Codes and Frequencies
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Description
For sample adults in 2007 who had taken one or more herbal supplements during the past 30 days (HERMOSUPNO), HER1PREV indicates whether the first herb was taken to prevent a specific disease or health problem.
HER1PREV is part of a series of variables dealing with herbal supplements, based on questions fielded in 2000, 2002, or 2007. For more information on the purpose of these inquiries, along with a list of all herbal supplements that respondents could report using and a discussion of related herbal supplement variables, see HERMO and HERYR.
Follow-Up Questions: Conditions Prevented
Sample adults who had used their first herbal supplement to prevent a specific disease or problem were also asked what that condition was. There are 87 variables indicating specific conditions that respondents used a first herbal supplement to prevent.
[show more]The specific conditions recorded are:
- attention deficit disorder (HER1PADD)
- excessive alcohol or tobacco use (HER1PALCTOB)
- angina (HER1PANGINA)
- anxiety (HER1PANX)
- arthritis (HER1PARTH)
- asthma (HER1PASTH)
- autism (HER1PAUT)
- back pain or problem (HER1PBACPAIN)
- bipolar disorder (HER1PBIPOL)
- birth defect (HER1PBIRTHD)
- anemia and blood disorders--adults (HER1PBLOOD)
- cancer (HER1PCANC)
- chronic bronchitis (HER1PCBRON)
- cholesterol (HER1PCHOL)
- head or chest cold (HER1PCOLD)
- constipation needing medication (HER1PCONST)
- coronary heart disease (HER1PCORON)
- other nerve damage, including carpal tunnel syndrome (HER1PCTS)
- benign tumors or cysts (HER1PCYST)
- dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (HER1PDEMENT)
- dental pain (HER1PDENPAIN)
- depression (HER1PDEPRES)
- diabetes (HER1PDIAB)
- emphysema (HER1PEMPH)
- excessive sleepiness during the day (HER1PESLEEPY)
- fibromyalgia (HER1PFIBRO)
- influenza or pneumonia (HER1PFLU)
- fracture, bone or joint injury (HER1PFRACT)
- gout (HER1PGOUT)
- gum disease (HER1PGUM)
- gynecologic problem (HER1PGYN)
- heart attack (HER1PHATT)
- hay fever (HER1PHAY)
- hearing problem (HER1PHEAR)
- hernia (HER1PHERN)
- hypertension (HER1PHYPER)
- inflammatory bowel disease (HER1PINFB)
- insomnia (HER1PINSOM)
- stomach or intestinal illness (HER1PINTEST)
- irritable bowel (HER1PIRRB)
- jaw pain (HER1PJAWPAIN)
- joint pain or stiffness/other joint condition (HER1PJNTPAIN)
- weak or failing kidneys (HER1PKIDNEY)
- poor circulation in legs (HER1PLCIRC)
- liver problem (HER1PLIVER)
- lupus (HER1PLUPUS)
- mania or psychosis (HER1PMANIA)
- memory loss or loss of other cognitive function (HER1PMEMLOS)
- menopause (HER1PMENOP)
- menstrual problems (HER1PMENST)
- migraine or severe headache (HER1PMIG)
- missing limbs (fingers, toes or digits), amputee (HER1PMLIMB)
- neck pain or problem (HER1PNECPAIN)
- circulation problems (other than in the legs) (HER1PNLCIRC)
- other allergies--adults (HER1POALLA)
- other developmental problem (HER1PODD)
- other heart condition or disease (HER1POHART)
- other infectious diseases (HER1POINF)
- other injury (HER1POINJ)
- knee problems (not arthritis, not joint injury) (HER1POKNEE)
- other lung or breathing problem (HER1POLUNG)
- other musculoskeletal problem (HER1POMUSC)
- osteoporosis, tendinitis (HER1POSTEO)
- phobias (HER1PPHOBIA)
- polio (myelitis), paralysis, para/quadriplegia (HER1PPOLIO)
- prostate trouble or impotence (HER1PPROST)
- acid reflux (HER1PREFLUX)
- regular headaches (HER1PREGHEAD)
- mental retardation (HER1PRET)
- Rheumatoid arthritis (HER1PRHEUM)
- schizophrenia (HER1PSCHIZ)
- seizures (HER1PSEIZ)
- senility (HER1PSENILE)
- sinusitis (HER1PSINUS)
- skin problems--adults (HER1PSKINA)
- sprain or strain (HER1PSPRAIN)
- stress (HER1PSTRESS)
- stroke (HER1PSTROKE)
- substance abuse, other than alcohol or tobacco (HER1PSUBST)
- ulcer (HER1PULCER)
- urinary problem (HER1PURIN)
- varicose veins, hemorrhoids (HER1PVEIN)
- vision problem (HER1PVISION)
- weight problem (HER1PWEIGHT)
The aforementioned variables indicating which conditions respondents prevented via a first herbal supplement provide a "yes" or "no" response for each condition.
For sample adults who took a second herbal supplement in the past 30 days to prevent a specific condition (HER2PREV), parallel information was collected on the conditions respondents tried to prevent with that second herbal supplement. (See, for example, HER2PADD.)
Analysts interested in the conditions that a first herbal supplement was used to prevent may wish to consult related summary variables, as well.
[show more]These include:
- Condition for which 1st herbal supplement was taken to prevent most (HER1PMOST)
- Condition count for 1st herbal supplement used to prevent a condition (HER1PCONNO)
Researchers may also be interested in the following related variables:
- Took 1st vitamin supplement to prevent specific health problem (VIT1PREV
- Took 2nd vitamin supplement to prevent specific health problem (VIT2PREV)
- Took 1st herbal supplement to treat specific health problem (HER1TREAT)
- Took 2nd herbal supplement to treat specific health problem (HER2TREAT)
- Took 1st vitamin supplement to treat specific health problem (VIT1TREAT)
- Took 2nd vitamin supplement to treat specific health problem (VIT2TREAT)
- Took herbal supplements to treat specific health problem, past 12 months (HERYTREAT)
- Took vitamins or minerals to treat specific health problem, past 12 months (VITYTREAT)
Universe
- 2007: Sample adults age 18+ who have taken one or more herbal supplements during the past 30 days.
Availability
- 2007
Weights
- 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT
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