Study Ormel (1980): study NL 1970
- Public
- 15-60 aged, general public, followed 12 month, The Netherlands, 1967-77
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 296
- Non Response
- 18%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Complaints about physical health
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 9-item additive index of specified physical complaints, having occurred in the past 4 weeks and rated on a 4 point scale,1: none,...4: longer than 2 weeks:
1. headache
2. digestion problems
3. heartthrobbing
4. tightness of the chest
5. indigestion or being choked up
6. pain in the back
7. feeling tired
8. insomnia
9. dizziness
Assessed at T2(1976) and T3(1977)