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Companion Care

Standardized Self-Administration — Fidelity Mode

Wellness Screening

This is the standardized self-administration form for the Boojee Companion Care screening instruments — the psychometrically faithful mode that presents each instrument exactly as validated, with consistent response anchors and no conversational framing. Results are server-scored using the published algorithms. This is a wellness screening, not a clinical evaluation.

Fidelity note: The UCLA-3 (Hughes et al. 2004), PHQ-2/PHQ-9 (Kroenke, Spitzer & Williams 2001/2003), and GAD-7 (Spitzer et al. 2006) are administered here using their exact published item stems and response anchors. No permission is required to reproduce the PHQ and GAD-7 instruments; the UCLA-3 is in the public domain.

UCLA Loneliness Scale (3-Item)

Hughes ME, Waite LJ, Hawkley LC, Cacioppo JT. A short scale for measuring loneliness in large surveys. Research on Aging. 2004;26(6):655–672. Public domain.

Instructions: For each question below, please select the response that best describes how you have been feeling. There are no right or wrong answers.

Question 1 of 3 How often do you feel that you lack companionship?
Question 2 of 3 How often do you feel left out?
Question 3 of 3 How often do you feel isolated from others?

PHQ-2 — Patient Health Questionnaire (2-Item)

Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB. The Patient Health Questionnaire-2: Validity of a Two-Item Depression Screener. Medical Care. 2003;41(11):1284–1292. Developed by Drs. Spitzer, Williams, Kroenke. No permission required to reproduce.

Instructions: Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems? Please select one answer per question.

Question 1 of 2 Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by little interest or pleasure in doing things?
Question 2 of 2 Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by feeling down, depressed, or hopeless?
Your PHQ-2 responses indicate it would be helpful to complete the full PHQ-9 questionnaire below. This additional questionnaire will give a more complete picture.

PHQ-9 — Patient Health Questionnaire (9-Item)

Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB. The PHQ-9: Validity of a Brief Depression Severity Measure. J Gen Intern Med. 2001;16(9):606–613. Developed by Drs. Spitzer, Williams, Kroenke. No permission required to reproduce.

PHQ-2 score indicates full PHQ-9 is recommended. Your PHQ-2 pre-screen score was 3 or above, which means completing all nine questions below will give the most complete picture. Please answer each question below.

Instructions: Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems? Please select one answer for each question.

Question 1 of 9 Little interest or pleasure in doing things?
Question 2 of 9 Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless?
Question 3 of 9 Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much?
Question 4 of 9 Feeling tired or having little energy?
Question 5 of 9 Poor appetite or overeating?
Question 6 of 9 Feeling bad about yourself — or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down?
Question 7 of 9 Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television?
Question 8 of 9 Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite — being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual?
Question 9 of 9 Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way?

GAD-7 — Generalized Anxiety Disorder (7-Item)

Spitzer RL, Kroenke K, Williams JB, Löwe B. A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(10):1092–1097. Developed by Drs. Spitzer, Williams, Kroenke. No permission required to reproduce.

Instructions: Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems? Please select one answer per question.

Question 1 of 7 Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge?
Question 2 of 7 Not being able to stop or control worrying?
Question 3 of 7 Worrying too much about different things?
Question 4 of 7 Trouble relaxing?
Question 5 of 7 Being so restless that it is hard to sit still?
Question 6 of 7 Becoming easily annoyed or irritable?
Question 7 of 7 Feeling afraid, as if something awful might happen?

This screening is not a clinical evaluation. Results indicate a wellness snapshot only — they do not constitute a diagnosis. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.

Scoring your responses

Your Screening Results

These are wellness screening scores, not clinical diagnoses. They indicate your current self-reported wellbeing in areas where research shows early identification matters. If any score is elevated, the appropriate next step is a conversation with a qualified healthcare professional — not further self-interpretation.

How to read these results: Band labels (Minimal, Mild, Moderate, etc.) reflect published scoring thresholds from the instrument's validation literature. They describe a score range, not a diagnosis. A score in the "Moderate" or higher range means it would be worthwhile to discuss these results with a licensed clinician. This screening is provided as a wellness tool under the FDA general-wellness exemption. It is not an FDA-cleared medical device and makes no diagnostic or treatment claims.