In the last 30 days, how much difficulty did you have with control of your bowel or bladder functions?
Categories
Value
Category
Cases
1
none
139
69.5%
2
mild
44
22%
3
moderate
13
6.5%
4
severe
3
1.5%
5
extreme/cannot do
1
0.5%
8
dk
0
0%
9
na
0
0%
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
INTERVIEWER: For each question, please circle only one response.
Question post text
1. None
2. Mild
3. Moderate
4. Severe
5. Extreme/cannot do
8. Don't know
9. N/A
Description
Definition
These next questions ask about difficulties due to health conditions. By difficulty I mean requiring increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness or changes in the way you do the activity. Health conditions include diseases or illnesses, other health problems that may be short or long lasting, injuries, mental or emotional problems, and problems with alcohol or drugs.
Think back over the last 30 days and answer these questions thinking about how much difficulty you had doing the following activities. Some of these questions may seem repetitive, but we do need your attention and it is important to give us answers to each question.
