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Children who received antibiotics for fever and cough [message #15769] Thu, 13 September 2018 01:59 Go to next message
phyumar is currently offline  phyumar
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Hello Sir,

I am working on Angola (AOKR71FL) to understand reported antibiotic usage among children with fever or cough.
So far, I found that ml13i and ml13j are the variables for antibiotics taken for fever. However, I noticed that there are a few variables (s622,s623i,s623j_antibiotics taken during fever ) and (s646b,s646c,s646d_antibiotics taken during cough).

I want to know what is the difference between ml13i,ml13j and s623i,s623j. Both of them are for fever but the numbers are different. It seems like s623i and s623i figures are subset of ml13i and ml13j. So does s623i or s623j represents antibiotics taken at date of interview? Or ?

But s646c and s646d, it represents taken antibiotics for cough.
In that case, I should write like this to get reported antibiotic usage among children with fever or cough.

gen fevercog = (ml13i == 1 | ml13j == 1 | s646s==1 | s646d == 1)


Could you kindly suggest me?

Thank you in advance!

Phyumar
Re: Children who received antibiotics for fever and cough [message #15798 is a reply to message #15769] Mon, 17 September 2018 11:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Liz-DHS
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Dear User,
In the recode application done with CSPro
 ML13I(i)  = RecodeMedicine( S623I(i) {Xarope}, x {Comprimidos o Xarope}, 10  );  //antibiotic pill/syrup
          ML13J(i)  = RecodeMedicine( S623J(i), auxQ646D(i), 11 ); { injection }

The variables starting with S are all country/survey specific variables and follow what is in the questionnaire.
For example S623i is based on Q623i (xarope)
Hope this helps.
Re: Children who received antibiotics for fever and cough [message #15809 is a reply to message #15769] Tue, 18 September 2018 21:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
phyumar is currently offline  phyumar
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Dear Madam,

Thank you for your information. Yes, I understand ml13i and ml13j based on s623i(Q623i) and s623j(Q623j). However, I would like to know about s646b,s646c,s646d. Could you kindly enlighten me original questions?
Also, I am wondering where can I get Angola DHS 2015-16 questionnaire or report in English.
I really appreciate your kind support.

Best,
Phyumar
Re: Children who received antibiotics for fever and cough [message #15857 is a reply to message #15809] Fri, 28 September 2018 16:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Liz-DHS
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Dear User,
CSPro code shows:
S646B(i)  = alfa2num( Q645, Q646, "B");
S646C(i)  = alfa2num( Q645, Q646, "C");
S646D(i)  = alfa2num( Q645, Q646, "D");


Q645 During the time you were sick with cough (CHILD'S NAME) did you take any medicine?
Q646b Antibiotics - tablets
Q646c Antibiotics - syrop
Q646d Antibiotics - injection

The questionnaires do not exist in English. However, you can check a translation app on the internet. If that does not help, please feel free to post again.

Thank you!
Re: Children who received antibiotics for fever and cough [message #15867 is a reply to message #15857] Sun, 30 September 2018 22:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
phyumar is currently offline  phyumar
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Dear Liz,

Now, I understand the condition.
Thank you for your kind explanation.



Due respect,
Phyumar
Children who received antibiotics for fever and cough_PE [message #15884 is a reply to message #15867] Wed, 03 October 2018 23:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
phyumar is currently offline  phyumar
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Dear Sir/Madam,

I would like to know about the variables representing reported antibiotics usage in PERU. I am working on PEKR61FL and I found h37g namely just "antibiotic". I am not sure for what condition. The standard variables for reported antibiotic usage for fever/cough are h37i and h37j. However, in this dataset h37i is given "Pills/syrup taken for fever/cough".
Could you kindly suggest me which variable will be the most suitable for children who received antibiotics for fever and cough?
Thank you in advance.

Due respect,
Phyumar
Re: Children who received antibiotics for fever and cough_PE [message #15996 is a reply to message #15884] Wed, 17 October 2018 14:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Liz-DHS
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Dear User, A response from Senior Data Processing Expert, Mr. Guillermo Rojas,
Quote:

We were not involved in the DP for that specific round of surveys in Peru. However, in the previous phase, variable (PEKR51FL) H37G was used to report antibiotics used for fever/cough. I assume that is also the case in the following round.


Re: Children who received antibiotics for fever and cough_PE [message #16020 is a reply to message #15996] Tue, 23 October 2018 01:26 Go to previous message
phyumar is currently offline  phyumar
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Than you Sir!
That makes sense.
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