World Health Survey 2003

Latvia, 2003

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LVA_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Schizophrenia diagnosis (q6035)

Data file: WHS-Latvia_F5

Overview

Valid: 850

Invalid: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1123

End: 1126

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you ever been diagnosed for a mental health problem such as schizophrenia or psychosis?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	5	0.6%
5	No	845	99.4%
8	Do not know	0	0%
Sysmiss		6

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 identify individuals with psychosis such as schizophrenia which is widely recognised as a serious mental problem. Appropriate words should be used in the local language to describe this mental condition that is associated with symptoms that change a person's behaviour, thinking or perceptions.
Behavioural changes are usually noticed by other people, while changes in thinking and perceptions can be identified only by interviewing the individual with the condition. Schizophrenia is often a chronic disease. It may have long periods of
remission between active episodes.
See the explanation for question Q6000 with regard to general aspects of self report for all chronic conditions.

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