Supplemental Table 2.
Palau Hybrid Survey Indicators.8
| Variable | Source Question | Response Options |
| General Health | Would you say that your general health is… | Excellent, very good, good, fair or okay, poor or not good |
| Last doctor visit | About how long has it been since you last visited a medical provider for an annual checkup? | ≤1 year, ≤2 years, ≤5 years, ≤5 years, never |
| Last dental visit | How long has it been since you last visited a dentist or a dental clinic for any reason? | ≤1 year, ≤2 years, ≤5 years, ≤5 years, never |
| Teeth missing | How many of your permanent teeth have been removed because of tooth decay or gum disease? | 1–5, ≥6 but not all, all, none |
| Body Mass Index category | Calculated by weight (kg) over height (cm) squared. | Underweight <18.5, normal 18.5–24.9, overweight 25–29.9, obese ≥30 |
| Hypertension | Measured blood pressure and self-reported high blood pressure and medication status was used to categorize hypertension. | Hypertension = BP ≥140/90 and/or if they self-reported being diagnosed with hypertension and were taking medication for their hypertension |
| High blood sugar or diabetes | Measured fasting blood glucose and self-reported diagnosis of diabetes and medication status was used to categorize high blood sugar/diabetes. | Diabetes = fasting blood glucose ≥126mg/dL and/or self-report for diabetes and were on medication for their diabetes. |
| High Total Cholesterol | Measured total cholesterol was used. | Elevated cholesterol = total cholesterol ≥190mg/dL; high total cholesterol = total cholesterol ≥240mg/dL. |
| Low HDL Cholesterol | Measured HDL cholesterol was used. | Low HDL = HDL cholesterol <40mg/dL. |
| Low HDL = HDL cholesterol <40mg/dL. | Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have gout, arthritis, asthma, ulcer, other heart disease, heart disease, tuberculosis, depression, stroke, lung disease, cancer? (separate variables for each) | Yes or no |
| Infertility | At any time did you try for more than 12 months and not become pregnant? | Yes or no |
| Ectopic pregnancy | Were you ever told that you had an ectopic pregnancy (tubal pregnancy that resulted in a miscarriage)? | Yes or no |
| Pelvic Inflammatory Disease | Have you ever been treated with antibiotics for an infection in your fallopian tubes, womb, or ovaries, also called a pelvic infection, pelvic inflammatory disease, or P.I.D.? | Yes or no |
| Cigarette Use | During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes? | 0 days = no use; 1–29 days = some use; 30 days = everyday use |
| Quit cigarette use | Do you want to quit smoking cigarettes? | Yes or no |
| E-cigarette use | During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use E-Cigarettes or a personal vaporizer (PV), or electronic nicotine? | 0 days = no use; 1–29 days = some use; 30 days = everyday use |
| Home 2nd hand smoke | During the past 7 days, on how many days did someone other than you smoke tobacco inside your home while you were at home? | 0 days = no exposure; 1–7 days = some exposure |
| Work 2nd hand smoke | During the past 7 days, on how many days did you breathe tobacco smoke at your workplace from someone else other than you who was smoking tobacco? | 0 days = no exposure; 1–7 days = some exposure |
| Vehicle 2nd hand smoke | During the past 7 days, on how many days did you ride in a vehicle where someone other than you was smoking tobacco? | 0 days = no exposure; 1–7 days = some exposure |
| Any 2nd hand smoke exposure | Answered yes to any of the 2nd hand smoke questions | Yes or no |
| Betel nut use | During the past 30 days, on how many days did you chew betel nut? | 0 days = no use; 1–29 days = some use; 30 days = everyday use |
| Use tobacco in betel nut use | What kind of tobacco do you most often add to your betel nut chew? | Cigarette Sticks, imported loose tobacco, locally grown tobacco, other type of tobacco |
| Quit betel nut use | Do you want to quit chewing betel nut with tobacco? | Yes or no |
| Alcohol consumption | During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have at least one standard drink of any alcohol? | 0 days = no use; 1–29 days = some use; 30 days = everyday use |
