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Table 3 The 70-item VITOR Quality of Life Scale for the Elderly (VITOR QLSE) before exploratory factor analysis

From: Vitor Quality of Life Scale for the Elderly: evidence of validity and reliability

How satisfied are you with…

Very dissatisfied

Dissatisfied

Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

Satisfied

Very satisfied

1

Your health?

1

2

3

4

5

2*

The attention you pay to your own health?

1

2

3

4

5

3

Pain intensity?

1

2

3

4

5

4

Pain intensity when performing activities of daily living?

1

2

3

4

5

5

Amount of medicine you take?

1

2

3

4

5

6

The effects of the medicine you take?

1

2

3

4

5

7*

You memory?

1

2

3

4

5

8

Your ability to take care of yourself?

1

2

3

4

5

9*

Your ability to control your own life?

1

2

3

4

5

10

The possibility to live many years?

1

2

3

4

5

11*

The health of your family?

1

2

3

4

5

12

Your children?

1

2

3

4

5

13

Your family happiness?

1

2

3

4

5

14

Your sex life?

1

2

3

4

5

15

Your husband/wife, boyfriend/girlfriend, companion?

1

2

3

4

5

16

Your friends?

1

2

3

4

5

17*

The emotional support you receive from your family?

1

2

3

4

5

18

The emotional support you receive from others who are not family members?

1

2

3

4

5

19*

Your ability to be responsible for the family?

1

2

3

4

5

20*

How helpful are you?

1

2

3

4

5

21

Your mount of concerns?

1

2

3

4

5

22

The neighborhood?

1

2

3

4

5

23

Your house or apartment?

1

2

3

4

5

24

Your neighborhood?

1

2

3

4

5

25*

Your work (If you have any job with or without remuneration)?

1

2

3

4

5

26*

The fact that you do not have a job (due to retirement, unemployment or disability)?

1

2

3

4

5

27*

Years of education you completed?

1

2

3

4

5

28*

The way you manage your own money?

1

2

3

4

5

29

Your leisure and fun activities?

1

2

3

4

5

30*

Your possibility to have a happy future?

1

2

3

4

5

31

Your peace of mind and tranquility?

1

2

3

4

5

32*

Your faith in God?

1

2

3

4

5

33

Your achievement of personal goals?

1

2

3

4

5

34

Your happiness?

1

2

3

4

5

35

Your general life?

1

2

3

4

5

36

Your personal appearance?

1

2

3

4

5

37

Yourself?

1

2

3

4

5

38

Your activities of daily living?

1

2

3

4

5

39*

Your ability to make your own choices?

1

2

3

4

5

40

Safety at home (house or apartment)?

1

2

3

4

5

41

Safety in your neighborhood?

1

2

3

4

5

42

The type of life you are having?

1

2

3

4

5

43

Your ability to move your arms and your legs?

1

2

3

4

5

44

Your ability to walk back and forth?

1

2

3

4

5

45

Your ability to take walks?

1

2

3

4

5

46

Your ability to stand up?

1

2

3

4

5

47

Your ability to get in and out of cars or buses?

1

2

3

4

5

48

How is your family?

1

2

3

4

5

49

The departure of your children from home?

1

2

3

4

5

50

The professional choice of your children?

1

2

3

4

5

51*

Your religion?

1

2

3

4

5

52*

Your life experiences?

1

2

3

4

5

53*

Your current life?

1

2

3

4

5

54*

The amount of income received?

1

2

3

4

5

55

Safety in public roads?

1

2

3

4

5

56*

Your ability to make decisions?

1

2

3

4

5

57*

The health care received?

1

2

3

4

5

58*

Appreciation expressed by family members?

1

2

3

4

5

59

Appreciation expressed by other people?

1

2

3

4

5

60*

Life opportunities?

1

2

3

4

5

61

Attention given by people?

1

2

3

4

5

62

Public road conditions?

1

2

3

4

5

63

Availability of elevators, ramps and handrails in buildings or other places?

1

2

3

4

5

64

City buses?

1

2

3

4

5

65

Safety and comfort in city buses?

1

2

3

4

5

66

Public assistance received?

1

2

3

4

5

67

Reserved lines in banks, supermarkets and other places?

1

2

3

4

5

68

The number of reserved lines in banks, supermarkets and other places?

1

2

3

4

5

69

Reserved parking spaces in banks, supermarkets and other places?

1

2

3

4

5

70

Number of reserved parking spaces in banks, supermarkets and other places?

1

2

3

4

5

  1. * Items removed after exploratory factor analysis