Appendix B: The WG Short Set of questions

  1. Do you have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses?
  2. Do you have difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing aid?
  3. Do you have difficulty walking or climbing steps?
  4. Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating?
  5. Do you have difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all over or dressing?
  6. Using your usual (customary) language, do you have difficulty communicating, for example understanding or being understood?

Response scales to the questions:

  1. No — no difficulty.
  2. Yes — some difficulty.
  3. Yes — a lot of difficulty.
  4. Cannot do at all.