| Binge alcohol frequency | During the past 30 days, how many days did you have (for men, ≥5 standard alcoholic drinks; for women ≥4 standard alcoholic drinks): | 0 days = no binge, 1–29 days = some binge, 30 days = everyday binge |
| Fruit and vegetable consumption | Sum of usual daily fruit consumption and daily vegetable consumption. | <1 servings, 1–<3 servings, 3–<5 servings, ≥5 servings |
| Watching salt intake | Are you currently watching or reducing your sodium or salt intake? | Yes or no |
| Importance of lowering salt in diet | How important is lowering salt in your diet? | Very important, somewhat important, not at all important |
| Processed meat consumption | In a regular day, how many times do you eat processed meats? This does not include canned fish. | 0 servings, 1 serving, ≥2 servings |
| Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption | In a regular day, how many sugary drinks do you drink? This does not include diet drinks made with artificial sweeteners. | 0 servings, 1 serving, ≥2 servings |
| Physical activity level | Based on GPAQ questions and calculations which is a combination of how many weeks a person is vigorously or moderately active due to work, transportation, or recreational activities AND the total number of METs in a week. METs are commonly used in the analysis of physical activity. MET (Metabolic Equivalent): The ratio of the work metabolic rate to the resting metabolic rate. One MET is defined as 1 kcal/kg/hour and is equivalent to the energy cost of sitting quietly. A MET is also defined as oxygen uptake in ml/kg/min with one MET equal to the oxygen cost of sitting quietly, around 3.5 ml/kg/min. | High-Level |
| • If vigorous PA due to work or leisure on more than 3 days a week and Total physical activity MET minutes per week is greater than or equal to 1500 | ||
| • If moderate PA due to work or leisure on 7 days a week and Total physical activity MET minutes per week is greater than or equal to 3000 | ||
| Moderate-Level | ||
| • If vigorous PA due to work or leisure on more than 3 days a week that totals 60 or more minutes | ||
| • If moderately PA due to work or leisure on 5 days a week that totals 150 or more minutes | ||
| • If moderate PA due to work or leisure at least 5 days a week and Total physical activity MET minutes per week is greater than or equal to 600 | ||
| Low-Level | ||
| • Doesn't meet any of the above criteria | ||
| Colonoscopy screening | How long has it been since your last colonoscopy? (adults ≥50) | ≤1 year, ≤2 years, ≤5 years, ≤5 years, never |
| Blood stool test | A blood stool test is a test that determines whether the stool contains blood. How long has it been since your last blood stool test? (adults ≥50) | ≤1 year, ≤2 years, ≤5 years, ≤5 years, never |
| Mammogram screening | How long has it been since you had your last mammogram? (women 50–74) | ≤1 year, ≤2 years, ≤5 years, ≤5 years, never |
| Clinical breast exam | A clinical breast exam is when a doctor, nurse, or other health professional feels the breasts for lumps. How long has it been since your last clinical breast exam? | ≤1 year, ≤2 years, ≤5 years, ≤5 years, never |
| Pap smear screening | How long has it been since you had your last Pap test? (women 21–65) | ≤1 year, ≤2 years, ≤5 years, ≤5 years, never |
| Drug use | During the past 30 days, report on how many days you used any of the following substance: prescription drugs, inhalants, LSD, heroin, marijuana. (separate variables for each) | No use = 0 days, use = ≥1 day |
| Perceptions of drugs as risky | How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they engage in the following behaviors? Cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, betel nut with tobacco, heroin, LSD, inhalants, prescription drugs without doctor's orders | Great risk, moderate, slight, no risk |
| Disapproval of drug use | How much do you approve or disapprove of the following substances? ≥1 pack of cigarettes per day, betel nut with tobacco everyday, marijuana ≥1 time a month, ≥2 alcohol beverages a day | Strongly disapprove, somewhat disapprove, don't disapprove (includes: approve, somewhat approve, and neither approve or disapprove) |