Table 1 Items included in the Item Reduction Questionnaire. Overall importance of each item as measured by the Frequency Importance Product.

Symptoms

Pain

0.95

3.69

3.49

Fever

0.42

3.23

1.36

Chills

0.51

3.06

1.55

Sweating

0.43

2.84

1.23

Loss of appetite

0.46

3.07

1.42

Nausea

0.27

2.63

0.72

Numbness

0.40

2.74

1.10

Swelling

0.92

3.88

3.56

Blistering

0.28

3.28

0.93

Fatigue

0.54

3.40

1.83

Trouble moving

0.75

3.47

2.59

Stiffness

0.60

3.28

1.97

Soreness

0.92

3.76

3.44

Pressure

0.66

3.43

2.28

Throbbing

0.61

3.36

2.05

Streaking

0.20

2.81

0.56

Discomfort in a distant body part

0.40

3.36

1.34

Discomfort caused by treatment of your infection

0.33

2.74

0.89

Daily Functioning

Doing your job

0.79

3.96

3.13

Walking

0.59

3.48

2.05

Bathing

0.62

3.45

2.14

Using the toilet

0.38

2.97

1.13

Driving

0.51

3.27

1.65

Changing clothes

0.64

2.98

1.92

Hobbies

0.51

3.10

1.57

Earning an income

0.54

4.08

2.19

Exercising

0.66

3.20

2.12

Falling asleep

0.62

3.53

2.19

Traveling

0.38

3.03

1.15

Emotional Functioning

Frustrated

0.68

3.46

2.37

Impatient

0.46

3.33

1.54

Irritable

0.57

3.09

1.76

Angry

0.28

3.27

0.93

Disappointed

0.61

3.18

1.94

Afraid

0.47

3.27

1.55

Annoyed

0.55

3.50

1.92

Embarrassed

0.31

2.77

0.85

Miserable

0.34

3.26

1.10

Depressed

0.28

2.67

0.76

Sad

0.34

2.75

0.93

Stressed

0.51

2.98

1.51

Exhausted

0.58

3.38

1.96

Inconvenienced

0.75

3.41

2.55

Social Interactions

Difficulty socializing because your infection is "disfiguring"

0.19

2.57

0.49

Difficulty getting out of the house

0.41

3.21

1.32

Less desire to socialize than usual

0.40

3.11

1.24

You are inconveniencing your friends and family

0.56

3.37

1.88

Difficulty being physically intimate with your partner

0.36

3.56

1.27

Difficult being emotionally intimate with your partner

0.24

3.33

0.81