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ABPSELCON
Digestive condition selected for abdominal pain questions
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Description

For sample persons ages 18 and over who had abdominal pain 3 or more times in the past 12 months, ABPSELCON reports the condition causing the person's abdominal pain. ABPSELCON is created using ABPDIAGCON1-ABPDIAGCON5, ABPTHINCON1-ABPTHINCON5, ABPDIAGMOST, and ABPMOSTCON; these variables report conditions identified by either a doctor or the respondent as being the cause of the pain.

 

The condition identified in ABPSELCON is determined using the following guidelines:

  • If spastic colon, functional bowel, irritable colon, or irritable bowel syndrome are mentioned as any of the 5 conditions either diagnosed by the doctor or identified by the respondent as causing the pain, questions referring to abdominal pain are asked about whichever of these conditions is mentioned first.
  • If one or more conditions are mentioned, but none of them are spastic colon, functional bowel, irritable colon or irritable bowel syndrome, questions referring to abdominal pain are asked about the condition the respondent identified as causing the most pain during the past 12 months, unless this condition is a "non-digestive" condition.
  • If the condition causing the most pain during the past 12 months is a non-digestive condition, the remaining questions are asked about the first condition mentioned that IS a digestive condition. Conditions that are considered non-digestive are: arthritis, back problems, bladder, kidneys, menstruation, "other female trouble", pregnancy, and prostate conditions.
  • If the respondent does not know what condition caused the abdominal pain, ABPSELCON is left blank and questions are asked without regard to a specific condition.
  • If all conditions mentioned are non-digestive, questions referring to abdominal pain are not asked.

This variable is part of the Abdominal Pain section of the Digestive Disease Supplement, introduced in the 1989 survey. This supplement focuses on digestive conditions, primarily during the previous 12 months, to provide data for prevalence estimates on certain common digestive disorders and complaints. The Abdominal Pain section provides data to compare diagnosed and undiagnosed irritable bowel syndrome, and to describe pain accompanying this or other conditions that affect the abdomen.

Comparability

There are no comparability issues.

Universe

  • 1989: Sample persons age 18+ who had abdominal pain 3 or more times in past 12 months

Availability

  • 1989

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