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| HEBAL  
| SHOW CARD M  
| How often do you have problems with keeping your balance when you are walking on a level  
| surface?  
| 1 Always  
| 2 Very often  
| 3 Often  
| 4 Sometimes  
| 5 Never  
| 6 SPONTANEOUS: Never walks  
| 7 SPONTANEOUS: Can't walk  
|
| IF (frequency of balance problems = [always, very often, often]) AND (Have already answered  
| HeBal earlier in interview <> yes) [(HeBal = [1, 2, 3]) AND (NoHebal <> 1)]  
| |  
| | HEBALA  
| | Did a doctor or nurse recommend that you join an exercise program or get physiotherapy to  
| | improve your walking or balance?  
| | 1 Yes  
| | 2 No  
| |  
| | [There is a separate variable for responses about each of the type of walking aid]  
| | [Responses are recorded in hebala1 and hebala2]  
| |  
| | IF whether exercise / physiotherapy recommended to improve walking / balance = yes  
| | [Hebala = 1]  
| | |  
| | | HEBALB  
| | | Did you join an exercise program or get physiotherapy?  
| | | 1 Yes  
| | | 2 No  
| | |  
| | | [There is a separate variable for responses about each of the type of illness]  
| | | [Responses are recorded in hebalb1 to hebalb2]  
| | |  
| | END OF FILTER  
| |  
| | HEBALC  
| | Did any doctor or nurse suggest a 'stick' or 'zimmer frame' to improve your walking or  
| | balance?  
| | 1 Yes  
| | 2 No  
| |  
| | [There is a separate variable for responses about each of the type of aid]  
| | [Responses are recorded in Hebalc1 and Hbalc2]  
| |  
| | IF whether uses walking aids has been asked <> yes [NoHeAid1 <> 1]  
| | |  
| | | HEAID  
| | | Do you use any of the following?  
| | | INTERVIEWER: Read out and code all that apply.  
| | | Only include personal alarms used to call for assistance after falls etc.  
| | | 1 A cane or walking stick  
| | | 2 A zimmer frame or walker  
| | | 3 A manual wheelchair  
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