Table 6 Exclusion criteria for self-reported behaviours
Response options for questions 28.2 and 29.3 | Response to questions 28.3 and 29.4 |
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28.2 What was the treatment in the claim you last heard about? | 28.3 Please write the claim that you last heard. |
29.3 What was the treatment for which you or an adult made the decision? | What was the claim about the treatment for which you or an adult made the decision? |
Using a medicine (e.g., taking a tablet or syrup) | Exclude if the claim is not about a medicine |
Getting an operation (e.g., removing a bad tooth) | Exclude if the claim is not about an operation |
Using something to feel better or to heal more quickly (e.g., using a bandage or glasses) | Exclude if the claim is not about equipment |
Something else (eating food or drinking something to feel better; e.g., herbs or fruit) | Exclude if the claim is not about eating/drinking something (e.g., herbs or fruit) |
Avoiding doing something to feel better (e.g., not drinking milk) | Exclude if the claim is not about avoiding something |
Something else | Exclude if the claim is not about a treatment (‘anything done to care for yourself, so you stay well or, if you are sick or injured, so you get better and not worse’) |