ALS Focus Wave 5 – Mobility Survey

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The ALS Association, 2025, "ALS Focus Wave 5 – Mobility Survey", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MDS4GJ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:Dx7TAbIPwgx54nrsSlSUBA== [fileUNF]
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The NeuroVERSE record contains the following files:
  • ALSFocusWave5_DataDictionary.xlsx – This is the data dictionary for surveys fielded in ALS Focus Wave 5.
  • ALSFocusWave5_Mobility.dta – This Stata file contains responses to the ALS Mobility survey for people with ALS, current caregivers, and past caregivers. This survey was available in Wave 5.
  • ALSFocusWave5_Demographics.dta – This Stata file contains responses to the Demographics survey since ALS Focus launched in February 2020.
  • ALSFocusWave5_ALSFRSandVC.dta – This Stata file contains responses to ALSFRS-R and vital capacity questions in the Health Status survey, which opened in Wave 2. Participants with ALS could answer these questions on a repeated basis, but not more than once per calendar day, on the NeuroPRO platform.
  • ALSFocusWave5_HealthStatus.dta – This Stata file contains responses to remaining questions in the Health Status survey, which opened in Wave 2. Participants with ALS could answer these questions on a repeated basis, but not more than once per calendar day, on the NeuroPRO platform.
(2025-05-19)
Subject Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Keyword ALS, Survey, Focus, Mobility, Equipment, Access, Insurance, Wheelchair, Walker, Rollator, Demographics, Disease history, Health status
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