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: Body pains (q2119b_p)

Data file: GhanaINDData

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

Range: -

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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 of bodily aches or pains 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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