Table 3 Biological health and lived health questions included in the single biological health scale and lived health scale and their parameter estimates (discrimination (Discr) and threshold parameters (Thr 1-2)) for the final GRM models
From: Biological health or lived health: which predicts self-reported general health better?
Biological health scale | Lived health scale | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Questions | Split in | Discr | Thr 1 | Thr 2 | Split in | Discr | Thr 1 | Thr 2 |
Communication | ||||||||
With what level of difficulty would you say you are able to… | ||||||||
Speak intelligibly or utter coherent phrases? | Young | 2.106 | 0.690 | 1.698 | Institutionalized young | 1.325 | -0.001 | 1.452 |
Institutionalized old | 1.634 | 0.906 | 2.073 | |||||
Community-dwelling young | 0.914 | 1.795 | 3.807 | |||||
Old | 2.681 | 1.011 | 2.054 | Community-dwelling old | 1.222 | 2.110 | 3.453 | |
Understand what other persons say to you? | 2.375 | 1.025 | 2.300 | |||||
Understand and express yourself in writing? | Young | 2.153 | 0.521 | 1.147 | ||||
Old | 2.271 | 0.871 | 1.514 | |||||
Understand and express yourself via gestures, symbols, illustrations or sounds? | 2.276 | 1.226 | 2.010 | |||||
Hold a dialogue and exchange ideas with one or more persons? | Young | 3.357 | 0.557 | 1.422 | ||||
Old | 4.291 | 0.952 | 1.772 | |||||
Use the telephone or other devices or communication techniques? | 1.989 | 0.649 | 1.427 | |||||
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? | 2.066 | 1.397 | 2.558 | |||||
Learn to perform simple tasks? | 1.963 | 1.043 | 2.103 | |||||
Perform simple tasks? | 2.328 | 1.236 | 1.940 | Institutionalized | 2.440 | 0.800 | 1.486 | |
Community-dwelling | 1.867 | 1.745 | 2.383 | |||||
Perform complex tasks? | 1.871 | 0.799 | 1.965 | Institutionalized young | 1.180 | -0.092 | 1.091 | |
Institutionalized old | 2.018 | 0.428 | 1.067 | |||||
Community-dwelling | 1.346 | 1.625 | 2.475 | |||||
Mobility | ||||||||
With what level of difficulty are you able to… | ||||||||
Walk and move around the home? | Institutionalized young | 2.033 | 1.433 | 2.126 | Institutionalized young | 2.904 | 1.025 | 2.172 |
Institutionalized old | 1.394 | 0.148 | 1.427 | Institutionalized old | 1.957 | 0.523 | 2.191 | |
Community-dwelling | 1.987 | -0.447 | 1.196 | Community-dwelling | 1.390 | 0.083 | 2.927 | |
Walk or move outside the home? | 0.626 | -2.691 | 1.156 | 1.813 | -0.128 | 2.097 | ||
Lift or carry objects? | Institutionalized | 1.938 | 0.309 | 1.005 | ||||
Community-dwelling | 1.314 | -0.416 | 1.731 | |||||
Handle and move objects? | Institutionalized | 2.436 | 0.800 | 1.535 | ||||
Community-dwelling | 1.463 | -0.121 | 2.178 | |||||
Lift or carry small objects? | Institutionalized | 1.895 | 0.931 | 1.708 | Institutionalized | 2.407 | 0.721 | 1.576 |
Community-dwelling | 2.122 | -0.319 | 1.212 | Community-dwelling | 1.631 | -0.034 | 1.914 | |
Self-Care | ||||||||
With what level of difficulty would you say are you able to… | ||||||||
Wash or dry different body parts? | Young | 2.590 | 0.019 | 1.040 | 2.760 | 0.197 | 1.695 | |
Old | 2.475 | -0.549 | 0.908 | |||||
Perform basic grooming? | 1.922 | -0.375 | 0.994 | 2.325 | 0.159 | 1.597 | ||
Carry out activities related to urination? | Institutionalized young | 3.571 | 1.090 | 1.542 | 2.562 | 0.501 | 1.720 | |
Institutionalized old | 1.728 | 0.358 | 1.352 | |||||
Community-dwelling | 3.129 | -0.169 | 0.893 | |||||
Carry out activities related to defecation? | Young | 2.275 | 0.902 | 1.682 | 2.862 | 0.541 | 1.637 | |
Old | 2.247 | 0.373 | 1.144 | |||||
Dress or undress? | Institutionalized young | 3.591 | 0.750 | 1.545 | 3.445 | 0.361 | 1.565 | |
Institutionalized old | 2.057 | 0.161 | 0.923 | |||||
Community-dwelling | 3.294 | -0.278 | 0.723 | |||||
Eat and drink? | Institutionalized | 2.196 | 1.128 | 1.914 | 2.837 | 0.913 | 2.165 | |
Community-dwelling | 3.140 | -0.043 | 1.439 | |||||
Follow medical prescriptions? | 1.789 | -0.220 | 1.875 | 1.967 | 0.521 | 1.648 | ||
Avoid dangerous situations? | 1.957 | 0.113 | 1.457 | 2.664 | 0.290 | 0.955 | ||
Home Life | ||||||||
With what level of difficulty would you say are you able to… | ||||||||
Do shopping? | 2.512 | -0.062 | 0.681 | |||||
Prepare meals? | 4.251 | 0.008 | 0.543 | |||||
Carry out housework? | 1.152 | -1.083 | 0.645 | 2.462 | -0.099 | 0.595 | ||
Interaction and interpersonal relations | ||||||||
With what level of difficulty would you say are you able to… | ||||||||
Show to others affection, respect or transmit feelings? | Young | 1.820 | 1.224 | 2.325 | ||||
Old | 2.374 | 1.423 | 2.221 | |||||
Relate to strangers? | 1.837 | 1.026 | 1.969 | |||||
Initiate and maintain relations with friends, neighbours, acquaintances or colleagues? | Young | 1.865 | 0.952 | 1.825 | ||||
Old | 2.917 | 1.202 | 1.806 | |||||
Initiate and maintain intimate or sexual relations? | Institutionalized | 1.359 | -0.175 | 0.515 | ||||
Community-dwelling young | 1.920 | 0.654 | 1.325 | |||||
Community-dwelling old | 4.970 | 1.151 | 1.295 | |||||