Data Dictionary: Cohort of Swedish men (COSM)

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General Health
How is your health?
How is your memory?
How is your physical condition?
How is your appetite?
How is your mood?
How is your energy?
Have you or have you had high blood pressure?
Have you or have you had high cholesterol?
Have you or have you had angina?
Have you or have you had intermittent claudication?
Have you or have you had heart failure?
Have you or have you had dizziness?
Have you or have you had tinnitus?
Have you or have you had osteoporosis?
Have you or have you had an allergy?
Have you or have you had asthma?
Have you or have you had COPD (chronic lung disease)?
Have you or have you had chronic bronchitis?
Have you or have you had hay fever?
Have you or have you had pollen allergy?
Have you or have you had impotence?
Have you or have you had hemorrhoids?
Have you or have you had migraine?
Have you or have you had joint pain?
Have you or have you had rheumatoid arthritis?
Have you or have you had Parkinson’s disease?
Have you or have you had MS (multiple sclerosis)?
Have you or have you had psoriasis?
Have you or have you had eczema?
Have you or have you had atopic eczema (as a child)?
Have you or have you had kidney stones?
Have you or have you had gallstones?
Have you or have you had gastritis?
Have you or have you had ulcerative colitis?
Have you or have you had IBS / irritable bowel?
Have you or have you had Crohn’s disease?
Have you or have you had depression?
Have you or have you had glaucoma?
Do you have diabetes? (age at which it was diagnosed and treatment used)
If you do not take blood pressure medicine, has your blood pressure been checked in the last 3 years? (if yes, was it low, normal or elevated?)
What are your body measurements? (height, weight, waist and hip circumference)
How many doctor visits have you had in the past 12 months?
What is your view of life? (Positive or negative)

Dental Health
Do you have all of your teeth (not including wisdom teeth)?
Do you have pulled out / lost teeth (besides wisdom teeth) in adulthood?
Do you have whole or partial dentures (not including bridge or implant)?
Do you have bleeding of the gums when you brush your teeth?
Do you have periodontal disease / periodontitis?
Do you have problems with dry mouth?
Do you have problems chewing?

Aches and pains
During the past 12 months have you had at work, or during chores at home, pain in the back
During the past 12 months have you had at work, or during chores at home, pain in the shoulders
During the past 12 months have you had at work, or during chores at home, pain in the neck
During the past 12 months have you had pain for 3 months or longer in knee / knees
During the past 12 months have you had pain for 3 months or longer in hips
In your life, have you ever undergone torn cartilage
In your life, have you ever undergone ligament damage in the knee
In your life, have you ever undergone artificial joint in the knee
In your life, have you ever undergone artificial joint in the hip

Medicines
Do you regularly or intermittently use cortisone in tablet form or inhalation
Do you regularly or intermittently use Magnecyl, Bamyl, Treo, Aspirin, Albyl, Trombyl
Do you regularly or intermittently use Alvedon, Panodil, Reliv, Citodon
Do you regularly or intermittently use Ipren, Diklofenak, Voltaren, Ibumetin, Naproxen
Have you used anitbiotics during the last 10 years?

Sight, hearing and balance
Have you had cataract surgery?
Do you use glasses? (If yes, at what age did you start wearing glasses?)
Do you use a hearing aid? (If yes, at which age did you start using a hearing aid?)
Do you have a good sense of taste? (If no, at which age did you lose your sense of taste?)
Do you have good balance? (If no, at which age did your balance become impaired?)
Have you had a fall during the past 12 months? (If yes, how many times?)

Sleep habits
How much sleep do you need per day?
How long do you sleep per night on average?
What time do you usually fall asleep?
What time do you usually wake?
Do you regularly take a nap? (During which time interval?)
How do you find that you sleep on the whole?
How often have you had difficulty falling asleep in the past 3 months?
How often have you had repeatedly waking up with difficulty falling asleep in the past 3 months?
How often have you had premature awakening in the past 3 months?
How often have you had disturbed / restless sleep in the past 3 months?
How often have you had sleep apnea / apnea in the past 3 months?
How often have you had disturbing snoring in the past 3 months?
During your working life, have you had working hours that required you to work at night at least a few times per month?

Toilet habits
During the last month, how often have you felt like you cannot empty your bladder?
During the last month, how many times do you visit the toilet within 2 hours of going?
During the last month, how often is your urine intermittent instead of continuous?
During the last month, how often is it hard to hold it in when you need to urinate?
During the last month, how often do you have a weak urinary stream?
During the last month, how often must you apply pressure to urinate?
How often do you usually urinate at night?
Have you had a urinary tract infection / urinary retention?
If you had to live with urination the way it is today how would you feel?
Do you have a bowel movement every day?
Do you have a bowel movement several times a day?
How often do you experience difficulty with bowel movements?
Do you / have you had fecal leakage? (how many times per week?)

Your family's health
Have any of your parents or siblings had prostate cancer?
Have any of your parents or siblings had breast cancer?
Have any of your parents or siblings had colon cancer?
Have any of your parents or siblings had other cancer?
Have any of your parents or siblings had rheumatoid arthritis?
Have any of your parents or siblings had psoriasis?
Have any of your parents or siblings had diabetes?
Have any of your parents or siblings had high blood pressure?
Have any of your parents or siblings had myocardial infarction before 60?
What age did your parents live to?

Stress
I have never experienced stress
I have experienced a stressful period
I have experienced a stressful period in the past 5 years
I have experienced several periods of stress in the past 5 years
I have experienced constant stress in the past year
I have experienced constant stress in the past 5 years
I have had many long periods of stress in my life
How often do you feel very strong anger?

How are you feeling?
During the last week, how often have you felt those feelings:
I have felt able to cope with serious problems or major changes in my life
I have felt calm and relaxed
I have felt energetic, active and enterprising
On waking, I felt fresh and rested
I have felt happy or satisfied and pleased with my personal life
I have felt sad and down
I am satisfied with my life
I live the kind of life I want to live
I have been eager to get on with the day’s work or make new decisions
I have felt that life is full of interesting things

Family, friends and acquaintances
How many people, with the same interests as you, do you know and have contact with? Both at work and in your leisure time
How many people, that you know well, do you meet or talk with during a normal week? Do not count those that you run into unexpectedly.
How many friends do you have that can come to your home anytime and feel at home? They would not care if it was untidy or if you were about to eat. Do not count close relatives.
How many are there, in your family or among your friends who you can talk openly with?
How many people are there in your environment who you can easily ask for things? People who know you so well that you can borrow tools or kitchen things?
Apart from those at home, how many are there that you can turn to if you are in difficulty? Someone who you can easily meet and who you trust and can really help you when you are experiencing difficulties?