LED Lower Extremity Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Healthcare Development to prevent Limb Loss 2018 Karonga

Malawi, 2018 - 2019

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MWI-MEIRU-LEDKARONGA-2018-v1

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Prof. Amelia Crampin

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Karonga HDSS

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Pain when walk (pwalk)

Data file: ledk_ledq

Overview

Valid: 460

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 237

End: 237

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Do you get a pain or discomfort in your legs when you walk?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	361	78.5%
1	Yes	95	20.7%
2	Unable to walk	4	0.9%
8	Unkhown	0	0%
9	Missing	0

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

IF: “0” SKIP TO “Q5.1b” (Do you get it if you walk uphill or hurry?)
“2” SKIP TO “Q6” (Right leg amputation)

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Notes

Available in versions -, 1
if pwalk = 0 then skip to uphill; if pwalk = 2 skip to rlamp

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