Manual Short Form- Health and Labour Questionnaire (SF-HLQ)

also be used to determine the hindrance score for paid work. The range for this score is from zero toa maximum of 2.Figure 6 Question to determine the hindrance score in the case of paid work(3) Was your job performance adversely affected by health problems during the past month? No, not at all (go to question 8)) Yes, slightly Yes, very muchQuestion 6 is a descriptive instrument comprised of 7 items designed to evaluate the specificproblems affecting production. These 7 items relate to the effect of health problems onconcentration, work pace, the need to be alone, making decisions, postponing and transferringwork to others. The respondent can choose from four possible answers: (almost) never,sometimes, often and (nearly) always.Figure 7 The seven items by which to evaluate production(6) Below are a number of statements that may apply to people in the paid work force with healthproblems. Please indicate how often each statement was applicable to you during the 2 weeks.I went to work, but as a result of health problems…….I had concentration problemsI had to work at a slower paceI had to work in seclusionI had more difficulty making decisionsI had to postpone workOthers had to take over my workalmost some- often nearlynever times alwaysI had other problems, namely:............................................................................................................................................Question 10 relates to the hindrances experienced in performing unpaid work. Respondents areasked to indicate whether they have carried out any of the four unpaid activities listed in thisquestion. The response ‘performed this activity’ is followed by two possible choices, namely washindered in doing so by health problems, or was not. The response ‘did not perform this activity’ was13