Table 2.

Response rates for individual items in the FQoL™

Domain assignments	Subdomain assignments	Item #	Key words b	China study (N=800) % responding	U.S. Studya (N=119) % responding
		1	Quality of life	100	100
1	1.1	2	Happiness	100	100
1	1.2	3	Feel good about self	100	100
2	2.2	4	Feel physically	100	100
1	1.2	5	Self-confidence	100	100
1	1.2	6	Physical appearance	100	100
1	1.2	7	Amount of exercise	98.88	97.46
1	1.3	8	Ability to take care of self	99.88	100
2	2.3	9	Personal hygiene	99.75	100
1	1.2	10	How clothes fit and look	99.50	100
2	2.1	11	Sex life	82.00	88.14
1	1.1	12	Manage stress level	99.75	100
1	1.1	13	Good mood	100	100
1	1.1	14	Positive outlook	100	100
2	2.2	15	Energy	99.75	100
2	2.2	16	Tired	97.25	99.15
1	1.1	17	Calm and peaceful	99.75	100
2	2.2	18	Complete household chores	98.75	100
2	2.3	19	Go to work or to school	95.63	83.90
2	2.3	20	Go where want/need to go	99.63	100
2	2.1	21	Attend public functions	95.50	86.44
2	2.1	22	Do enjoyable activities	99.38	100
2	2.1	23	Sports/recreation	96.13	93.22
2	2.1	24	Hobbies	100	99.15
2	2.1	25	Enjoy visits with friends/family	100	98.31
2	2.1	26	Enjoy time alone	99.63	100
1	1.3	27	Feel confident doing things	99.25	99.15
3		28	Confident wearing what I want	99.25	100c
3		29	Confident going out in public	99.88	100c
3		30	Confident wearing white clothes	96.63	93.22c

The proportion of individuals responding at the baseline (T1) visit with “strongly agree”, “mostly agree”, “neither agree nor disagree”, “mostly disagree”, or “strongly disagree” is provided. Shading represents items with a response rate of <95%.

^a (Farage et al., 2010)

^b Original English-language key words.

^c Results for items 28-30 in the English language study were taken from T2 since these three items were not included on the T1 questionnaire.