BALSYMPTNO
Count of symptoms of dizziness or balance problem
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
16
|
08
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | 0 | · | · |
| 01 | 1 | X | X |
| 02 | 2 | X | X |
| 03 | 3 | X | X |
| 04 | 4 | X | X |
| 05 | 5 | X | X |
| 06 | 6 | X | X |
| 07 | 7 | X | · |
| 96 | NIU | X | X |
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Description
BALSYMPTNO provides a count of the number of balance and dizziness symptoms to which the person reported "Yes." This variable is a count of the Yes responses of the person in the following variables: BALSFAINT, BALSBLURVIS, BALSFLOAT, BALSLIGHT, BALSUNSTEADY, BALSVERTIGO, and BALSOTHER.
This variable was part of the Sample Adult Balance Supplement, sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
Universe
- 2008: Sample adults age 18+ who have had symptoms of dizziness or at least one balance problem.
- 2016: Sample adults 18+ who have ever had a problem with dizziness or balance OR sample adults who have ever reported having a problem of at least one specific dizziness or balance problem in the past 12 months.
Availability
- 2008, 2016
Survey Text
| 2016 |
| 2008 |
2008
Survey form
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Question ID:BAL.060_01.000
Instrument Variable Name:BTYPE_01
QuestionText:
QuestionText:
This next question is about symptoms of dizziness or balance problems. Please tell me if you have had any of these problems in the past 12 months. Please say yes or no to each....A spinning or vertigo sensation, a rocking of yourself or your surroundings
*Read if necessary: Vertigo is an illusion of rotation or other motion, as if riding a carousel.
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
*Read if necessary: Vertigo is an illusion of rotation or other motion, as if riding a carousel.
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
1 Yes
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
UniverseText:Sample adults 18+ who have had a problem(s) with dizziness or balance
SkipInstructions:
SkipInstructions:
(1,2,R,D) [goto BTYPE_02]
Question ID:BAL.060_02.000
Instrument Variable Name:BTYPE_02
QuestionText:
QuestionText:
* Read if necessary. This next question is about symptoms of dizziness or balance problems. Please tell me if you have had any of these problems in the past 12 months. Please say yes or no to each....A floating, spacey, or tilting sensation
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
1 Yes
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
UniverseText:Sample adults 18+ who have had a problem(s) with dizziness or balance
SkipInstructions:
SkipInstructions:
(1,2,R,D) [goto BTYPE_03]
Question ID:BAL.060_03.000
Instrument Variable Name:BTYPE_03
QuestionText:
QuestionText:
* Read if necessary. This next question is about symptoms of dizziness or balance problems. Please tell me if you have had any of these problems in the past 12 months. Please say yes or no to each....Feeling lightheaded, without a sense of motion
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
1 Yes
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
UniverseText:Sample adults 18+ who have had a problem(s) with dizziness or balance
SkipInstructions:
SkipInstructions:
(1,2,R,D) [goto BTYPE_04]
Question ID:BAL.060_04.000
Instrument Variable Name:BTYPE_04
QuestionText:
QuestionText:
* Read if necessary. This next question is about symptoms of dizziness or balance problems. Please tell me if you have had any of these problems in the past 12 months. Please say yes or no to each...Feeling as if you are going to pass out or faint
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
1 Yes
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
UniverseText:Sample adults 18+ who have had a problem(s) with dizziness or balance
SkipInstructions:
SkipInstructions:
(1,2,R,D) [goto BTYPE_05]
Question ID:BAL.060_05.000
Instrument Variable Name:BTYPE_05
QuestionText:
QuestionText:
* Read if necessary. This next question is about symptoms of dizziness or balance problems. Please tell me if you have had any of these problems in the past 12 months. Please say yes or no to each....Blurring of your vision when you move your head
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
1 Yes
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
UniverseText:Sample adults 18+ who have had a problem(s) with dizziness or balance
SkipInstructions:
SkipInstructions:
(1,2,R,D) [goto BTYPE_06]
Question ID:BAL.060_06.000
Instrument Variable Name:BTYPE_06
QuestionText:
QuestionText:
* Read if necessary. This next question is about symptoms of dizziness or balance problems. Please tell me if you have had any of these problems in the past 12 months. Please say yes or no to each....Feeling off-balance or unsteady
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
* Read if necessary: Do not include times when drinking alcohol.
1 Yes
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
2 No
7 Refused
9 Don't know
UniverseText:Sample adults 18+ who have had a problem(s) with dizziness or balance
SkipInstructions:
SkipInstructions:
if (all BTYPE_01 -BTYPE_06 = 2,R,D) and (BDIZZ = 2,R,D) [goto BMEDIC];
else if two or more BTYPE_01 - BTYPE_06 = 1 then [goto BBOTH];
else if (only one BTYPE_01-BTYPE_06=1,R,D) or (all BTYPE_01 -BTYPE_06 = 2,R,D and (BDIZZ = 1) [goto
BAGE]
else if two or more BTYPE_01 - BTYPE_06 = 1 then [goto BBOTH];
else if (only one BTYPE_01-BTYPE_06=1,R,D) or (all BTYPE_01 -BTYPE_06 = 2,R,D and (BDIZZ = 1) [goto
BAGE]
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