Paracetamal/Panadol/Acetaminophen
(CA11P)
File: Child
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1
| Valid cases: 172 (171.5)
Invalid: 0 (0)
|
Universe
Children aged 0-4 years and who had an illness with a cough at any time in the last 2 weeks and breathed faster than usual with short, quick breaths or have difficulty breathing and the breathing problem is in chest or both in chest and blocked nose and whose mothers or caretakers didn't seek a treatment for the illness outside the home and who were given medicine to treat the illness
Source of information
The mother or caretaker of the child aged 0-4 years
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|
|
P
|
Paracetamol, panadol, acetaminophen
|
172
| 171 | ![]() 100.0%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What medicine was (name) given?
Interviewer instructions
This question aims to determine whether the child was given an antibiotic for the illness. More than one medicine may have been administered to the child. Circle the codes corresponding to all medicines given.
Use below codes:
'A' - Antibiotic
'P' - Paracetamol, panadol, acetaminophen
'Q' - Aspirin
'R' - Ibupropfen
'X' - Other medicine
'Z' - DK
If the respondent does not know the name of the medicine, ask him/her to show the medicines. If he/she cannot show the packaged medicine, follow guidelines provided during training.
If the respondent names a medicine that is not listed, circle 'X' for 'Other' medicine and fill in the name of the medicine in the space provided.
If you cannot determine the type of medicine given to the child with a cough, circle 'Z' for 'DK'.
