Wellbeing, assessed using the ICECAP-O, taps into an individual's capability to achieve desired functionings (i.e., this can be thought of as an individual's capacity to follow through with what they want to achieve).
Secondary outcomes were physical and functional wellbeing assessed using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Fatigue Scale, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire, Piper Fatigue Scale, Schwartz Cancer Fatigue Scale and the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory.
Linear regression models were constructed with the following two dependent variables: wellbeing (assessed using the ICECAP-O) and HRQoL (assessed using the EQ-5D-3L).
Consistent with the findings of Ash et al.2010), the impact of each driver on the ecosystems included in the analysis and the components of human wellbeing was assessed using a low-medium-high scale, while the trend was described as decreasing, continuing, increasing or rapidly increasing.
Women's psychological and physical wellbeing after birth were assessed using a checklist of common postnatal psychological and physical symptoms based on that used in earlier national maternity surveys [ 25].
Both the seasonal variation in mood and behaviour and the changes in wellbeing attributed to local weather conditions were retrospectively assessed using a self-rating scale.
Nelson's 15 assessment of coping strategies, life stresses, and social support for women was assessed using a two-factor framework for emotional wellbeing.
Chemilumenescence was assessed using a Fuji imager.
The HADS consists of 14 items (7 each for anxiety and depression) rated on various four-point scoring systems (c) positive mental health was assessed via the Subjective Vitality Scale [ 57], (d) capability wellbeing was assessed using the ICECAP-A capability index for adults [ 61].
A meta-analysis on the relation between marital satisfaction and personal wellbeing, in which wellbeing was assessed using depression and anxiety symptoms scales, reported an average weighted effect size r of.37 for cross-sectional and.25 for longitudinal prospective designs (Proulx et al. 2007).
