Healthcare and Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Patients with Diabetes in Selected Counties in Kenya, GECO-Kenya

Kenya, , 2021 - 2023
Health and Well-Being (HaW)

Gershim Asiki,MD,Phd

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3.3c: If during the [COVID] period you experienced a decrease in the frequency y (q3p3c)

Data file: GECO_FinalData1

Overview

vald 97

invd 403

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 96

Questions and instructions

Literal question

If during the [COVID] period you experienced a decrease in the frequency your blood sugar was tested, could you please indicate the main reasons:
Iwapo katika kipindi cha [COVID] ulikumbana na upungufu wa mara ambazo sukari yako ya damu ilipimwa, tafadhali unaweza kutaja sababu kuu ya upungufu huu:

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Testing strips not available/not managed to get all testing strips needed	18	18.6%
2	Testing strips too expensive/cannot afford	46	47.4%
3	Unable to access the clinic	6	6.2%
4	Nurse/doctor not available	2	2.1%
96	Other (please explain)	25	25.8%
Sysmiss		403

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 pretext

SECTION 3A: Healthcare resource use and expenditure (Sehemu 3A: Matumizi ya rasilimali za afya)
Blood sugar test (kipimo cha sukari kwenye damu)

Question post text

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Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

The question was asked to patients with type 2 diabetes to identify the main reasons for a decrease in the frequency of their blood sugar testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Patients with type 2 diabetes

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Notes

"3.3c: If during the [COVID] period you experienced a decrease in the frequency your blood sugar was tested, could you please indicate the main reasons:"