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Table 2 Instruments used by the included studies for various variables

From: Effective coping strategies utilised by medical students for mental health disorders during undergraduate medical education-a scoping review

Variables explored

Inventory/survey

Studies

Mental health disordersa

Beck Depression Inventory

[38]

General Health Questionnaire and list of potential stressors

[32]

Source and Severity of Stress Scale

[29]

Questionnaire for perceived stress scale, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, sources of stress

[31]

Stress and coping questionnaire, depression screening

[3]

Maslach Burnout Inventory–Student Version

[36]

Major Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory

[37]

Malay version of Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale

[41]

Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire

[40]

Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire

[42]

Maslach Burnout Inventory–Human Services Survey

[19]

Medical Student Stress Questionnaire

[43]

Kessler 10–Psychological Distress Questionnaire

[44]

Coping strategiesb

Coping inventory

[13, 19, 29, 31, 32, 42, 44]

Coping behaviour inventory

[43]

Coping strategy scales

[38]

Ways-of-coping scale

[4]

Standard questionnaire on religious coping methods

[39]

Potential functional- and dysfunctional-behaviour-based coping strategies questionnaire

[36]

Problem-focused styles-of-coping inventory

[37]

Malay version of Brief Religious Coping Scale

[41]

A strategic approach to coping scale

[40]

Self-developed questionnaire

[44]

  1. aStress, depression, anxiety, burnout
  2. bSupport seeking; active coping; acceptance; avoidance/denial; substance abuse; faith/religion; sports, leisure, games (mobile device/personal computer) and miscellaneous