Table 3 Population survey outcome measures
Data Collection | Measurement Scale |
|---|---|
Demographic | Â |
Age | Years |
Gender | Female/Male |
Marital status | Married/separated/divorced/widowed/cohabiting/ single |
Living alone | Yes/No |
Spouse/Partner cohabiting | Yes/No |
Cost of living | Find it a strain to get by from week to week/Have to be careful with Money/Able to manage without much difficulty/Quite comfortably off |
Height | Feet and inches or centimetres |
Weight | Stones and lbs or kilograms |
Work related questions to determine occupational social class | |
Employment status | Employed / Not working due to ill health /Retired/ Unemployed or seeking work/ Housewife/Other |
Spouse/partner’s job title | Free Text |
Work related questions including: | Current employment status; Job title (or previous job title if retired/unemployed); Spouse’s job title (or previous job title if no longer working or deceased) |
General health | Â |
SF12 version 2 (physical and mental summary score) [40] | 0 - 100 |
GAD7 [50] | 0 - 21 |
EQ-5D 3 level version [52] | -0.59 - 1 |
Physical Activity | Â |
STAR [58] | Three categories: 1) Physically inactive, 2) Meets the current recommendations of physical activity, 3) Insufficiently active |
Joint Pain | Â |
Specific joint pain and problems in knee/hip/hand/foot over past year | Yes/No |
Pain intensity in the knee/hip/hand/foot over past month | 0-10 |
Managing Joint Problems over the last 12 months | Â |
Consultation with practice nurse (single question) | Yes/No |
Consultation with GP (single question) | Yes/No |
Medication/Treatment use (adapted for joint problems from Jinks et al [55]) | Simple count of strategies used |