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Re: st: RE: Compute a summary variable based on a predefined algorithm |
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Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:08:43 +0200 |
Hi there,
I tried this; to generate first (I am calling first3):
bysort childid (day): gen first3=diar==1 & diar[_n-1]!=1 & diar[_n-2]!=1 &
diar[_n-3]!=1
Here I got the desired results: i.e, correct definition of an episode of
diar. Please see the revised screenshot showing the new listing of first3
and epis3.
Now the next challenge is to define peristent diarrhoea (a string of >= 14
consecutive diar days).
e.g. diar 00011111111111111000110011101111111111000000 would be 2
episodes of persistent diarrhoea (note the second episode has some
diarrhoea free days, but do not amount to >=3 days,so it is still the same
episode). This will require marking of the begining of an episode (in my
case I have done this with first3) and last day of the episode (I am not
sure how to derive this). Once this is done, then we can compute the
duration between first3 and last day (lastday).
Again, I have not thought about missing value for diar in any of these
definitions. For now I am assuming they are diarrhoea free days.
Can anyone help me get to the next stage,
Thanks in advance,
Shuaib
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:25:03 +0200, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
This problem is easier than you think in that no use of looping
(-foreach- etc.) is needed. It is difficult in that there are
different possible reactions to missings on -v1-. This
post indicates one kind of solution.
You have panel data. You could -tsset- it without loss:
tsset childid day
That means that you could then use -tsspell- from SSC.
Alternatively, you can work from first principles.
I show the latter, but you might to look at -tsspell- too.
On one definition, each episode of diarrhea (in English,
diarrhoea) starts when v1 is 1 and the preceding value is not 1:
bysort childid (day): gen first = v1 == 1 & v1[_n-1] != 1
-first- is an indicator variable. You can use it to define
episodes:
by childid : gen episodes = sum(first)
_or_
by childid : gen episodes = cond(v1 == 0, 0, sum(first))
You can record the start dates of each episode:
by childid : gen start = day if first
by childid : replace start = start[_n-1] if !first
The time since the previous start is then
by childid : gen time_since = start - start[_n-1] if first
and you are then interested in counting how many episodes
are not within three days of the previous:
by childid : egen n_episodes = total(first * (time_since >= 3))
The first episode is always included on this definition.
Nick
[email protected]
Shuaib Kauchali
I have data set of birth cohort data with longitudinal
follow-up of these
children till they were 9months old (270days), unless they
were lost to
follow up or died before then.
the data structure looks like this:
Childid (repeated group variable, daily visit to the clinic)
day (day of visit)
v1 (diarrhea on that day of visit)
v2 <--this is the variable I would like to get(defined as diarrhea
episodes: a string of 1's separated by at least 3 consecutive
0's is an
episode)
childid day v1 v2
1 1 . .
1 2 . .
1 3 . .
1 4 . .
2 1 0 1
2 2 1 1
2 3 1 1
2 4 0 1
3 1 1 2
3 2 1 2
3 3 0 2
3 4 0 2
3 5 0 2
3 6 1 2
3 7 1 2
4 1 1 1
4 2 . 1
4 3 1 1
4 4 0 1
4 5 . 1
4 6 0 1
4 7 0 1
5 1 0 1
5 2 1 1
5 3 0 1
5 4 1 1
6 1 0 0
6 2 0 0
6 3 0 0
6 4 0 0
6 5 0 0
6 6 0 0
6 7 0 0
Note:
1. childid=4 is a bit tricky because of missing values; we
assume the
episode to be one as there were not more than 3 days
separating 2 events.
2. childid=1 has not had any visits recorded, so he gets
missing values
for v2.
3. not everyone is followed-up for the same period: loss to
follow-up,
death, or completed the study (in my data set this should
happen when the
child reaches 270 days from birth. This is a birth cohort of
2500 children)
My problem is I am unable to manipulate the data in Stata to
get me the
summary v2 of the number of episodes of diarrhea per child by
total number
of days observed. I am new to stata, but have been am a good
learner (I
have many of the stata press books to help). One way I came
across in the
books was to use explicit subscriptiing; this would allow me
to count the
total number of days followed per child; but I ma not sure
how to create
the alogorithm for the v2 creation--perhaps foreach,
forvalue, or even
while, local macro???. I find the commands a bit intimidating for a
newcomer, but am willing to spend time learning it.
Can anyone help?
Best wishes
Shuaib
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Shuaib Kauchali
Dept of Paediatrics & Child Health
Child Health Epidemiology
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
South Africa
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