Ansah, E and Whitty, C. 2015. Factors influencing choice of care seeking for acute fever comparing private chemical shops with health centres and hospitals in Ghana: A study using case-control methodology. [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.36.
Ansah, E and Whitty, C. Factors influencing choice of care seeking for acute fever comparing private chemical shops with health centres and hospitals in Ghana: A study using case-control methodology [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2015. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.36.
Ansah, E and Whitty, C (2015). Factors influencing choice of care seeking for acute fever comparing private chemical shops with health centres and hospitals in Ghana: A study using case-control methodology. [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.36.
Description
An anonymised dataset containing information on demographic, socio-economic and health seeking behaviour for 600 patients who attended chemical sellers and health centres in Dangme West District, Ghana. It was collected using structured questionnaire between November 2012 and January 2013 as part of a case-control study to examine patient's treatment seeking practices.
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Description of data capture | All data were double entered into EpiData and analysed in Stata in an anonymised form. | ||||||||
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Data capture method | Questionnaire: Fixed form - Paper | ||||||||
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Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository) | 15 November 2015 | ||||||||
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Language(s) of written materials | English |
Data Creators | Ansah, E and Whitty, C |
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Associated roles | Whitty, C (Principal Investigator), Ansah, E (Principal Investigator), Gyapong, M (Co-Investigator), Nah-Bana, S (Co-Investigator) and Bart-Plange, C (Co-Investigator) |
LSHTM Faculty/Department | Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research |
Participating Institutions | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Ghana, National Malaria Control Programme, Ghana Health Service, Ghana |
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Date Deposited | 08 Feb 2016 10:55 |
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Last Modified | 27 Apr 2022 18:20 |
Publisher | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
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Data / Code
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Filename: Anon_Ansah_dataset.csv
Description: Anonymised dataset on choice of care seeking for acute fever in Ghana
Licence: Data Sharing Agreement
Content type: Dataset
File size: 41B
Mime-Type: text/plain
Documentation
Filename: UserGuide.pdf
Description: User guide for anonymised dataset
Content type: Textual content
File size: 421kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf
Filename: Information_and_ConsentForm.pdf
Description: Information sheet and consent form
Content type: Textual content
File size: 81kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf
Filename: Ghana_StudyProtocol.pdf
Description: Description of the data collection methods used in the study
Content type: Textual content
File size: 125kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf
Filename: DataDictionary_PDF.pdf
Description: Data dictionary for anonymised dataset (PDF format)
Content type: Textual content
File size: 490kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf
Filename: DataDictionary_Excel.xlsx
Description: Data dictionary for anonymised dataset (Excel format)
Content type: Textual content
File size: 16kB
Mime-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Study Instrument
Filename: QuestionList.pdf
Description: Case control form used in study
Content type: Textual content
File size: 174kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf