Study Ventegodt (1997): study DK 1993

Public

31-33 aged, born at the university hospital, Denmark, 1993

Sample

Respondents

N = 4626

Non Response

36%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Data were taken from the medical files of mothers and their babies

Correlate

Authors's Label

Signs of brain damage

Our Classification

Remarks

The same symptoms were written on different pages with different values To differentiate an (Roman) order number was addited on symptoms that were mentioned more times. Because of this unclear situation, only absolute frequencies of the values were given. Value "Unknown" was left out, because of its frequency: it is unclear what it means.

Distribution

N:   1:3623;     ,a:11,  b:8,   c:361,   d:53,   e:5,   f:13,   g:6,   h:94,   i:64,   j:4,   k:60,   l:30,   m:17,   n:50,   p:59,   q:120,   r:16,   s:10,     u:14,   v:66,   w:8,   x:45,   y:12,   aa:13,   ab:36,   ac:10,   ad:3,   ae:63,   af:42,   ag:8

Operationalization

Signs of brain damage as reported in medical file
1: no signs of brain damage
2: one of the following:
   a: convulsions, universal(I)
   b: convulsions, local
   c: trembling
   d: restless
   e: sleeplessness
   f: anxious
   g: distant
   h: limp
   i: phenobarbital
   j: convulsions, universal(II)
   k: trembling(II)
   l: restless(II)
   m: limp(II)
   n: phenobarbital(II)
   p: creaking(characteristic sound during respiration)
   q: attack of cyanosis
   r: change of color(harleguin)
   s: tense fontanelles
   u: opishotonus
   v: poor ability to drink
   w: brain cry
   x: frog position
   y: other
   z: unknown(V)
   aa: creaking(characteristic sound during respiration)(V)
   ab: attack of cyanosis(V)
   ac: change of color(V)
   ad: opisthotonus(V)
   ae: poor ability to drink(V)
   af: frog position(V)
   ag: other(V)

Observed Relation with Happiness