Table 3 Responses to the British VLAS (n = 1545)
| Â | Â | Response option (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item | Without Difficulty | Some Difficulty | Much Difficulty | Unable to Do | Not Apply | |
1 | Taking care of your basic needs, such as bathing, washing, getting dressed or taking care of personal hygiene | 48.0 | 39.0 | 8.4 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
2 | Preparing meals and cooking | 48.2 | 33.1 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 6.3 |
3 | Doing light housework, such as dusting or laundry | 51.8 | 30.2 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 7.4 |
4 | Doing heavier housework, such as vacuuming, changing sheets, or cleaning floors | 24.5 | 32.8 | 21.7 | 12.9 | 8.2 |
5 | Doing other work around the house, e.g. making minor home repairs or working in the garage fixing things | 15.5 | 15.4 | 7.4 | 16.4 | 45.2 |
6 | Gardening or outdoor property work | 16.3 | 29.3 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 26.0 |
7 | Shopping and doing errands | 40.7 | 34.1 | 13.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
8 | Going to appointments, such as going to the doctor or dentist, or going to have your hair cut or done | 61.2 | 21.7 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 7.2 |
9 | Taking care of young children in your family or doing things for them. | 20.1 | 16.1 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 55.5 |
10 | Taking part in activities with young children in your family | 16.8 | 20.0 | 8.4 | 2.7 | 52.4 |
11 | Taking care of other family members, such as your spouse or parent, or other people close to you | 30.1 | 19.0 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 39.8 |
12 | Visiting friends or family members in their homes | 58.1 | 23.2 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 9.7 |
13 | Going to social events, parties, or celebrations | 43.2 | 21.1 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 25.2 |
14 | Having friends and family members visit you inyourhome | 62.0 | 20.1 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 12.4 |
15 | Walking or getting around INSIDE your home | 63.7 | 27.6 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
16 | Walking OUTSIDE, just to get around, in the area around your home or other places you need to go on a regular basis (This does not include walking for exercise) | 53.6 | 28.9 | 11.7 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
17 | Taking part in leisure activities IN YOUR HOME, such as reading, watching television, listening to music | 78.2 | 14.5 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 4.1 |
18 | Taking part in leisure activities OUTSIDE your home, such as going to the pub, bingo, going to the cinema, club meetings, restaurants | 44.1 | 23.2 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 21.9 |
19 | Working on hobbies, crafts, or creative activities, such as music, knitting, sewing, woodworking, or painting | 25.6 | 24.7 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 33.9 |
20 | Taking part in physical recreational activities, such as walking for exercise, dancing, playing golf, bicycling, swimming or water aerobics | 20.9 | 31.7 | 12.9 | 15.0 | 19.5 |
21 | Driving or getting around your community by public transport | 53.9 | 26.5 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 10.2 |
22 | Travelling long distances | 52.7 | 23.7 | 10.5 | 3.9 | 9.2 |
23 | Taking part in religious or spiritual activities or religious services | 23.9 | 6.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 66.4 |
24 | Doing volunteer work | 16.6 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 69.1 |
25 | Working at a job for pay | 15.2 | 18.1 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 55.7 |
26 | Taking care of household business, e.g. pay bills or scheduling repairs | 66.8 | 14.2 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 14.1 |
27 | Taking care of social communication such as writing letters, sending e-mails, making phone calls or texting | 63.5 | 24.3 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 6.1 |
28 | Going to college or educational activities | 11.2 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 82.2 |
29 | Sleeping | 27.8 | 45.8 | 22.3 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
30 | Eating and chewing | 75.0 | 16.4 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
31 | Meeting new people | 65.6 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 21.8 |
32 | Having and/or taking care of a pet. | 25.8 | 13.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 56.1 |
33 | Having intimate relations with your spouse/partner | 27.4 | 20.8 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 37.4 |