calc_edd_frequency: Calculate Everyday Discrimination Frequency Score

In AOUSDOHtools: Analyzing AOU SDOH Survey Data

Calculate Everyday Discrimination Frequency Score

Description

This function computes a frequency score indicating how often participants experience perceived discrimination based on 9 specific survey items. The score ranges from 9 to 54, where higher scores indicate more frequent perceived unfair treatment. The function also allows for filtering by a specific reason for discrimination.

Usage

calc_edd_frequency(survey_df, reason)

Arguments

survey_df	A data frame containing survey data with at least three columns: 'person_id', 'question_concept_id', and 'answer_concept_id'.
reason	An optional argument specifying the reason for perceived discrimination, e.g., race or age. If provided, the function will limit the analysis to participants who reported this reason.

Value

A data frame with two columns: 'person_id' and 'edd_frequency', where 'edd_frequency' is the calculated frequency score for each participant. Participants who did not answer all 9 questions or did not specify the given reason (if provided) will have an NA score.

Examples

# Create a sample survey data frame
survey_df <- data.frame(
  person_id = rep(1:3, each = 9),
  question_concept_id = rep(c(40192380, 40192395, 40192416, 40192451, 40192466,
                              40192489, 40192490, 40192496, 40192519), times = 3),
  answer_concept_id = sample(c(40192465, 40192464, 40192453, 40192461, 40192391,
                               40192421), 27, replace = TRUE)
)

# Compute everyday discrimination frequency scores
edd_frequency_scores <- calc_edd_frequency(survey_df)
head(edd_frequency_scores)

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