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

Ghana, 2007 - 2008

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Reference ID

GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

Producer(s)

Professor R. Biritwum

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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Q2105: Memory (q2105d_m)

Data file: GhanaINDData

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

[Theo] cannot concentrate for more than 15 minutes and has difficulty paying attention to what is being said to him. Whenever he starts a task, he never manages to finish it and often forgets what he was doing. He is able to learn the names of people he meets but cannot be trusted to follow directions to a store by himself.

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much difficulty did [Theo] have with concentrating or remembering things?

Categories

Value	Category
1	None
2	Mild
3	Moderate
4	Severe
5	Extreme
8	Don't know
9	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.

Question post text

1 None
2 Mild
3 Moderate
4 Severe
5 Extreme/Cannot do

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