Priorities for improvement in 12 areas of health (AIMS2) and reported health status in the corresponding areas (percentages for counts, mean values for continuous variables (95% CI))
| 1994 | 2001 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priority | Reported health status | Priority | Reported health status | |||||
| (%) | CI | Mean | CI | % | CI | Mean | CI | |
| Significant improvement (non-overlapping confidence intervals) is indicated in italics. | ||||||||
| Mobility | 23.5 | 20.8 to 26.2 | 2.48 | 2.31 to 2.65 | 19.8 | 17.1 to 22.5 | 1.91 | 1.76 to 2.07 |
| Walking/bending | 33.2 | 30.2 to 36.2 | 4.99 | 4.81 to 5.16 | 32.2 | 29.0 to 35.4 | 4.54 | 4.35 to 4.72 |
| Hand and finger | 45.0 | 41.8 to 48.2 | 3.62 | 3.44 to 3.80 | 41.6 | 38.1 to 44.9 | 3.05 | 2.88 to 3.22 |
| Arm function | 18.2 | 15.7 to 20.7 | 2.28 | 2.12 to 2.44 | 13.4 | 11.1 to 15.7 | 1.78 | 1.63 to 1.93 |
| Self care | 11.5 | 9.5 to 13.5 | 1.22 | 1.09 to 1.35 | 6.9 | 5.2 to 8.6 | 0.69 | 0.59 to 0.80 |
| Housework | 25.1 | 22.3 to 27.9 | 2.04 | 1.88 to 2.21 | 28.7 | 25.6 to 31.8 | 1.52 | 1.38 to 1.66 |
| Social function | 13.0 | 10.8 to 15.2 | 5.72 | 5.62 to 5.82 | 9.4 | 7.4 to 11.4 | 5.38 | 5.28 to 5.48 |
| Social support | 4.9 | 3.5 to 6.3 | 2.85 | 2.69 to 3.01 | 5.8 | 4.2 to 7.4 | 2.75 | 2.59 to 2.91 |
| Pain | 69.3 | 66.3 to 72.3 | 5.41 | 5.24 to 5.58 | 68.1 | 64.9 to 71.3 | 4.96 | 4.78 to 5.14 |
| Work | 9.4 | 7.5 to 11.3 | 2.75 | 2.50 to 3.01 | 12.0 | 9.7 to 14.1 | 2.30 | 2.04 to 2.55 |
| Tension | 9.1 | 7.3 to 10.9 | 3.96 | 3.82 to 4.09 | 12.9 | 10.6 to 15.2 | 3.85 | 3.71 to 3.98 |
| Mood | 17.4 | 15.0 to 19.8 | 2.91 | 2.79 to 3.03 | 16.6 | 14.1 to 19.1 | 2.76 | 2.63 to 2.88 |