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Table 2 Basic Information about the Instruments

From: Instruments to measure e-cigarette related constructs: a systematic review

Instrument

Author & year

Country

Age range

Theory

Mode of administration

Completion time

Final number of items

Response options

Adolescent E-Cigarette Consequences Questionnaire (AECQ)

Cristello et al., 2020 [19]

USA

High school students (Mean = 14.90)

NR

In person

NRa

18

1–5 Likert

Electronic cigarette attitudes survey (ECAS)

Diez et al., 2019 [30]

USA

14–19

NR

In-person

NRa

12

1–5 Likert

Sensory E-cigarette Expectancies Scale (SEES)

Morean et al., 2019 [20]

USA

≥18

NR

Online

NRa

9

1–5 Likert

E-cigarette Fagerström Test of Cigarette Dependence (e-FTCD)

Piper et al., 2019 [36]

USA

≥18

NR

NR

NR

6

NR

E-cigarette Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives (e-WISDM)

Piper et al., 2019 [36]

USA

≥18

NR

NR

NR

37

NR

Penn State Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index (PS-ECDI).

Piper et al., 2019 [36]; Foulds et al., 2015 [37]

USA

≥18

NR

Online

NR

10

Mixed

Questionnaire of Vaping Craving (QVC)

Dowd et al., 2019 [35]

USA

≥18

NR

Online

> 10 min.

10

1–7 Likert

Susceptibility to future use

Cole et al., 2019 [32]

Canada

14–17b

NR

NR

NR

3

NR

Revised youth EC outcome expectancies

Pokhrel et al., 2018 [18]

USA

18–25

Motivation Theories

NR

NR

43

1–10 Likert

Revised youth EC outcome expectancies (Short version)

Pokhrel et al., 2018 [18]

USA

18–25

Motivation Theories

NR

NR

12

1–10 Likert

Self-report habit index (SRHI e-cigarette)

Morean et al., 2018 [34]

USA

≥18

NR

Online

NR

12

1–2 Likert

Susceptibility to four product classes (EC, cigars, hookah and cigarettes)

Carey et al., 2018 [33]

USA

10–18

NR

Online

NRa

3

1–4 Likert

Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence applied to Vaping (FTND-V)

Browne & Todd, 2018 [38]

Australia

≥17

NR

Online

NR

9

Mixed

Comparing EC and Cigarettes Questionnaire (CEAC)

Hershberger et al., 2017 [24]; Kale et al., 2020 [25]

USA; England

≥18

Theory of Planned Behavior

Online

NR

10

1–5 Likert

Perceived harms and social norms in the use of e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco

Waters et al., 2017 [28]

USA

≥18

Theory of planned behavior & integrated model of behavior change

Online

NR

15

1–9 Likert

Perceived harm of EC and smokeless tobacco with cigarettes

Persoskie et al., 2017 [27]

USA

12–17

NR

NR

NR

2

1–4 Likert

Risk and Benefits of E-cigarettes (RABE)

Copeland et al., 2017 [22]

USA

≥18

NR

Online

NR

30

1–7 Likert

Short Form Vaping Consequences Questionnaire (S-VCQ)

Morean & L’Insalata, 2017 [21]

USA

≥18

Social learning theory

Online

NR

21

NR

Motivations of intention to try EC among non-EC users

Penzes et al., 2016 [31]

Hungary

≥18

NR

Online

NR

27

1–4 Likert

Nicotine and Other Substance

Interaction Expectancies-E-cig Revised version (NOSIE-ER)

Hershberger et al.,2016 [29]

USA

≥21

NR

Online

NR

8

True/False

e-cigarette-specific Brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire (e-cigarette-specific BSCQ-A)

Hendricks et al., 2015 [26]

USA

≥19

Expectancy theory

Online

NR

25

0–9 Likert

Conditional Risk Assessment

Chaffee et al., 2015 [23]

USA

13–18

Social learning theory & health belief model

Online

NR

19

NR

  1. Abbreviation: NR Not reported, USA United States of America
  2. aTotal study time are reported but instrument-specific time is not reported
  3. bGrade 9–12 is reported