Table 1 Items of FSQ-MIS and the comparison with six scales.

From: A fast online questionnaire for screening mental illness symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic

FSQ-MIS Item

Question

FSQ-MIS Item

Question

1

Difficulty falling asleep

11

Check things over and over again

2

Low mood

12

Feel that others can know your private thoughts

3

Decreased interest

13

Washing hands, counting, or touching something repeatedly

4

Being agitated

14

Feel restless, anxious, and preoccupied

5

Memory loss

15

Several times I felt flustered, chest tightness and suffocation

6

Worried and nervous

16

Often wake up during sleep

7

Hear voices that others can’t hear

17

Attention distracted

8

Someone tried to persecute me

18

I feel my brain is very active

9

Feel your energy declined, and activities slow down

19

Spent a lot of money recently

10

Headache

  

Scales

Rating approach

Averaged rating Time (minute)

Reliability/validity coefficient

   

on Chinese norm

In this study

FSQ-MIS

self-rating

5

Verified in this study

 

HARS

examiner-rating

15–20

0.9310*

0.91*

HDRS

examiner-rating

15–20

0.88–0.9911*

0.95*

PSQI

self-rating

20

0.8412*

0.88*

YBOCS

examiner-rating

30

0.7513*

0.83*

PANSS

examiner-rating

30–50

0.73–0.8314*

0.78–0.82*

BRMS

examiner-rating

20

0.92 15#

0.89*

  1. FSQ-MIS Fast-Screening Questionnaire for Mental Disorder, HARS Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, Hamilton HDRS Depression Rating Scale, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, YBOCS Yale-Brown obsessive-compulsive scale, PANSS Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, BRMS Bech-Rafaelsen Mania Scale.
  2. *Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, #criterion validity coefficient with Global Assessment Scale.
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