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Table 2 Biological health and lived health questions initially considered for the GRM models for each study population: institutionalized and community-dwelling population

From: Biological health or lived health: which predicts self-reported general health better?

 

Biological health scale

Lived health scale

Questions

Variable

Institutionalized population

Community-dwelling population

Variable

Institutionalized population

Community-dwelling population

  

N

%difficulty

N

%difficulty

 

N

%difficulty

N

%difficulty

Communication

          

With what level of difficulty would you say you are able to…

          

Speak intelligibly or utter coherent phrases?

COM_8_2

9702

36.4

15912

14.8

COM_8_3b 6

9696

36.1

15912

14.7

Understand what other persons say to you?

COM_9_2

9703

35.6

15671

13.4

COM_9_3b6

9688

32.9

15661

12.1

Understand and express yourself in writing?

COM_10_2

9687

47.6

16115

16.0

     

Understand and express yourself via gestures, symbols, illustrations or sounds?

COM_11_2

9703

34.8

15048

9.8

     

Hold a dialogue and exchange ideas with one or more persons?

COM_12_2

9698

41.6

15899

14.8

     

Use the telephone or other devices or communication techniques?

COM_13_2

9678

51.4

16605

18.0

COM_13_3b6

9666

45.4

16578

15.8

Learning and application of knowledge and development of tasks

          

With what level of difficulty are you able to…

          

Hold a gaze or pay attention when listening?

APR_14_2

9705

29.2

15793

10.2

     

Learn to perform simple tasks?

APR_15_2

9665

41.2

16657

14.9

     

Perform simple tasks?

APR_16_2

9707

34.0

16068

11.4

APR_16_3b 7

9680

29.9

16054

10.0

Perform complex tasks?

APR_17_2

9707

49.7

17229

17.6

APR_17_3b 7

9676

44.2

17208

15.2

Mobility

          

With what level of difficulty are you able to…

          

Change posture?

MOV_18_21

9698

45.9

9578

64.6

MOV_18_3b8

9599

36.3

9527

55.3

Keep the body in the same position?

MOV_19_21

9704

41.2

9923

66.1

MOV_19_3b8

9645

33.5

9869

59.6

Walk and move around the home?

MOV_20_2 1

9705

53.4

8751

61.0

MOV_20_3b 8

9641

40.3

8701

53.0

Walk or move outside the home?

MOV_21_2 2

9683

81.4

12919

74.3

MOV_21_3b 9

9640

62.5

12846

64.1

Get around via passenger transport?

MOV_22_22

9693

85.7

12156

73.2

MOV_22_3b9

9649

68.5

12079

63.4

Drive vehicles?

MOV_23_22

3653

82.7

4378

55.5

MOV_23_3b

3648

82.1

4378

51.5

Lift or carry objects?

MOV_24_23

9705

52.3

11259

70.6

MOV_24_3b 10

9684

47.3

11215

63.7

Handle and move objects?

MOV_25_2 3

9705

36.0

9056

63.2

MOV_25_3b 10

9685

32.5

9022

57.1

Lift or carry small objects?

MOV_26_23

9704

38.6

7840

56.8

MOV_26_3b 10

9682

34.5

7816

51.8

Self-care

          

With what level of difficulty would you say are you able to…

          

Wash or dry different body parts?

AUT_27_2

9702

77.6

14557

49.8

AUT_27_3b

9600

57.1

14491

40.0

Perform basic grooming?

AUT_28_2

9702

78.1

14249

48.9

AUT_28_3b

9611

58.8

14160

38.0

Carry out activities related to urination?

AUT_29_2

9704

52.6

11346

36.4

AUT_29_3b

9657

41.6

11295

30.4

Carry out activities related to defecation?

AUT_30_2

9701

48.3

9979

28.0

AUT_30_3b

9663

38.8

9946

24.6

Carry out activities related to menstrual care?

AUT_31_2

680

56.6

1501

12.1

AUT_31_3b

674

38.0

1501

9.6

Dress or undress?

AUT_32_2

9706

59.5

13035

44.2

AUT_32_3b

9648

45.3

12975

35.2

Eat and drink?

AUT_33_2

9704

31.0

9301

22.9

AUT_33_3b

9690

23.8

9269

18.4

Follow medical prescriptions?

AUT_34_2

9693

69.2

12085

40.2

AUT_34_3b

9627

44.1

12032

24.3

Avoid dangerous situations?

AUT_35_2

9667

62.4

10987

34.4

AUT_35_3b

9621

51.9

10951

27.1

Home Life

          

With what level of difficulty would you say are you able to…

          

Do shopping?

VDOM_36_24

9675

84.8

16405

65.6

VDOM_36_3b 11

2355

22.1

16270

54.9

Prepare meals?

VDOM_37_24

9243

84.3

12601

54.3

VDOM_37_3b 11

1897

17.8

12523

47.4

Carry out housework?

VDOM_38_2 4

9282

83.1

15257

62.8

VDOM_38_3b 11

2238

19.3

15139

54.3

Interaction and interpersonal relations

          

With what level of difficulty would you say are you able to…

          

Show to other persons affection, respect or transmit feelings?

INTER_39_2 5

9703

27.4

15768

9.4

     

Relate to strangers?

INTER_40_2 5

9700

43.6

16666

14.2

     

Initiate and maintain relations with subordinates, peers or superiors?

INTER_41_25

9701

26.7

16222

12.0

     

Initiate and maintain relations with friends, neighbours, acquaintances or colleagues?

INTER_42_2 5

9704

33.5

16264

12.3

     

Initiate and maintain family relations?

INTER_43_25

9694

26.9

16281

12.5

     

Initiate and maintain intimate or sexual relations?

INTER_44_2

9647

67.0

16660

14.6

     
  1. Local dependent variables are marked with the same number. The questions considered in the final model are marked in bold. All data are population weighted.