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. 2022 Jan 21;31:e8. doi: 10.1017/S2045796021000755

Table 2.

Questions from the 16 item version of the F-SIM

Short title ID Question content
Housing and neighbourhood (HN)
Stable housing Q1 Stability of housing
House lacking Q2 Housing lacking, making it difficult to live in
Location not liked Q3 Living in a less than ideal location
Neighbourhood lacking Q4 Neighbourhood lacking in some way
Social relationships, participation and limitations (SOC)
Good friends Q5 Good friends to share time, experiences, thoughts and feelings with
Don't enjoy Q6 Limited in participating socially due to a lack of enjoyment of social activities
Not participated long Q7 Limited in participating socially due to recent lack of participation in any social or community activities
Stigma Q8 Limited in participating socially due to regularly experiencing stigma and/or discrimination
Employment and education (EE)
Work/study Q9 Employment or education status
Good conditions Q10 Work/study under good conditions
Discrimination Q11 Limited ability to obtain or keep a job due to health-related discrimination
Impaired ability Q12 Impaired ability to perform your occupational role or disrupt employment
Finances (FIN)
Cover basic costs Q13 Enough income to cover basic everyday costs
Unable to participate Q14 Inability to participate in social activities due to income
Unable to attend events Q15 Inability to attend important events such as weddings, funerals, birthday celebrations due to income
Lack savings Q16 Lack of savings for use in an emergency
Supplementary health and wellbeing (HW)
Limited by physical health Q1+ Ongoing physical ailments that prevent you from achieving all you would like in your life
Limited by emotional health Q2+ Ongoing emotional health concerns that interfere in your ability to achieve all you would like in your life