COVID-19 Household Environment Scale (CHES)

The COVID-19 Household Environment Scale (CHES) providers a tool for measuring important dimensions of family functioning, conflict and cohesion. The CHES consists of 15 items for each of two subscales, Household Conflict and Household Cohesion, with a 5-point rating scale. The CHES also has items to describe respondent demographics, household composition and household-level COVID-19 exposure severity.

Translation Information:

The measure is available in the following languages: English & Spanish. Translation was done by CLaRO and CHARM study teams. Method for translation was the following: translation, back translation, and comparison/reconciliation by a third party in consultation with other native speakers as needed.

  • Portuguese translation: Angelica Bueno de Medeiros, Universidade Federal Fluminense -UFF
  • Mandarin translation:  Xinrong Li & Yongsheng Wang, Xihua University
  • Greek translation:

    Ioanna V. Papathanasiou, Associate Professor, Community Nursing Lab, Faculty of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GREECE; Email: iopapathanasiou@uth.gr 

    Evangelos C. Fradelos, Assistant Professor, Community Nursing Lab, Faculty of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GREECE; Email: efradelos@uth.gr 

    Dimitrios Mantzaris, Teaching Academic Staff, Computational Intelligence and Health Informatics Lab, Faculty of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GREECE; Email: dmantzar@uth.gr  

    Foteini Tzavella, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, GREECE; Email: ftzavella@hotmail.com 


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