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

Abnormal pulse and respiration shortly after birth

Our Classification

Distribution

N day 1 all:4103,  :1:55,5%,  2:       ,2a:25,5%,   2b:3,3%,   2c:10,5%,   2d:1,5%,   2e:3,7%
N day 5 all:3994,   1:56,8%,   2a:25,4%,   2b:4,7%,   2c:8,4%,   2d:2,2%,   2e:2,6%

Operationalization

Abnormal pulse and respiration right after birth
1:no abnormalities
2:one or more abnormalities:
  2a:normal heart action and tachypnea
  2b:normal heart action and bradypnea
  2c:tachycardya, normal respiration
  2d:brachycardia, normal respiration
  2e:tachycardia and tachypnea
Assessed at day 1 and day 5

Observed Relation with Happiness