World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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Feb 13, 2013

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Dec 05, 2013

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amount of pain/discomfort (q2030)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 3931

Invalid: 7

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 140

End: 143

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.

Pain and Discomfort

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much of bodily aches or pains did you have?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	1725	43.9%
2	Mild	1052	26.8%
3	Moderate	766	19.5%
4	Severe	361	9.2%
5	Extreme	27	0.7%
Sysmiss		7

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

This refers to any form of pain or discomfort in the body that interferes with a person’s usual activities, either for a short or long period of time. By pain we mean “physical” pain.

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