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Term Description

The K6 is a screening scale consisting of 6 questions to assess nonspecific psychological distress during the last 30 days. These questions ask about the respondent's feelings and how these feelings have affected their normal activities, and whether or not they have sought professional help.

Reference Information

TypeSourceReference
ArticleConsensus measures for Phenotypes and ExposuresKessler, R. C., Andrews, G., Colpe, L. J., Hiripi, E., Mroczek, D. K., Normand, S.-L. T., Walters, E. E., & Zaslavsky, A. (2002). Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in nonspecific psychological distress. Psychological Medicine. 32(6), 959-976.
CitationConsensus measures for Phenotypes and ExposuresKessler, R. C., Barker, P. R., Colpe, L. J., Epstein, J. F., Gfroerer, J. C., Hiripi, E., Howes, M. J, Normand, S-L. T., Manderscheid, R. W., Walters, E. E., & Zaslavsky, A. M. (2003). Screening for serious mental illness in the general population. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60(2), 184-189.
ArticleConsensus measures for Phenotypes and ExposuresLeising, D., Grande, T., & Faber, R. (Aug 2009). The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20): A measure of general psychological distress. Journal of Research in Personality, 43(4), 707-710.

Panel Hierarchy

Details for each LOINC in Panel LHC-Forms

LOINCNameR/O/CCardinalityExample UCUM Units
62746-3PhenX - general distress screener protocol 121301
Indent65189-3During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel...nervous?
Indent65190-1During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel...hopeless ?
Indent65191-9During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel... restless or fidgety?
Indent65192-7During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel...so depressed that nothing could cheer you up?
Indent65193-5Taking them altogether, did these feelings occur more often in the past 30 days than is usual for you, about the same as usual, or less often than usual?
Indent65194-3During the past 30 days, how many days out of 30 were you totally unable to work or carry out your normal activities because of these feelings?d/(30.d)
Indent65195-0Not counting the days you reported in response to 3, how many days in the past 30 were you able to do only half or less of what you would normally have been able to do, because of these feelings?d/(30.d)
Indent65196-8During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel...that everything was an effort?
Indent65197-6During the past 30 days, how many times did you see a doctor or other health professional about these feelings?{#}/(30.d)
Indent65198-4During the past 30 days, about how often did you feel...worthless?
Indent65199-2During the past 30 days, how often have physical health problems been the main cause of these feelings?

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
PhenX - general distress screener protocol 121301:-:Pt:^Patient:-:PhenX
Long Common Name
PhenX - general distress screener protocol 121301
Short Name
General distress screener proto

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    PhenX - general distress screener protocol 121301
    LP112310-0
    • Analyte
      PhenX - general distress screener protocol 121301
      LP112310-0
      • Component Numerator
        PhenX - general distress screener protocol 121301
        LP112310-0
        • Component Numerator Core
          PhenX - general distress screener protocol 121301
          LP112310-0
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    -
    LP6769-6
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    -
    LP7747-1
  • Method
    PhenX
    LP95333-8

Survey Question

PX121301

Basic Attributes

Class
PANEL.PHENX
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.36
Last Updated
Version 2.81 (MIN)
Change Reason
Release 2.81: Status: Changing PhenX Concept from Status = Trial to Active; Previous Releases: Updated the PhenX ID from "PhenX.<ID>" to "PX<ID>" in Survey Question Source field to align with the variable identifier used in the PhenX Toolkit.; Added the PhenX protocol ID to the Component to clearly define the protocol version for which this panel is based upon.
Panel Type
Panel

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
62710-9PhenX domain - Psychiatric

Language Variants Get Info

TagLanguageTranslation
el-GRGreek (Greece)PhenX - έλεγχος γενικής δυσφορίας πρωτόκολλο 121301:-:Pt:^Ασθενής:-:PhenX
Synonyms: - PANEL.PHENX PHENX PhenX - έλεγχος γενικής δυσφορίας πρωτόκολλο 121301 Pt Ασθενής
es-MXSpanish (Mexico)PhenX - protocolo general de detección de socorro 121301:-:Punto temporal:^ Paciente:-:PhenX
it-ITItalian (Italy)PhenX - screener disagio generale, protocollo:-:Pt:^Paziente:-:PhenX
Synonyms: Panel PhenX paziente PhenX Punto nel tempo (episodio)
ru-RURussian (Russian Federation)PhenX - общий дистресс скринер протокол:-:ТчкВрм:^Пациент:-:PhenX
Synonyms: Точка во времени;Момент
zh-CNChinese (China)PhenX - 广义困扰筛查工具方案 121301:-:时间点:^患者:-:PhenX
Synonyms: Consensus measures for Phenotypes and eXposures;PhenX;暴露;接触;表型与暴露共识指标;表现型与暴露共识指标;表型与暴露公认指标 Consensus measures for Phenotypes and eXposures;表型与暴露共识指标;表现型与暴露共识指标;表型与暴露公认指标 医嘱套餐 医嘱套餐类 医嘱套餐组 医嘱组 医嘱组.PhenX;组套（组合、医嘱组、套餐、套餐医嘱、医嘱套餐、组合申请、组合项目）.PhenX;Consensus measures for Phenotypes and eXposures;PhenX;表型与暴露共识指标;表现型与暴露共识指标;表型与暴露公认指标;PhenX 医嘱组 医嘱组合 医嘱组合类 医嘱组套 医嘱组套类 医嘱组类 医疗服务对象;客户;病人;病患;病号;超系统 - 病人 多重;多重型;多重标尺类型;多重精度类型 套餐 套餐医嘱 套餐医嘱组 套餐医嘱组类 实验室医嘱套餐 实验室医嘱套餐类 实验室医嘱组 实验室医嘱组合类 实验室医嘱组套 实验室医嘱组套类 实验室套餐医嘱组 实验室套餐医嘱组类 实验室检验项目医嘱组合类 实验室检验项目组合类 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 检验医嘱组合类 检验项目医嘱组合类 检验项目组合类 组 组合 组合医嘱 组合类 组套

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=62746-3
Questionnaire definition
https://fhir.loinc.org/Questionnaire/?url=http://loinc.org/q/62746-3