Table 4 Characteristics of subscales in SWED-QUAL 1.0
Subscale | No. of items | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
Physical wellbeing | |||
Physical functioning | 7 | Extent to which health interferes with ability to perform physical activities (e.g., heavy manual work, sports, climbing stairs, dressing) | |
Satisfaction with physical functioning | 1 | Satisfaction with physical ability to do what wanted | |
Pain, frequency and intensity | 6 | Pain frequency, intensity and interference with activities of daily life (ADL), sleep and mood | |
Role limitation due to physical health | 3 | Extent to which physical problems interfere with ADL | |
Emotional wellbeing | |||
Role limitation due to emotional health | 3 | Extent to which emotional problems interfere with ADL | |
Positive affect | 6 | Is a happy person, felt liked, emotionally in harmony, much to look forward to | |
Negative affect | 6 | Felt nervous, tense, down, sad, impatient, annoyed | |
Cognitive function | 6 | Concentration, memory, capacity to take decisions, confusion | |
Sleep | 7 | Problems with sleep initiation and maintenance, sleep adequacy and somnolence | |
General Health perceptions | 8 | Health: prior and current, overall rating of health, immune defense, health worries | |
Satisfaction with family functioning | 4 | Satisfaction with family life in terms of cohesiveness, amount of support and understanding, amount of talking things over, overall happiness with family life | |
Satisfaction with partner functioning | 6 | Relation to spouse (or person felt closest to) in terms of saying anything wanted, sharing feelings, feeling close, being supportive | |
Sexual functioning | 5 | Interest in sex, capability to enjoy sex, having orgasm(w), getting and keeping erection(m) | |