We began our work by searching the literature for instruments measuring QoL related to food and food instruments related to QoL that could inform our work.
63 Phase 1: Focus groups with children from grades 4 6 will inform the development of the instrument, in conjunction with a critical review of the literature and instruments.
It was developed based on a review of existing literature and instruments and also involved health care professional input.
Once relevant domains were identified from the focus group themes, we searched the literature for instruments addressing these domains.
We reviewed the literature on instruments for single-encounter work-based clinical assessment, like the mini-CEX.
In the literature, several instruments to assess global perceptions of purpose or meaning in life can be found [ 26, 27].
All measures are based on established scales or self-constructed according to the literature (see Instruments section).
To identify measures related to disability, we systematically searched the health and psychology literature for instruments that capture elements of the disability experience for adults living with HIV.
A brief review of the non-physician literature on instruments used to assess fatigue, sleep deprivation, or stress was also conducted.
Our primary objective was to systematically review the medical literature for instruments validated for use in epidemiological and clinical research on waterpipe smoking.
