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Description

For sample adults who had used a special diet during the past 12 months (DITATKINYR, DITMACYR, DITORNYR, DITPRITYR, DITSBYR, DITVEGYR, or DITZONYR) and who had used the special diet for a specific health problem (DITTREAT), DITSURG identifies those who had also received surgery for the condition for which they most used the special diet (DITTCONMOST).

For persons who had received such surgery (i.e., those with a "yes" response in DITSURG), the complementary variable DITSURGTIM indicates whether they received such surgery before, at about the same time, or after trying a special diet.

The survey question for DITSURG also collected information about the use of other conventional medical treatments (or no conventional treatment) for the condition for which the special diet was used the most, including:

• Mental health counseling (DITCOUN)

• Prescription medications (DITPMED)

• Over-the-counter medications (DITNPMED)

• Physical therapy (DITPT)

• No conventional treatment (DITNOCONV)

Interviewers asked, "Did you receive any of these conventional medical treatments for [condition for which the special diet was used the most]?" and entered all treatments reported by the respondent.

For more information about the full range of variables related to special diets, including definitions, see DITATKINYR.

Comparability

DITSURG is only available in 2007.

Universe

Availability

• 2007

Weights

• 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT