Data Dictionary: National FinHealth 2017 Study
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| Questionnaires content - Health Status |
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| What is your present state of health? |
| Do you have any longstanding illness or health problem? |
| Are you limited because of a health problem in activities people usually do? What is your limitation level? |
| Have you been limited for at least the past 6 months? |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? Cardiac insufficiency |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? Coronary heart disease |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? Cancer |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? Rheumatoid arthritis |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? Other disease of the joints |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? Degenerative arthritis of the back, other back disease |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? Depression |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? Other psychological or mental illness |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? Renal failure |
| Has a doctor diagnosed or treated you for any of the following diseases during the past last 12 months? Sleep apnea |
| Have you ever had your blood sugar level measured? When was the last time? |
| Have you ever been diagnosed for diabetes? Which type? |
| When diagnosed for diabetes were you given one of the following treatments? lifestyle counselling only (diet, exercise, etc.) |
| When diagnosed for diabetes were you given one of the following treatments? tablet treatment |
| When diagnosed for diabetes were you given one of the following treatments? insulin treatment |
| What prescription medicine do you currently use for diabetes? nothing |
| What prescription medicine do you currently use for diabetes? insulin |
| What prescription medicine do you currently use for diabetes? tablets |
| What prescription medicine do you currently use for diabetes? both insulin and tablets |
| Have you ever had your cholesterol level checked? When was the last time? |
| Have you ever been diagnosed for high or elevated blood cholesterol level? |
| Have you been given dietary instructions for lowering your cholesterol level? |
| Do you currently use prescription medicine to lower your cholesterol level? |
| Have you ever had your blood pressure measured? When was the last time? |
| Have you ever been diagnosed for high or elevated blood pressure? |
| Have you ever used medicine for high blood pressure? |
| When was the last time you took medicine for high blood pressure? |
| How frequently do you use a blood pressure monitor at
home? |
| Has a doctor ever diagnosed you for myocardial infarction? |
| Has a doctor ever diagnosed you with stroke, cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral thrombosis? |
| Have you ever had coronary bypass surgery? |
| Have you ever had coronary angioplasty (balloon distension)? |
| Has a doctor ever diagnosed you with asthma? |
| Has a doctor ever diagnosed you with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? |
| Do you usually cough phlegm when waking up on winter mornings? |
| Do you usually cough phlegm during the day or at night during winter? |
| Do you cough phlegm on most days or nights for at least 3 months yearly? |
| Have you ever had hay fever or other allergic nasal symptoms? |
| Have you ever had allergic eye symptoms? |
| Have you ever had an itching rash which was called milk crust (infantile eczema), or atopic rash (atopic eczema)? |
| Have you had back pain during the past 30 days? |
| Have you had neck pain during the past 30 days? |
| Have you had shoulder pain during the past 30 days? |
| Have you had difficulty in walking or have you limped due to a hip disorder or defect during the past 30 days? |
| Have you had difficulty in walking or have you limped due to a knee disorder or defect during the past 30 days? |
| Have you during the last 12 months had a period of at least two weeks when, for most of the time you have been low-spirited or depressed? |
| Have you during the last 12 months had a period of at least two weeks when, for most of the time you have lost interest in most things, such as hobbies, work or other things that usually give you pleasure? |
| How much of the time during the past 4 weeks Have you been a very nervous person? |
| How much of the time during the past 4 weeks Have you felt so down in the dumps that nothing could cheer you up? |
| How much of the time during the past 4 weeks Have you felt calm and peaceful? |
| How much of the time during the past 4 weeks Have you felt downhearted and blue? |
| How much of the time during the past 4 weeks Have you been a happy person? |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Painkillers for headache |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Painkillers for joint or muscle ache |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Painkillers for another ache |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Sleeping pills |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Tranquillizers |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Antidepressants |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Asthma medication |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Hay fever medication |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Acetylsalicylic acid to prevent myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction (e.g. Aspirin, Disperin, Primaspan) |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Medication to thin the blood, anticoagulants (Marevan, Pradaxa, Xarelto or Eliquis) |
| When was the last time you used the following medication? Antibiotics |
| Why were you last prescribed antibiotics? Respiratory tract infection (e.g. pharyngitis, tonsillitis, maxillary sinuitis, bronchitis, pneumonia) |
| Why were you last prescribed antibiotics? Stomach problems including diarrhoea and/or vomiting |
| Why were you last prescribed antibiotics? Urinary tract infection |
| Why were you last prescribed antibiotics? Skin or wound infection |
| Why were you last prescribed antibiotics? Some other reason |
| Why were you last prescribed antibiotics? I don’t know |
| Why were you last prescribed antibiotics? I have never been prescribed antibiotics |
| Where was your most recent antibiotic treatment started? at an inpatient ward (including treatment continued at home) |
| Where was your most recent antibiotic treatment started? at home (prescription received in outpatient
care) |
| How good is the condition of your teeth and the health of your mouth at present |
| How often do you usually brush your teeth? |
| How often do you use for cleaning and caring for your mouth and teeth dental floss or interdental brush? |
| Questionnaires content - Functioning and welfare |
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| How do you manage the following activities nowadays (How difficult is it)? to walk about half a kilometre without resting |
| How do you manage the following activities nowadays (How difficult is it)? to run a short distance (about 100 metres) |
| How do you manage the following activities nowadays (How difficult is it)? to climb one flight of stairs without resting |
| How do you manage the following activities nowadays (How difficult is it)? to read an ordinary newspaper print (with or without
glasses) |
| How do you manage the following activities nowadays (How difficult is it)? to hear what is said in a conversation between several people (with or without a hearing aid) |
| How well does your memory work? |
| Are you able to acquire new information and learn? |
| Are you generally able to concentrate on matters? |
| Do you participate in the activities of any club, association, hobby group or religious or spiritual community (sports club, residents’ association, political party, choir, parish)? |
| Regardless of whether you are employed or not, please estimate your current work capacity. Are you: completely fit for work |
| Regardless of whether you are employed or not, please estimate your current work capacity. Are you: partially unable to work |
| Regardless of whether you are employed or not, please estimate your current work capacity. Are you: completely unable to work? |
| Let’s assume that your work ability would receive a score of 10 points at its best. What point score would you give your current work ability? |
| Do you ever feel lonely? |
| How satisfied are you with your economic situation? |
| How satisfied are you with your accomplishments in life? |
| How satisfied are you with your family life? |
| Questionnaires content - Exercise |
| How demanding is your work physically? |
| On your way to work or school, how many minutes do you travel on foot, by bicycle or similar? |
| How much do you exercise and stress yourself physically in your leisure time? |
| How many hours on average do you sit in a weekday? |
| Questionnaires content - Smoking |
| Have you ever smoked? |
| Have you during your life smoked at least 100 times (cigarettes, cigars or pipefuls) |
| Have you ever smoked regularly (almost every day for at least a year)? How many years altogether? |
| How old were you when you started smoking? |
| Do you smoke nowadays (cigarettes, cigars, pipefuls)? |
| When was the last time you smoked? |
| How soon after waking up do you smoke your first cigarette? |
| How much on average per day do you smoke or did smoke before you quit? Mark all tobacco products you have used/are using. |
| Do you use snuff? |
| How many hours do you daily spend in indoor spaces where you have to inhale other people’s smoke? |
| Have you during the last 12 months used nicotine replacement therapy (gum, patches,pills lozenge, sublingual tablet, inhaler)
or prescription drugs that can help you quit smoking? |
| Are you currently using electronic cigarettes with nicotine? |
| Questionnaires content - Nutrition |
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| On how many days a week between Monday and Friday do you eat the following meals? Breakfast |
| On how many days a week between Monday and Friday do you eat the following meals? Lunch |
| On how many days a week between Monday and Friday do you eat the following meals? Dinner/Supper |
| On how many days a week between Monday and Friday do you eat the following snacks? Mid-morning snack |
| On how many days a week between Monday and Friday do you eat the following snacks? Afternoon snack |
| On how many days a week between Monday and Friday do you eat the following snacks? Late-night snack |
| On how many days a week between Monday and Friday do you eat the following snacks? Other snacks |
| Where do you usually eat lunch on weekdays? |
| Can you have a meal at the canteen at your workplace or educational institution? |
| What kind of milk do you usually drink? |
| What kind of fat do you usually use on your bread? |
| What kind of fat do you usually use for cooking? |
| How often have you eaten vegetables and root vegetables (not potatoes) during the last 7 days as such, grated or in fresh salads? |
| How often have you eaten fruits or berries during the last 7 days? |
| Questionnaires content - Alcohol Consumption |
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| Choose the option that best describes your alcohol consumption. I have been a non-drinker all my life (or tasted alcohol not more than 10 times during my life). |
| Choose the option that best describes your alcohol consumption. I used previously to drink from year X, but I stopped drinking Y years ago |
| Choose the option that best describes your alcohol consumption. I have been drinking alcoholic drinks since year X, and continue to do so. |
| How often do you have a drink containing alcohol? |
| How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking? |
| How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion? |
| How many glasses (restaurant measures) or bottles did you drink during the last 7 days of the following: beer |
| How many glasses (restaurant measures) or bottles did you drink during the last 7 days of the following: strong beer |
| How many glasses (restaurant measures) or bottles did you drink during the last 7 days of the following: wine |
| How many glasses (restaurant measures) or bottles did you drink during the last 7 days of the following: Spirits |
| Questionnaires content - Weight and Height |
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| How much do you weigh at present? |
| How tall are you? |
| How much did you weight when you were 20? (estimate suffices) |
| How much did you weight when you were 30? (estimate suffices) |
| How much did you weight when you were 40? (estimate suffices) |
| How much did you weight when you were 50? (estimate suffices) |
| How much did you weight when you were 60? (estimate suffices) |
| How much did you weight when you were 70? (estimate suffices) |
| How much did you weight when you were 80? (estimate suffices) |
| Questionnaires content - Sleep and sleeping |
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| How many hours do you sleep in 24 hours? |
| Do you think you sleep enough? |
| Over the past month, how often have you felt excessively tired or sleepy during the daytime? |
| Over the past month, how often have you do you have nightmares |
| Over the past month, how often have you do you have trouble sleeping |
| Questionnaires content - Background Questions |
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| What is your marital status? |
| What is your education? |
| How many years altogether have you studied full-time, including primary school? |
| How many members are there presently in your household (yourself included)? |
| How many of your household members including yourself are under 3 years |
| How many of your household members including yourself are 3−6-years |
| How many of your household members including yourself are 7–17-years |
| How many of your household members including yourself are 18–64-years |
| How many of your household members including yourself are 65–79-years |
| How many of your household members including yourself are 80-years or older |
| How many living children do you have at the moment, including foster and adopted children? |
| Which of the following alternatives best describes your current main activity: employed or self-employed (includes unpaid employment in a family-owned business, apprenticeship, and paid internship) |
| Which of the following alternatives best describes your current main activity: unemployed |
| Which of the following alternatives best describes your current main activity: student, further education, or unpaid internship |
| Which of the following alternatives best describes your current main activity: retired |
| Which of the following alternatives best describes your current main activity: on family leave, or a stay-at-home mother/father |
| Which of the following alternatives best describes your current main activity: other |
| How large was your household’s income
last year (before tax deduction)? |
| Questionnaires content - Women Only Questions |
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| Have you used or are you currently using Oral contraceptive pills |
| Have you used or are you currently using Copper intrauterine device (without hormone) |
| Have you used or are you currently using Hormonal intrauterine device |
| Have you used or are you currently using Contraceptive vaginal ring or patch, or other hormonal contraceptives |
| In total, how many years have you been using these contraceptives? Oral contraceptive pills |
| In total, how many years have you been using these contraceptives? intrauterine device without hormone |
| In total, how many years have you been using these contraceptives? hormonal intrauterine device |
| In total, how many years have you been using these contraceptives? contraceptive vaginal ring or patch, or other hormonal contraceptives |
| Over the past month, have you used hormone therapy in the form of tablets, gel, vaginal suppository, vaginal cream, or patch (not including contraceptives)? |
| In total, for how many years have you been using such hormone therapy? |
| Do you have periods nowadays? |
| Are you currently breast-feeding? |
| In total, how long have you breastfed your child/all children? |
| Have you ever given birth? Please include all childbirths, including vaginal delivery and caesarean sections |
| Have you ever had any abortions? |
| Have you ever had miscarriages? |
| Have you ever been diagnosed for extrauterine pregnancies? |
| Have you ever had high blood pressure during any pregnancy? |
| How often do you examine your breasts yourself? |
