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. 2012 Feb 3;2(1):e000692. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000692

Table 1.

Conceptual construction of components defining deprivation in primary care

Dimensions of deprivation Categories Number of items
Retrieved from systematic review DiPCare-Q38 DiPCare-Q16
Material deprivation Dietary 9 1 1
Clothing 5 1 1
Housing 53 4 2
Transport 6 1
Environmental 13 1
Financial burden 10 3 3
Societal security Healthcare 3 1 1*
Work 5 2
Access to social welfare 3 1
Criminality 3
Education 4 1
Social relationship Social isolation 17 4 2
Discrimination 3 1
Family/friends 21 5 1
Work 13 2
Leisure/recreational 6 3 2
Health deprivation Physical 3 1 1
Psychiatry 6 2 2
Time perspective 9 1
Self-esteem/autonomy 7
Health literacy 3
Total 199 38 16
*

Was retained as an indicator of material deprivation.

Not having access to the internet revealed itself to be a good indicator of social deprivation but was initially falsely presumed to be related to material deprivation (housing).

DiPCare-Q, deprivation in primary care questionnaire.