Ghana - Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008, Wave 1

Reference ID

GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

Year

2007 - 2008

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Professor R. Biritwum - Department of Community Health, Ghana Medical School

Sponsor(s)

US National Institute on Aging - NIA - Financial support through Interagency Agreements (OGHA 04034785; YA1323-08-CN-0020; Y1-AG-1005-01) and Grants (R01-AG034479; IR21-AG034263-0182)

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Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Q5017a: Reason for 3rd overnight (q5017a)
File: GhanaINDData

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 21
Decimals: 0
Range: -9-98

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which reason best describes why you were last hospitalised?

Post question

1 Communicable disease (infections, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV)
2 Maternal and perinatal conditions (pregnancy) 3 Nutritional deficiencies
4 Acute conditions (diarrhoea, fever, flu, headaches, cough, other)
5 Injury
6 Surgery
7 Sleep problems
8 Occupation/work related condition/injury
9 Chronic pain in your joints/arthritis (joints, back, neck)
10 Diabetes or related complications
11 Problems with your heart including unexplained pain in chest
12 Problems with your mouth, teeth or swallowing
13 Problems with your breathing
14 High blood pressure / hypertension
15 Stroke/sudden paralysis of one side of body 16 Generalized pain (stomach, muscle or other nonspecific pain)
17 Depression or anxiety
18 Cancer
87 Other, specify:

Categories

Value	Category
-9	NA
-8	DK
1	Communicable
2	Maternal
3	Nutrition
4	Acute condition
5	Injury
6	Surgery
7	Sleep probs
8	Occupation
9	Pain in joints
10	Diabetes
11	Probs with heart
12	Probs with mouth
13	Probs with breathing
14	High BP
15	Stroke
16	Generalized pain
17	Depression or anxiety
18	Cancer
87	Other
88	Don't know
98	Not applicable

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

Interviewer: Respondent can select only ONE main reason for visit. USE SHOWCARD in APPENDIX.