Question pretext
Health State Descriptions Time Begin
Now I would like to review different functions of your body. When answering these questions, I would like you to think about the last 30 days, taking both good and bad days into account. When I ask about difficulty, I would like you to consider how much difficulty you have had, on an average, in the past 30 days, while doing the activity in the way that you usually do it. By difficulty I mean requiring increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness or changes in the way you do the activity. Please answer this question taking into account any assistance you have available.
Cognition
Literal question
Overall in the last 30 days, how much difficulty did you have with concentrating or remembering things?
Categories
| Value |
Category |
| 1 |
None |
| 2 |
Mild |
| 3 |
Moderate |
| 4 |
Severe |
| 5 |
Extreme |
| Sysmiss |
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Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
This question refers to concentrating while doing work tasks, reading, writing, drawing, listening to others, playing a musical instrument, assembling a piece of equipment or engaging in any other activity. The respondent should think of concentrating in usual circumstances not when preoccupied by a problem situation or in an unusually distracting environment.
Remembering things refers to what a person would usually remember on a daily basis, such as running errands, doing the shopping, paying the bills or having appointments.
Read and show scale to respondent.
