Ghana - INDEPTH Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007, Wave 1

Reference ID

GHA_2007_INDEPTH_v01_M

Year

2007

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Navrongo Health Research Centre - Ghana Health Service

Sponsor(s)

US National Institute on Aging - NIA - Financial support through Interagency Agreements (OGHA 04034785; YA1323-08-CN-0020; Y1-AG-1005-01) and Grants (R01-AG034479; IR21-AG034263-0182)

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Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Q2105: Memory (q2105d_m)
File: INDEPTHGhanaINDData

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 14
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

[Theo] cannot concentrate for more than 15 minutes and has difficulty paying attention to what is being said to him. Whenever he starts a task, he never manages to finish it and often forgets what he was doing. He is able to learn the names of people he meets but cannot be trusted to follow directions to a store by himself.

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much difficulty did [Theo] have with concentrating or remembering things?

Post question

1 None
2 Mild
3 Moderate
4 Severe
5 Extreme/Cannot do

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.