Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008
South Africa, 2007 - 2008
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ZAF_2007_SAGE_v01_M
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Professor Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, Professor Karl F. Peltzer
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P5002a: Why needed care (p5002a)
Data file: SouthAfricaINDDataProxy
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
21
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
I would now like to know about [NAME] recent experiences with obtaining health care from health care workers, hospitals, clinics and the health care system. I want to know if [NAME] needed health care recently, and if so, why s/he needed health care and what type of health care provider s/he received care from.
Literal question
What was the main reason s/he needed care, even if s/he did not get care?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 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.
Question post text
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 (not work related, see 8 below)
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:
88 Don't know
2 MATERNAL AND PERINATAL CONDITIONS (PREGNANCY)
3 NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
4 ACUTE CONDITIONS (DIARRHOEA, FEVER, FLU, HEADACHES, COUGH, OTHER)
5 INJURY (not work related, see 8 below)
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:
88 Don't know