Form 4 - (02092018) 4 - (02092018) Attachment 4 - (02092018)

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OMB# 0935-0118
Exp. Date 12/31/2018

2018

There are a lot of clinical preventive care services available, such as screening tests for
different types of cancer or heart disease. Not everyone makes the same choices about
which tests to have, when to have a particular test or how often. By answering this
questionnaire, you will help MEPS learn about the different choices different people make
about preventive care.

This Booklet
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REGION:

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NAME:

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This survey is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 299a. The confidentiality of your responses to this survey is protected by Sections 944(c) and 308(d) of the Public
Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 299c-3(c) and 42 U.S.C. 242m(d)]. Information that could identify you will not be disclosed unless you have consented to that
disclosure. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 7 minutes per response, the estimated time required to
complete the survey. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to: AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer Attention: PRA, Paperwork Reduction Project (0935-0118) AHRQ, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room #07W42, Rockville, MD 20857.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Your Health And Health Choices

1. Are you male or female?
Male
Female

u Please

call Alex Scott, toll free at 1-800-945-6377 before completing.

2. What is your age?
Under 18
18 to 34
35 to 49
50 or older
3. In general, would you say your health is:
Excellent
Very good
Good
Fair
Poor
4. The following items are about activities you might do during a typical day. Does your health now
limit you in these activities? If so, how much?
a. Moderate activities, such as moving a table, pushing a vacuum cleaner, bowling, or playing golf
Yes, limited a lot
Yes, limited a little
No, not limited at all
b. Climbing several flights of stairs
Yes, limited a lot
Yes, limited a little
No, not limited at all
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5. During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other
regular daily activities as a result of your physical health?
a. Accomplished less than you would like as a result of your physical health
No, none of the time
Yes, a little of the time
Yes, some of the time
Yes, most of the time
Yes, all of the time
b. Were limited in the kind of work or other activities as a result of your physical health
No, none of the time
Yes, a little of the time
Yes, some of the time
Yes, most of the time
Yes, all of the time
6. During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other
regular daily activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or
anxious)?
a. Accomplished less than you would like as a result of any emotional problems
No, none of the time
Yes, a little of the time
Yes, some of the time
Yes, most of the time
Yes, all of the time
b. Didn't do work or other activities as carefully as usual as a result of any emotional problems
No, none of the time
Yes, a little of the time
Yes, some of the time
Yes, most of the time
Yes, all of the time
7. During the past 4 weeks, how much did pain interfere with your normal work (including both work
outside the home and housework)?
Not at all
A little bit
Moderately
Quite a bit
Extremely

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These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been
feeling.
8. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks:
a. Have you felt calm and peaceful?
All of the time
Most of the time
A good bit of the time
Some of the time
A little of the time
None of the time
b. Did you have a lot of energy?
All of the time
Most of the time
A good bit of the time
Some of the time
A little of the time
None of the time
c. Have you felt downhearted and blue?
All of the time
Most of the time
A good bit of the time
Some of the time
A little of the time
None of the time

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9. During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time has your physical health or emotional problems
interfered with your social activities (like visiting with friends, relatives, etc.)?
All of the time
Most of the time
Some of the time
A little of the time
None of the time
10. The following questions ask about how you have been feeling during the past 30 days. For each
question, please mark the box that best describes how often you had this feeling.
During the past 30 days,
about how often did you feel...

All of the
time

Most of the
time

Some of the A little of the None of the
time
time
time

a. nervous?.......................................
b. hopeless?.....................................
c. restless or fidgety?........................
d. so sad that nothing could cheer
you up?.........................................
e. that everything was an effort?.......
f. worthless?.....................................

11. The following two questions ask about how you have been feeling in the past 2 weeks.
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you
been bothered by any of the following
problems?

Nearly
every day

a. Little interest or pleasure in doing things..........
b. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless.............

