│ HEARTC

│ (Has any doctor or nurse ever talked to you about...)

│ How your arthritis or joint pain will be treated?

│ 1 Yes

│ 2 No

│

│ HEARTE

│ Some doctors suggest trying paracetamol as the first medication for arthritis or joint

│ pain. Did any doctor or nurse recommend you try paracetamol before other

│ medicines for your joint pain?

│ 1 Yes

│ 2 No

│

END OF FILTER

IF current chronic health condition = malignant blood disorder OR current blood disorder at last interview

│ <> RESPONSE AND confirming previous malignant blood disorder = yes

│ [(HeDiab = 10) OR ((HeLeuk (Last int) <> RESPONSE) AND (Hediad = 1))]

│

│ HELEUK

│ ^[Do you / Does name]have one of the following blood disorders...

│ INTERVIEWER: READ OUT

│ 1 ...leukaemia,

│ 2 ...lymphoma,

│ 3 or some other blood disorder?

│

END OF FILTER

IF ((type of chronic condition at last interview = osteoporosis) AND (whether confirms previous chronic

│ condition = yes)) OR (type of chronic condition = osteoporosis)

│ [((HeDiab (Last int) = 4) AND (HeDiaD = 1)) OR (HeDiab = 4)]

│

│ HEOSTE

│ Has any doctor or nurse recommended taking calcium pills or Vitamin D?

│ 1 Yes

│ 2 No

│

│IF (whether advised to take calcium/vitamin D pills = yes) [HeOste = 1]

││

││ HEOSTEA*

││ [^Do you / Does [^name]] take calcium pills or Vitamin D for [^your /his /her]

││ osteoporosis or 'thin bones'?

││ 1 Yes

││ 2 No

││

│ END OF FILTER

│

│ HEOSTEB

│ Did a doctor or nurse recommend treatment with medication for [^your /his /her]

│ osteoporosis or 'thin bones'?

│ 1 Yes

│ 2 No

│

│ IF whether recommended osteoporosis medication = yes [HeOsteb = 1]

││

││ HEOSTEC

││ Did [^you / [^name]] take any of them?

││ 1 Yes

NatCen Social Research | ELSA W8 Questionnaire & Data documentation – INTERVIEWER QUESTIONNAIRE