Your answers to these questions will help us to do two things:

1. To improve our knowledge about how to provide helpful information.

2. To help your GP to address your concerns about coughs, chest infections and colds so that together we use antibiotics wisely. 

The survey is for people who do not have a long-term illness (such as kidney disease, breathing problems, diabetes, heart diseases) and about your health from school age up to 65 yrs.  You may answer it thinking about yourself now, or when you were younger, or about your care for another family member who is in this age group.

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* 1. Think back to when you were last feeling unwell with a cough, chest infection or a cold. How did you get better? (tick the ones you agree with)

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* 2. How did you make the decision on the best course of action for you? (please choose your top two only)

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* 3. When you are not in a doctors' surgery, where are you most likely to give time to reading information about this type of illness?  Please choose your best two only.

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* 4. How did you know if you had a temperature when you were ill last time? (please tick one)

The following questions are a test of your knowledge about colds and flu (please tick what you consider to be the correct answer)

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* 5. An average cold lasts:

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* 6. Paracetamol and Ibuprofen can be used to control symptoms

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* 7. A strong sneeze can travel:

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* 8. Colds and flu are caused by:

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* 9. The following is to check your knowledge about the warning signs for a cold that means a visit to your GP is needed.  (Please tick the ones you did not know about)

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* 10. In preventing the spread of colds and coughs what measures do you consider to be effective? (tick the ones you agree with)

Please provide information about yourself which will not go beyond this survey:

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* 11. First part of your postcode:

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* 12. Gender:

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* 13. Your age category or the family member you answered for

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