Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008

Ghana, 2007 - 2008

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GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

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Professor R. Biritwum

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Q2119: Depression (q2119a_d)

Data file: GhanaINDData

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

Range: -

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Question pretext

[Scholastica] has already had five admissions into the hospital because she has attempted suicide twice in the past year and has harmed herself on three other occasions. She is very distressed every day for the most part of the day, and sees no hope of things ever getting better. She is thinking of trying to end her life again.

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much of a problem did [Scholastica] have with feeling sad, low, or depressed?

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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