Measuring self-reported health in low-income countries: piloting three instruments in semi-rural Burkina Faso

摘要

BackgroundNational surveys in low-income countries increasingly rely on self-reported measures of health. The ease, speed, and economy of collecting self-reports of health make such collection attractive for rapid appraisals. However, the interpretation of these measures is complicated since different cultures understand and respond to the same question in different ways.