found in the CINAHL citations.
Adolescent Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences
(A-COPE)
1983
Adolescent-Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes (A-FILE)
1981
Affect Balance Scale 1963
AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes Survey 1987
Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS2) 1990
Barthel Index (BI) 1965
Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale (BRMES) 1980
Beck Depression Inventory, Revised Edition (BDI) 1961, 1971
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) 1974
BEM Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) 1974
Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk 1985-1988
Brief Pain Index (BPI) 1982
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) 1975
Caregiver Strain Index (CSI) 1979-1983
Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D
Scale) 1971
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) 1983
Coping Health Inventory for Parents (CHIP) 1981
Coping Strategies Questionniare (CSQ) 1983
Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) 1976-1983
Death Anxiety Scale 1970
Death Depression Scale (DDS) 1990
The Dempster Practice Behaviors Scale (DPBS) 1990
Denver II DDST 1967, Denver II 1990
Dual Employed Coping Scales (DECS) 1981
Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) 1976
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) 1987
End-of-Life Comfort Questionnaires 2000
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (EPQ-R) 1992
Exercise of Self-Care Agency Scale 1979
Fall Risk Assessment Tool 1990
Family Attachment and Changeability Index 8 (FACI8) 1995
Family Celebration Index (FCELEBI) 1986
Family Coping Coherence Index (FCCI) 1982
Family Coping Index (FAMCI) 1995
Family Coping Inventory (FCI) 1981
Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales (F-COPES)
1981
Family Distress Index (FDI) 1983
Family Hardiness Index 1986
Family Index of Regenerativity and Adaptation-General (FIRA-G) 1987
Family Index of Regenerativity and Adaptation-Military (FIRA-M) 1987
Family Inventory of Resources for Management (FIRM) 1981
Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes (FILE) 1980, 1983
Family Member Well-being Index (FBWB) 1982
Family Pressures Scale-Ethnic (FPRES-E) 1993
Family Problem Solving Communication (FPSC) 1988
Family Schema-Ethnic (FSCH-E) 1992
Family Time and Routines Index (FTRI) 1986
Family Traditions Scale (FTS) 1986
Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index (QLI) 1984
Functional Assessment Inventory (FAI) 1980
General Comfort Questionnaire (GCQ) 1992
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) 1982
Gosnell Pressure Sore Risk Assessment Scale (Gosnell Scale)
1973
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) 1960
Health Perceptions Questionnaire (HPQ) 1978
Hendrich Fall Risk Model (HFRM) 1987, 1995
Impact of Event Scale (IES) 1979
Internal-External Control Scale (I-E Scale)
Job Descriptive Index (JDI) 1969, JDI Revised 1985
Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS) first version 1977, Revised 1987
Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) 1948
La Monica-Oberst Patient Satisfaction Scale (LOPSS) 1986
Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) 1960
McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) 1971-1975
Memorial Pain Assessment Card (MPAC) 1986
Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS) 1981
Morse Fall Scale 1985
Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales:
Forms A, B, and C 1978 (Forms A & B), 1994 (Form C)
NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 1983
Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ) 1980,
revised 1982
OARS Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire
(OMFAQ) 1975, 1988 Revised
Organizational Climate Scale (OCS) 1989
Perlow Self-Esteem Scale (PSES) 1987
Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ-85) 1981
Power as Knowing Participation in Change Tool (PKPCT) 1984
Profile of Mood States, Revised (POMS) 1971, Revised 1981
and 1992
Psychiatric Symptom Index 1972
Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS) 1975, 1978
Quality Patient Care Scale (Qualpacs) 1969
Radiation Therapy Comfort Questionnaire (RTCQ) 1997
Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale 1980
Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES) 1965
Schedule of Recent Experiences (SRE) 1981
Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) 1977
Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI) 1967
Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) 1971
Self-Rating Depression Scale (SRDS) 1964
Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) 1988 (developmental form);
1990 (standard form); 1996 (SF-36v2)
Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) 1975
The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) 1972-1976, final version
1977
Slater Nursing Competencies Rating Scale 1965
Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) 1967
Social Support Index (SSI) 1982
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) 1983
Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) 1973, 1975
Symptom Distress Scale (SDS) 1976, 1983
Tennessee Self-Concept Scale: Second Edition (TSCS:2) 1965,
1988, 1996
Urinary Incontinence and Frequency Comfort Questionnaire
(UIFCQ) 1997
Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ) 1976-1977 (Ways of
Coping Checklist), Revised 1985
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) 1955-1981
Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R) 1945-1987
Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale (FACES) 1983
Young Adult Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences (YA-COPE) 1983
Young Adult-Family Inventory of Life Events and Strains (YA-FILES) 1984
Young Adult Social Support Index (YA-SSI) 1984
Youth Coping Index (YCI) 1995
The list of research instruments on this page is not intended
to be complete or comprehensive. The nursing instruments included are
representative of what CINAHL contains and are an excellent starting point
for further research. Additional print and electronic information can
be found by conducting your own literature search, consulting other library
collections, or contacting a professional librarian/informationist for
assistance. Please check with your local library to determine availability
of these resources and local library access to national interlibrary loan
networks for resources not owned locally. The lists of nursing instruments
in CINAHL is updated regularly as new instruments are identified by the
Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
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