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Optional Content (certain health regions)

Questionnaire modules included in the questionnaire at the discretion of health regions and provinces. When a module was included as optional content in a given health region or province, it was asked of all respondents in the region. Selection of optional content by province and territory is detailed in Appendix B of the User Guide.

  • Access to health care services (ACC)
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
  • Alcohol use during the past week (ALW)
  • Blood pressure check (BPC)
  • Blood test (BLT)
  • Breast examination (BRX)
  • Breast self-examination (BSX)
  • Changes made to improve health (CIH)
  • Colorectal cancer screening (CCS)
  • Contact with health professionals (CHP)
  • Dental visits (DEN)
  • Depression (DEP)
  • Diabetes care (DIA)
  • Dietary supplement use – Vitamins and minerals (DSU)
  • Distress (DIS)
  • Driving and safety (DRV)
  • Food choices (FDC)
  • Health care system satisfaction (HCS)
  • Health utilities index (HUI)
  • Home care services (HMC)
  • Home safety (HMS)
  • Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
  • Illicit drugs use (IDG)
  • Injuries (INJ)
  • Loss of productivity (LOP)
  • Mammography (MAM)
  • Mastery (MAS)
  • Maternal experiences – Alcohol use during pregnancy (MXA)
  • Maternal experiences – Smoking during pregnancy (MXS)
  • Medication use (MED)
  • Oral health 1 (OH1)
  • Oral health 2 (OH2)
  • Pap smear test (PAP)
  • Patient satisfaction – Community-based care (PSC)
  • Patient satisfaction - Health care services (PAS)
  • Physical activities – Stages of change (SCP)
  • Physical check-up (PCU)
  • Prostate cancer screening (PSA)
  • Restriction of activities (RAC)
  • Satisfaction with life (SWL)
  • Self-esteem (SFE)
  • Sexual behaviours (SXB)
  • Sleep (SLP)
  • Smoking - Other tobacco products (TAL)
  • Smoking - Physician counselling (SPC)
  • Smoking - Stages of change (SCH)
  • Smoking - Youth smoking (YSM)
  • Smoking cessation methods (SCA)
  • Social provisions (SPS)
  • Social support - Availability (SSA)
  • Social support – Utilization (SSU)
  • Spiritual values (SPR)
  • Spirometry (SPI)
  • Stress – Child and adult stressors (CST)
  • Stress – Real life events (RLE)
  • Stress – Sources (STS)
  • Suicidal thoughts and attempts (SUI)
  • Sun safety behaviours (SSB)
  • Unmet health care needs (UCN)
  • Use of protective equipment (UPE)
  • Voluntary organizations - Participation (ORG)
  • Waiting times (WTM)

Not all modules are included in the PUMF files. For a list of all modules and variables included in each PUMF, consult the Topical Index of each file available here: Documentation.

Also, Complement to the user guide (PDF) explains the PUMF creation process and differentiates the 2011-2012 PUMF content from the 2012 PUMF content.