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Table 1 Surveys used in the online and primary care practices studies

From: Validation of the 3-item What Engagement Looks Like (WELL) scale in patients with diabetes

Online survey

Primary care practices surveys

Online test of WELL scale

SF-ACE commitment subscale

WELL scale

PCP questions on effectiveness and effort

Please rate ach of the following statements using any number from 0 to 5, where 0 is not at all and 5 is a lot.

1. How much do the things you do in your daily life affect your health?

2. How much confidence do you have in your ability to do things that will improve your health?

3. How much are you involved in decisions about how to manage your health?

Please rate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements: strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree, strongly agree.

1. I can stick with plans to exercise and eat a healthy diet.

2. Even when life is stressful, I know that I can continue to do the things that keep me healthy.

3. When I work to improve my health, I succeed.

4. I handle my health well.

Using any number from 0 to 10, where 0 is not at all and 10 is a lot.

1. How much do the things you do in your daily life affect your diabetes?

2. How much confidence do you have in your ability to do things that will help you manage your diabetes?

3. How much are you involved in decisions about how to manage your diabetes?

1. Using any number from 0 to 10 where 0 means not well at all and 10 means extremely well, what number would you give to how well this person is managing his or her diabetes now?

2. Using any number from 0 to 10 where 0 means not at all and 10 means a lot, how much effort is this person putting into doing the things he or she can reasonably do right now to manage his or her diabetes?