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

South Africa, 2007 - 2008

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Reference ID

ZAF_2007_SAGE_v01_M

Producer(s)

Professor Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, Professor Karl F. Peltzer

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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Q2120: Discomfort (q2120b_d)

Data file: SouthAfricaINDData

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

[Steve] has pain in the neck radiating to the arms that is not relieved by any medicines or other treatment. The pain is sharp at all times and keeps him awake most of the night. During the day the pain has made him completely incapacitated. It has necessitated complete confinement to the bed and often makes him think of ending his life.

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much bodily discomfort did [Steve] have?

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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