Table 3 Content of 18-month postal follow-up Health Survey questionnaire (Phase 2 participants only)
Concept | Measurement method | Detail |
|---|---|---|
Foot pain characteristics | Change in foot pain over past 18 months | Completely recovered, much better, better, no change, worse, much worse |
| Â | Since your assessment 18 months ago, have you ever injured your foot badly enough to see a doctor about it? | No/right only/left only/both |
| Â | Foot pain, aching, stiffness in last month [39] | No days, few days, some days, most days, all days |
| Â | Foot pain intensity in past month [40] | 0-10 NRS with verbal anchors (no pain, pain as bad as could be) |
Foot pain chronicity | Chronic Pain Grade [59] | 6 questions (0-10 NRS) and 1 question (4 response options) giving grade I-IV |
Complaint-specific functioning | Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index [41] | 19-items across four constructs: pain, function, appearance, work/leisure |
| Â | Symptom satisfaction [64] | 5-point Likert scale (Very dissatisfied to Very satisfied) |
Healthcare use | Use of services/treatments for foot pain in past 18 months | GP, physiotherapist, hospital specialist, acupuncture, podiatrist, chiropodist, drugs on prescription, foot injection, foot surgery, osteopath/chiropractor, other (specify) |
| Â | Medication use in last month | For foot pain, for other pain |
Coping strategies for foot pain | Single-item coping strategies questionnaire [42] | 0-6 NRS with verbal anchors (never do that, always do that) |
Perceived general health | MOS SF 12 [33] | Physical and mental component summary scores |
Physical function | MOS SF 36 [32] | Physical functioning sub-scale |
Anxiety and depression | Hospital anxiety and depression scale [34] | Anxiety and depression sub-scales |
Hallux valgus | Self-completed line drawings [37] | 5 line-drawings for each foot depicting increasing severity of hallux valgus |
Bodily pain | Self-completed body manikin | In the past 4 weeks, have you had pain that has lasted for one day or longer in any part of your body? If yes, shade location of pain on manikin |
Regional pain | Site-specific questions | Have you had any problems with your hands or pain in your hands/hips/knees in the last year? |
Demographic characteristics | Date of birth Gender | Â |
Socioeconomic characteristics | Current employment status | Employed, not working due to ill-health, retired, unemployed/seeking work, housewife, other |