Assessing the linkages between socioeconomic status, perceived personal risk, and risk factors for cardiovascular and related non-communicable diseases in a population of slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya

KENYA, 2008 - 2009
Health and Well-Being (HaW)

African Population and Health Research Center

CSV JSON

7.19 problem in last 30 days with worry or anxiety (v0719)

Data file: CVDMain_data

Overview

vald 5469

invd 1

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 97

Questions and instructions

Literal question

7.19 Overall in the last 30 days how much of a problem did you have with worry or anxiety?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	none	408	7.5%
2	mild	544	9.9%
3	moderate	314	5.7%
4	severe	107	2%
5	extreme /cannot do	8	0.1%
7		1	0%
9		4085	74.7%
95		1	0%
97		1	0%
Sysmiss		1

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

Now I would like to review the 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 average, in the last 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. I would like you to provide me your response whether you have not difficulty, mild difficulty, moderate difficulty, severe difficulty or extreme difficulty regarding the following functions of your body. By moderate difficulty I mean between mild and severe difficulty.

Question post text

1...NONE;2...MILD;3...MODERATE;4...SEVERE;5...EXTREME/CAN'T DO

Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

Felt worried/anxious last 30 days

Universe

All DSS Residents 50 years and above