Ghana - World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Sponsor(s)

World Health Organization - WHO -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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medication for depression (q6027)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-8

Valid cases: 3874
Invalid: 64

Questions and instructions

Pre question

During the last 12 months, have you ever been diagnosed with depression?

Literal question

Have you been taking any medications or other treatment for it in the last two weeks?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	12	0.3%
5	No	3862	99.7%
8	Do not know	0	0.0%
Sysmiss		64

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

The purpose of this question is to find out if the respondent is currently under treatment for depression. An answer of “yes” is appropriate only if the respondent was taking any medications for depression during the last two weeks, or received some other kind of treatment such as attending a psychological therapy or counselling session (often referred to as "therapy" or "psychotherapy") with a trained health professional during the last two
weeks.
See the explanation for question Q6002.