Austrian Experience on Measuring Health Status

Work Session of the Budapest Initiative on Measuring Health Status

Geneva, 20-22 January 2010

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Jeannette Klimont

Austrian Health Interview Survey

Field period: March 2006 to February 2007

Coverage: Population aged 15 years and more

Questionnaire based on EHIS (Eurostat), preliminary version + national topics

Survey instrument: CAPI

Survey details

Austrian Health Interview Survey

Proxy interviews

Only allowed when respondent was unable to answer because of health reasons

Interviews net: 15,747

Proxy interviews: 249

Response rate: 63.1%

Average interview time: 40 minutes

Health Status in ATHIS

MEHM-questions Self perceived health

Prevalence of chronic conditions

Limitation in activities because of health problems

Chronic conditions

Physical and sensory functional limitations

(Instrumental) activities of daily living (ADL and IADL)

Pain

Psychological distress

S T A T I S T I K A U S T R I A

MEHM 2006/2007

Male Female

Self perceived health

In good health 77.8 73.4

in bad health 5.5 6.5

Chronic condition

Yes/no question 34.2 39.8

At least one chronic condition of a list 60.4 69.0

Limitation in activities because of health problems

Severely limited 8.4 9.8

Limited but not severely 21.9 25.1

Source: ATHIS 2006/2007, results for the population aged 15 years and more

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Source: ATHIS 2006/2007, results for the population aged 15 years and more

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Shoulders

Tight, knee, lower leg

Low back

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Prevalence of substantial pain in the past 12 months

Source: ATHIS 2006/2007, results for the population aged 15 years and more

Most frequent locations:

1.2 Mio. men and1.5 Mio. womenwith substantial pain in the past 12 month

S T A T I S T I K A U S T R I A

Problems withMen Women

60 to 75 75 + 60 to 75 75 +

Walkingwithout a stick 6,9 27,8 8,4 43,6

with a stick 3,1 12,2 3,9 15,3

Walking steps

without a stick 7,2 26,7 10,2 42,3

with a stick 2,7 8,7 3,0 14,3

Bending down and kneeling 22,6 39,3 25,8 58,3

Lift and carry a full shopping bag

8,6 28,2 21,2 57,0

Dexterity 2,0 8,0 2,5 9,4

Physical functional limitations (in%)

Source: ATHIS 2006/2007, results for the population aged 60 years and more

S T A T I S T I K A U S T R I A

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25 to 29

30 to 34

35 to 39

40 to 44

45 to 49

50 to 54

55 to 59

60 to 64

65 to 69

70 to 74

75 to 79

80 to 84

85 and more

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Problems with activities of daily living

Source: ATHIS 2006/2007, results for the population aged 15 years and more

S T A T I S T I K A U S T R I A

ADL/IADL

480 000 persons have problems with activities of daily living (ADL).

44 000 persons do not have (enough) help.

Additionally 600 000 person have problems with instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).

82 000 persons do not have (enough) help.

Source: ATHIS 2006/2007, results for the population aged 15 years and more

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