Field definitions

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Definitions of database fields in HaPI

The Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) database provides specific information about measurement tools in separate fields. View the field definitions below to learn about the information provided in each field. Depending on whether you are using the EBSCOhost or the OvidSP platform, the names of some fields may vary.
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A

This field contains information describing the instrument listed in the Title field of a Primary Source record. The abstract describes the purpose of the instrument, what the instrument is designed to assess, and may provide additional information (e.g., what participants are instructed to do). Not all records may contain an abstract.

Each record describing a specific instrument is assigned a unique identifying number (e.g., HaPI-345678). This number is called the Accession Number.

This field lists the acronym (abbreviation) for the measure, if one exists.

This field is used when author(s) of a given instrument are not clearly designated. In these cases, one of the following statements appears in the Attributed to field:

HaPI attributes authorship of the instrument to authors of the Source.

HaPI attributes authorship of the instrument to authors of the Reference.

This field lists the author(s) of the instrument, in other words, the investigators/researchers who originally developed or designed the instrument.

This field is used to inform patrons if a copy of the instrument is available from Behavioral Measurement Database Services. If an instrument is available, instructions to obtain a copy of the instrument are provided in this field.

D

This field indicates the type of document in which the Source was found (e.g., journal, book).

I

This field lists the author(s) of the instrument, in other words, the investigators/researchers who originally developed or designed the instrument.

L

This field indicates the language in which respondents or participants described in the Source article completed the instrument.

M

This field refers to index terms used by HaPI to describe the nature and purpose of an instrument. To index key terms, HaPI uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), the National Library of Medicine’s controlled vocabulary thesaurus, as well as many terms commonly used in the social sciences and in health/medicine.

This field refers to index terms used by HaPI to describe the nature and purpose of an instrument. To index key terms, HaPI uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), the National Library of Medicine’s controlled vocabulary thesaurus, as well as many terms commonly used in the social sciences and in health/medicine.

N

This field is used when author(s) of a given instrument are not clearly designated. In these cases, one of the following statements appears in the Notes Author field:

HaPI attributes authorship of the instrument to authors of the Source.

HaPI attributes authorship of the instrument to authors of the Reference.

This field is used when there is an abbreviation in the title of an instrument. We explain the abbreviation in this field.

This field indicates the number of questions or items contained in an instrument. This field is only used for Primary Source instruments.

P

This field indicates the type of publication in which the Source was found (e.g., journal, book).

R

This field is used to cite reference(s) related to the given instrument. The reference(s) cited in this field may include the original citation describing the development of the instrument as well as other relevant citations listed in the Source article or mentioned in the Abstract field.

This field provides information about an instrument’s reliability (e.g., internal consistency, test-retest reliability, inter-rater reliability).

This field provides information about the item format (i.e., response options) used in the instrument to respond to individual items or questions. This field is only used for Primary Source instruments.

S

This field refers to index terms used by the HaPI database to describe the respondents (i.e., participants or subjects) to whom the instrument was administered in the Source article. To index key terms, HaPI uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), the National Library of Medicine’s controlled vocabulary thesaurus, as well as many terms commonly used in the social sciences and in health/medicine.

This field refers to index terms used by the HaPI database to describe the respondents (i.e., participants or subjects) to whom the instrument was administered in the Source article. To index key terms, HaPI uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), the National Library of Medicine’s controlled vocabulary thesaurus, as well as many terms commonly used in the social sciences and in health/medicine.

This field lists actual sample items from the instrument and is only used for Primary Source instruments.

This field contains the complete bibliographic citation (e.g., journal article, book chapter, conference presentation, technical report, doctoral dissertation) in which the instrument listed in the Title field was administered or reviewed.

This field indicates whether the instrument that was administered to participants in the Source article is a Primary Source, Secondary Source, Translated Source, Publisher’s Catalog, or Review Source measure. Learn more about Source Codes.

This field indicates whether the instrument that was administered to participants in the Source article is a Primary Source, Secondary Source, Translated Source, Publisher’s Catalog, or Review Source measure. Learn more about Source Notes.

This field is used to acknowledge support and/or funding from external agencies or companies.

This field lists subscales, factors, or dimensions of an instrument, if there are any. This field is only used for Primary Source instruments.

This field lists subscales, factors, or dimensions of an instrument, if there are any. This field is only used for Primary Source instruments.

This field is used to acknowledge support and/or funding from external agencies or companies.

T

This field lists the title of the instrument.

This field is used when there is an abbreviation in the title of an instrument. We explain the abbreviation in this field.

U

This field lists the date when the record became available in the HaPI database.

V

This field provides information about an instrument’s validity (e.g., concurrent, construct, content, convergent, criterion, discriminant).

Y

This field lists the year in which the Source citation was published.