Table 3. Disability ratings for valued life activities (n = 829).

	Affected, %		Unable, %		Difficulty rating, mean ± SD
Activities	Baseline	Followup	Baseline	Followup	Baseline	Followup
Obligatory
Basic self-care	28.0	27.8	0.4	0.1	0.33 ± 0.57	0.32 ± 0.54
Car/transit	30.7	31.8	2.5	2.8	0.42 ± 0.71	0.43 ± 0.72
Walk to get around	42.5	44.4	1.0	1.4	0.53 ± 0.70	0.56 ± 0.71
Sleep	72.9	73.9	2.3	5.5	1.08 ± 0.81	1.13 ± 0.86
Committed
Cook	48.1	50.3	2.4	3.3	0.63 ± 0.76	0.67 ± 0.79
Family care	55.9	58.0	5.7	8.6	0.78 ± 0.85	0.87 ± 0.93
Shopping/errands	59.1	61.0	3.7	3.8	0.83 ± 0.83	0.83 ± 0.81
Housework	67.8	68.9	6.9	8.6	1.02 ± 0.90	1.06 ± 0.92
Paid work/school	70.7	72.5	31.5	32.3	1.45 ± 1.21	1.50 ± 1.20
Repair work	79.4	80.7	25.0	28.7	1.55 ± 1.08	1.64 ± 1.09
Discretionary
Religious/spiritual activities	36.0	35.5	3.1	3.0	0.49 ± 0.76	0.46 ± 0.73
Entertain others	38.7	43.9	1.7	1.4	0.48 ± 0.68	0.54 ± 0.69
Leisure out	41.4	41.9	3.5	3.4	0.54 ± 0.75	0.54 ± 0.75
Visiting others	48.0	50.1	3.1	2.4	0.64 ± 0.79	0.68 ± 0.79
Intimate relations with partner	48.0	48.8	5.3	4.3	0.69 ± 0.86	0.46 ± 0.73
Hobbies	51.4	54.2	6.8	7.9	0.75 ± 0.89	0.80 ± 0.92
Travel	53.0	56.1	7.0	7.5	0.82 ± 0.93	0.87 ± 0.94
Activities with children	60.7	60.7	2.6	3.6	0.80 ± 0.78	0.81 ± 0.80
Parties/events	60.5	62.4	5.6	7.0	0.87 ± 0.87	0.91 ± 0.89
Volunteer work	66.2	66.2	19.2	20.7	1.18 ± 1.10	1.21 ± 1.12
Vigorous physical activities	83.9	83.1	31.0	33.7	1.70 ± 1.07	1.73 ± 1.10