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More than
half the days Several days

Not at all

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Your Choices about Your Health

If you are 35 or older, please continue with the questions.
If you are under 35 years old, please turn to the back cover.
12. When was the last time you visited a doctor or nurse for a check-up, follow-up care for an
ongoing problem, or a concern that you have about your health? Do not include times you
were hospitalized overnight or visits to the hospital emergency room.
Within the past 12 months
Within the past one to two years
Within the past two to five years
More than five years ago
Never

13. During the past 12 months, have you had either a flu shot (directly in the arm or into the skin)
or a flu vaccine that was sprayed in your nose?
Yes
No

14. In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional weighed you?
Yes
No

15. About how much do you weigh without shoes?
Weight (pounds)

16. About how tall are you without shoes?
Feet

Inches

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17. In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional given you advice
about how to manage your weight, discussed weight loss goals with you, or referred you to a
weight loss program to help with your diet and exercise?
Yes
No

18. In the last 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional asked you how much
and how often you drink alcohol? You may have answered in person, on paper, or on a
computer.
Yes
No

19. In the last 12 months, have you had 5 or more drinks in one day? (A drink refers to one 12 oz.
beer, 5 oz. glass of wine, or 1.5 oz. shot of hard liquor.)
Yes
No

20. In the last 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional advised you to cut
back or stop drinking alcohol?
Yes
No

21. Has a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional ever asked you if you smoke or use
tobacco? You may have answered in person, on paper, or on a computer.
Yes
No

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22. In the last 12 months, on average, would you say you smoked cigarettes or used tobacco
every day, some days, or not at all?
Every day
Some days
Not at all  If Not at all, go to 26

23. In the past 12 months, were you advised by a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional to
quit smoking or quit using tobacco?
Yes
No

24. In the past 12 months, were you advised by a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional
to take a medication to assist you with quitting smoking or using tobacco? Some medications
that can be used are: nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, or prescription medicine.
Yes
No

25. In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional discussed or
provided methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking or
using tobacco? Examples of methods and strategies are: telephone helpline, individual or
group counseling, or program to help stop smoking.
Yes
No

26. In the past 12 months, has your doctor, nurse, or other health care professional asked you
about your mood, such as whether you are anxious or depressed? You may have answered in
person, on paper, or on a computer.
Yes
No

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27. During the past 24 months, have you had your blood pressure checked by a doctor, nurse, or
other health care professional?
Yes
No
28. Within the past 5 years, have you had your blood cholesterol checked by a doctor, nurse, or
other health care professional?
Yes
No

If you are 50 or older, please continue with the questions.
If you are under 50 years old, please turn to the back cover.
29. Have you ever had a pneumonia shot? A pneumonia shot or pneumococcal vaccine is usually
only given once or twice in a person's lifetime.
Yes
No, it was offered to me by a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional but I chose not to
receive it
No, for any other reason

30.

Have you had the shingles vaccine? The vaccine is called Zostavax®, the zoster vaccine, or
the shingles vaccine. The chicken pox virus causes shingles. The vaccine has been available
since May 2006.
Yes
No, it was offered to me by a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional but I chose
not to receive it
No, for any other reason

31. Is there any medical reason why you cannot take aspirin, such as an allergy, another medication
you take, or other side effect?
Yes

 If

Yes, go to 33

No
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32. Has a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional ever discussed with you the use of
aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke?
Yes
No
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33. Have you had colon cancer or your entire colon removed?
Yes

 If

Yes, go to 37

No
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34. Within the past 10 years, have you had a colonoscopy? A colonoscopy test examines the
bowel by inserting a tube into the rectum. After a colonoscopy, you feel tired and usually
need someone to drive you home.
Yes
No, it was offered to me by a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional but I
chose not to receive it
No, for any other reason
35. Within the past 5 years, have you had a sigmoidoscopy? A sigmoidoscopy test also
examines the bowel by inserting a tube into the rectum. You are awake during this test and
can drive yourself home.
Yes
No, it was offered to me by a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional but I
chose not to receive it
No, for any other reason
36. Within the past 12 months, have you had a blood stool test using a home kit? A doctor,
nurse, or other health professional provides you a special kit or cards to use at home to
determine whether the stool contains blood.
Yes
No, it was offered to me by a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional but I
chose not to receive it
No, for any other reason
37. Have you had prostate cancer?
Yes

 If

Yes, go to the "Date Completed" box on the next page

No
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38. About how old were you the last time you had a PSA test? A "P-S-A" is a blood test to detect
prostate cancer. It is also called a prostate specific antigen test.
Never had a PSA test
Under age 50
Between 51 and 64
Between 65 and 74
75 or older
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Date completed:

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THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE!
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Please place this survey in the envelope provided to you and give it to the
MEPS interviewer.

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If the interviewer is no longer available, place the survey in the return
envelope provided to you by the interviewer. If the envelope is missing,
mail this survey to:
MEPS
c/o Westat
1600 Research Blvd, Room GA51
Rockville, MD 20850

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