World Health Survey 2003

Eswatini, 2003

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SWZ_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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seeing and recognizing object at arms length (q2072)

Data file: WHS-Swaziland_F5

Overview

Valid: 2041

Invalid: 1080

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 171

End: 174

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Health State Descriptions Time Begin
Now I would like to review different functions of your body. When answering these questions, I would like you to think about the last 30 days, taking both good and bad days into account. When I ask about difficulty, I would like you to consider how much difficulty you have had, on an average, in the past 30 days, while doing the activity in the way that you usually do it. By difficulty I mean requiring increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness or changes in the way you do the activity. Please answer this question taking into account any assistance you have available.

Vision

Literal question

In the last 30 days, how much difficulty did you have in seeing and recognizing an object at arm’s length or in reading?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	1524	74.7%
2	Mild	190	9.3%
3	Moderate	141	6.9%
4	Severe	127	6.2%
5	Extreme	59	2.9%
Sysmiss		1080

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 person should answer this question taking into account any assistive device (glasses or contact lenses) he/she may be using. The respondent should think of his/her vision under normal circumstances e.g. in normal light.

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