Calculate Six Item Loneliness Scale (6 ILS) sum score

Source: R/primary-coding.R

Calculate sum score of 6 ILS

calculate_6ils_total(
  six_ils1,
  six_ils2,
  six_ils3,
  six_ils4,
  six_ils5,
  six_ils6
)

Arguments

six_ils1

vector for item "I miss having a really close friend."

six_ils2

vector for item "There are plenty of people I can lean on when I have problems ."

six_ils3

vector for item "There are many people I can trust completely."

six_ils4

vector for item "I miss the pleasure of the company of others."

six_ils5

vector for item "There are enough people I feel close to."

six_ils6

vector for item "'I often feel rejected."

Items 1, 4 and 6 need to be recoded first

Value

A numeric vector with sum score of 6 ILS