Table 2 Activity avoidance (including a ranking order) according to mSAFFE items (N = 251)
Response category, n (%) | Ranking (1–17), most avoided ranked as 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Would never avoid | Sometimes avoid | Always avoid | Sometimes + always | |||
Item | (merged) | |||||
no. | Activity | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
1 | Go to the shopsa | 152(62) | 77 (31) | 18 (7) | 95 (38) | 11 |
2 | Clean your housea | 146 (59) | 83 (34) | 18 (7) | 101 (41) | 8 |
3 | Prepare simple mealsb | 187 (76) | 54 (22) | 5 (2) | 59 (24) | 14 |
4 | Go to the doctor or dentistb | 208 (85) | 32 (13) | 6 (2) | 38 (15) | 17 |
5 | Take a bathc | 159 (65) | 52 (21) | 34 (14) | 86 (35) | 12 |
6 | Take a showera | 194 (79) | 45 (18) | 8 (3) | 53 (21) | 15 |
7 | Go for a walkd | 147 (59) | 85 (34) | 16 (7) | 101 (41) | 9 |
8 | Go out when it is slippery a | 63 (26) | 105 (42) | 79 (32) | 184 (74) | 1 |
9 | Visit a friend or relativea | 171 (69) | 68 (28) | 8 (3) | 76 (31) | 13 |
10 | Go to a place with crowds d | 133 (54) | 85 (34) | 30 (12) | 115 (46) | 4 |
11 | Go up and down stairsd | 145 (58) | 78 (32) | 25 (10) | 103 (42) | 7 |
12 | Walk around indoorsa | 199 (81) | 44 (18) | 4 (1) | 48 (19) | 16 |
13 | Walk a kilometer b | 126 (51) | 67 (27) | 53 (22) | 120 (49) | 3 |
14 | Bend down to get something d | 141 (57) | 92 (37) | 15 (6) | 107 (43) | 5 |
15 | Travel by public transportd | 145 (58) | 64 (26) | 39 (16) | 103 (42) | 6 |
16 | Go out to a social eventd | 149 (60) | 88 (36) | 11 (4) | 99 (40) | 10 |
17 | Reach for something above your head d | 124 (50) | 92 (37) | 32 (13) | 124 (50) | 2 |