Table 4 |
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Content of 3-year postal follow-up Health Survey questionnaire (Phase 1 and Phase 2 participants) |
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Concept |
Measurement method |
Detail |
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Section A: General health |
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Perceived general health |
MOS SF 12 [33] |
Physical and mental component summary scores |
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Physical function |
MOS SF 36 [32] |
Physical functioning sub-scale |
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Anxiety and depression |
Hospital anxiety and depression scale [34] |
Anxiety and depression sub-scales |
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Participation |
5-items assessing person-perceived, performance-based participation |
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Physical activity |
Short-Form International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) [36] |
Frequency and duration of 4 activities performed during previous 7 days |
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Section B: Specific health problems |
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Hallux valgus |
Self-completed line drawings [37] |
5 line-drawings for each foot depicting increasing severity of hallux valgus |
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Co-morbidities |
Falls, fractures, chest problems, heart problems, deafness, problems with eyesight, raised blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, cancer, liver disease, kidney disease, poor circulation, rheumatoid arthritis |
Yes for any that apply |
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Intermittent claudication |
Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire [38] |
Pain or discomfort in legs when walking, pain characteristics, pain location (leg manikin) |
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Bodily pain |
Self-completed body manikin |
In the past 4 weeks, have you had pain that has lasted for one day or longer in any part of your body? If yes, shade location of pain on manikin |
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Site-specific questions |
Have you had any problems with your hands or pain in your hands/hips/knees/feet in the last year? |
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Section C: Foot pain |
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Foot pain characteristics |
Side of pain |
Both, right, left |
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Duration in past 12 months |
< 7 days, 1-4 weeks, 1-3 months, 3+ months |
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Have you ever injured your foot badly enough to see a doctor about it? |
No/right foot only/left foot only/both feet |
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Location: self-completed foot manikin [14] |
In the past month, have you had any ache or pain that has lasted for one day or longer in your feet? If yes, shade location of pain on foot manikin |
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Foot pain, aching, stiffness in last month [39] |
No days, few days, some days, most days, all days |
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Foot pain intensity in last month [40] |
0-10 NRS with verbal anchors (no pain, pain as bad as could be) |
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Complaint-specific functioning |
Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index [41] |
19-items across four constructs: pain, function, appearance, work/leisure |
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Coping strategies for foot pain |
Single-item coping strategies questionnaire [42] |
0-6 NRS with verbal anchors (never do that, always do that) |
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Healthcare use |
Medication use in last month |
For foot pain, for other pain |
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Consultation with general practitioner in last 12 months for foot pain |
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Section D: Demographic/socioeconomic characteristics |
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Demographic characteristics |
Date of birth Gender |
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Marital status |
Married, separated, divorced, widowed, cohabiting, single |
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Living arrangements |
Alone, not alone |
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Anthropometric characteristics |
Self-reported height |
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Self-reported weight |
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Socioeconomic characteristics |
Current employment status |
Employed, not working due to ill-health, retired, unemployed/seeking work, housewife, other |
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Current/recent job title |
Free text |
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Current/recent job title of spouse |
Free text |
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Adequacy of income [43] |
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 |
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Additional questions for phase 2 participants only |
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Foot pain characteristics |
Change in foot pain over past 3 years |
Completely recovered, much better, better, no change, worse, much worse |
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Since your assessment 3 years ago, have you injured your foot badly enough to see a doctor about it? |
No/right foot only/left foot only/both feet |
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Foot pain severity |
Chronic Pain Grade [59] |
6 questions (0-10 NRS) and 1 question (4 response options) giving grade I-IV |
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Symptom satisfaction [64] |
5-point Likert scale (Very dissatisfied to Very satisfied) |
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Healthcare use |
Use of services/treatments for foot pain in past 3 years |
GP, physiotherapist, hospital specialist, acupuncture, podiatrist, chiropodist, drugs on prescription, foot injection, foot surgery, osteopath/chiropractor, other (specify) |
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MOS SF 12 = Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 12; MOS SF 36 = Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36; NRS = numerical rating scale |
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Roddy et al. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2011 4:22 doi:10.1186/1757-1146-4-22 |
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