World Health Survey 2003

United Kingdom, 2003

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GBR_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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amount of pain/discomfort (q2030)

Data file: WHS-UK_F4

Overview

Valid: 1200

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 127

End: 130

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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.

Pain and Discomfort

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much of bodily aches or pains did you have?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	544	45.3%
2	Mild	270	22.5%
3	Moderate	231	19.3%
4	Severe	142	11.8%
5	Extreme	13	1.1%

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 refers to any form of pain or discomfort in the body that interferes with a person’s usual activities, either for a short or long period of time. By pain we mean “physical” pain.

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