create_op_mental: Create older people indicators dataframe for mental health...

In validmeasures/ramOP: An Implementation of Rapid Assessment Method for Older People

Create older people indicators dataframe for mental health from survey data collected using the standard RAM-OP questionnaire.

Description

Create older people indicators dataframe for mental health from survey data collected using the standard RAM-OP questionnaire.

Usage

create_op_mental(svy)

Arguments

svy	A dataframe collected using the standard RAM-OP questionnaire

Value

A tibble of older people indicators on mental health

K6 Short form psychological distress score

The K6 score is described in:

Kessler RC, Andrews G, Colpe LJ, Hiripi E, Mroczek, DK, Normand SLT, et al. (2002). Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress. Psychological Medicine, 32(6), 959–976 \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1017/S0033291702006074")}

K6

K6 score

K6Case

K6 score > 12 (in serious psychological distress)

Author(s)

Mark Myatt

Examples

# Create mental health indicators dataset from RAM-OP survey data
# collected from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
create_op_mental(testSVY)

validmeasures/ramOP documentation built on April 18, 2024, 1:04 a.m.