Table 1

Description of well-being tools and the themes that their dimensions reflect

(Diagram reference number) Instrument full name	Acronym	First published	Most recent revision	Number of items*	Themes of well-being
(Diagram reference number) Instrument full name	Acronym	First published	Most recent revision	Number of items*	Global well-being	Mental well-being	Social well-being	Physical well-being	Spiritual well-being	Activities and functioning	Personal circumstances
1. 15D	15D	1981	198934	15		●	●	●		●
2. Affect Balance Scale	ABS	1969	196935	10		●
3. Affectometer 2	A2	1979	198336	20		●
4. Anamnestic Comparative Self-Assessment	ACSA	2006	200637	1	●
5. Arizona Integrative Outcomes Scale	AIOS	2004	200438	1	●
6. Assessment of Quality Of Life	AQOL	1999	199939	15		●	●	●		●
7. Authentic Happiness Index	AHI	2005	200540	20		●			●	●
8. Basic Psychological Needs Scale	BPNS	2003	200341	21		●	●			●
9. BBC Subjective Well-Being Scale	BBC-SWB	2011	201342	24		●	●	●
10. Beck Depression Index-2	BDI-2	1961	199643	21		●	●	●		●
11. Biopsychosocialspiritual Inventory	BIOPSSI	2007	200744	41		●	●	●	●	●
12. Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale	CL	1965	196545	1	●
13. CASP-19 (Control, Autonomy, Self-realisation and Pleasure)	C19	2003	200346	19		●				●	●
14. Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale-Revised	CESD-R	1977	201147	20		●	●	●		●
15. Chinese Happiness Inventory	CHI	1997	199748	48		●	●	●		●	●
16. Depression-Happiness Scale-Short	DHS-S	1993	200449	25		●
17. Emotional Well-Being Scale	EWBS	2011	201150	13		●
18. EUROQOL-5D-5L	EQ-5D-5L	1990	201151	5		●		●		●
19. EURO-D	EURO-D	1999	199952	12		●
20. EUROHIS-QOL	E-QOL	1998	200353	8		●	●	●			●
21. Flourishing Scale	FS	2010	201014	8		●	●		●
22. Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General Population†	FACT-GP	1993	200554	21		●	●	●		●	●
23. Functional Well-Being Scale	FWBS	2015	201555	10		●	●	●		●	●
24. General Health Questionnaire	GHQ12	1978	198856	12		●
25. Goteborg Quality of Life Instrument	GQLI	1967	199057	15		●	●	●
26. Happiness Measures	HM	1966	197358	2		●
27. Health and Well-Being assessment	HWB	2005	200559	20		●	●	●		●
28. Health Utilities Index-3	HUI-3	1996	199860	8		●		●		●
29. Herth Hope Index	HHI	1991	199261	12		●
30. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale	HADS	1983	198362	14		●	●	●		●
31. ICECAP-A	ICECAP-A	2012	201263	5		●	●			●	●
32. ICECAP-O	ICECAP-O	2008	200864	5		●	●			●	●
33. ICOPPE (Interpersonal, Community, Occupational, Physical, Psychological, and Economic well-being)	ICOPPE	2015	201526	21	●	●	●	●		●	●
34. InCharge Financial Distress/Well-Being Scale	IFDFWS	2006	200665	8		●					●
35. Inventory of Positive Psychological Attitudes	IPPA	1991	199166	32		●				●	●
36. Jarel Spiritual Well-Being Scale	JSWBS	1996	199667	21		●			●
37. Kellner's Symptom Questionnaire	KSQ	1987	198768	92		●	●	●		●
38. Life Orientation Test-Revised	LOT-R	1985	199469	10		●
39. Life Satisfaction Index-A	LSI-A	1961	196170	20		●				●
40. Life Satisfaction Questionnaire-9	LISAT9	1991	199171	9	●	●	●	●		●	●
41. Meaning in Life Questionnaire	MLQ	2006	200672	10		●			●
42. Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing	MYCAW	1996	200773	3	●
43. Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness	MUNSH	1980	198074	24		●
44. Mental Health Continuum-Short Form	MHC-SF	2002	200575	14		●	●		●
45. Mental Health Inventory-5	MHI5	1983	198876	5		●
46. Mental Physical Spiritual Well-Being Scale	MPS	1995	199577	30		●		●	●
47. Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire-30	MASQ-D30	1991	201078	30		●		●
48. Multicultural Quality of Life Index	MQLI	2011	201179	10	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
49. Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire-Brief	MPQ	1982	200280	155		●	●			●
50. Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised	MAACL-R	1965	198381	132		●	●	●	●		●
51. Nottingham Health Profile	NHP	1975	198582	45		●	●	●		●	●
52. Older Adult Health and Mood Questionnaire	OAHMQ	1995	199583	22		●	●	●		●
53. Ontological Well-Being Scale	OWBS	2013	201384	24		●
54. Orientations To Happiness	OTH	2005	200585	18		●			●	●
55. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire	OHQ	1989	200286	29		●
56. Perceived Wellness Survey	PWS	1997	199787	36		●	●	●	●
57. Personal Growth Initiative Scale	PGIS	1998	199888	9		●
58. Personal Wellbeing Index-Adult	PWI-A	1994	201389	7		●	●	●	●	●	●
59. Philadelphia Geriatric Centre Morale Scale	PGCMS	1972	197590	17		●	●
60. Physical, Mental and Social Well-Being Scale	PMSW-21	2014	201491	21		●	●	●
61. Positive and Negative Affect Scale	PANAS	1988	198892	12		●
62. Positive Functioning Inventory	PFI-12	2014	201415	12		●
63. Positive Mental Health instrument	PMH	2011	201193	47		●	●		●
64. Profile Of Mood States-Short	POMS2	1971	198394	37		●	●	●		●
65. Psychological General Well-Being Index	PGWB-S	1970	200695	6		●
66. Public Health Surveillance Well-Being Scale	PHS-WB	2012	201216	10	●	●	●	●	●	●
67. Purpose in Life Test-Short Form	PIL-SF	1964	201196	20		●			●
68. Quality of Life Index-Generic	QOLI-G	1985	198597	66		●	●	●	●	●	●
69. Quality of Life Inventory	QOLI	1988	198898	17		●	●	●	●	●	●
70. Quality of Well-Being Self-Administered	QWB-SA	1970	199799	10		●	●	●		●
71. Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being	QEWB	2010	2010100	21		●			●
72. Questions on Life Satisfaction	QOLS	1988	2000101	16	●	●	●	●		●
73. Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale	RSES	1965	1965102	10		●
74. Ryff's Scales of Psychological Well-Being	PWB	1989	1995103	54		●	●		●	●	●
75. Salutogenic Health Indicator Scale	SHIS	2009	2009104	12		●	●	●		●	●
76. Satisfaction With Life Scale	SWLS	1985	1985105	5	●
77. Scale of Positive And Negative Experience	SPANE	2010	201014	12		●
78. Self-Evaluated Quality Of Life Questionnaire	SEQOL	2003	2003106	317	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
79. Serenity Scale-Brief	SS-B	1993	2009107	22		●			●
80. Short form 36	SF-36v2	1988	1996 (JE Ware, M Kosinski, JE Dewey. How to score version 2 of the SF-36 health survey (standard & acute forms): Quality Metric Incorporated, 2000)	36		●	●	●		●
81. Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale	SHAPS	1995	1995108	14		●
82. Social Production Function-IL	SPF-IL	2005	2005109	58		●	●	●			●
83. Social Well-being Scale	SWS	1998	1998110	50			●
84. Spiritual Well-Being Scale	SP-WB-S	1982	1982111	20					●
85. Spirituality Index of Well-Being	SIWB	2004	2004112	12		●			●
86. State Anxiety Inventory	SAI	1970	1992113	6		●
87. State-Trait Cheerfulness Inventory	STCI	1996	1996114	30		●
88. Steinhauser Spiritual Concern Probe	SSCP	2006	2006115	1		●			●
89. Subjective Happiness Scale	SHS	1999	1999116	4		●
90. Subjective Vitality Scale	SVS	1997	1997117	7		●		●
91. Temporal Satisfaction With Life Scale	TSWLS	1985	1998118	15	●
92. The Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire	SP-WB-Q	2003	2003119	20		●	●		●		●
93. The Spirituality Scale	SS	2005	2005120	23		●	●		●
94. Valued Living Questionnaire	VLQ	1999	2010121	20			●	●	●	●	●
95. Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale-Short	WEMWBS	1983	2009122	7		●
96. Well-Being Picture Scale	WPS	1979	2005123	10	●
97. WHO-5	WHO5	1982	1998124	5		●
98. WHO-Brief Spiritual, Religious and Personal Beliefs	WHO-QBF	1995	2013125	34		●	●	●	●		●
99. Zung Self Rating Depression Scale	ZSDS	1965	1965126	20		●	●	●		●

*Items refer to questions.
†This tool was developed for cancer therapy, but this is a generic version.