HelpAge International,VALID International, andBrixton Health, with financialassistance from theHumanitarian Innovation Fund(HIF), have developed aRapid Assessment Method for OlderPeople (RAM-OP) that provides accurate and reliable estimatesof the needs of older people. The method uses simple procedures, in ashort time frame (i.e. about two weeks including training, datacollection, data entry, and data analysis), and at considerably lowercost than other methods. TheRAM-OP method is based onthe following principles:
Use of a familiar“household survey” design employing atwo-stage cluster sample design optimised to allow the use of a smallprimary sample (m ≥ 16 clusters) and a small overall (n ≥192) sample.
Assessment of multiple dimensions of need in older people(including prevalence of global, moderate and severe acute malnutrition)using, whenever possible, standard and well-tested indicators andquestion sets.
Data analysis performed using modern computer-intensive methodsto allow estimates of indicator levels to be made with useful precisionusing a small sample size.
Installation
You can install{oldr} fromCRAN with:
install.packages("oldr")You can install the latest development version of{oldr}from the RapidSurveys R Universe with:
install.packages("oldr",repos =c("https://rapidsurveys.r-universe.dev"))or fromGitHubwith:
if (!require(pak))install.packages("pak")pak::pak("rapidsurveys/oldr")Usage
This package contains functions that support in the data processing,analysis, and visualisation of RAM-OP survey datasets collected usingthe standard RAM-OP survey questionnaire.
The figure below illustrates the RAM-OP workflow and indicates whichfunctions in the{oldr} package support which particularstep in the process.
For a more detailed description of the RAM-OP survey, read theRAM-OP manual.
Citation
If you use the{oldr} package in your work, please citeusing the suggested citation provided by a call to thecitation function as follows:
citation("oldr")#> To cite oldr in publications use:#>#> Mark Myatt, Ernest Guevarra, Pascale Fritsch, Katja Siling (2025).#> _oldr: An Implementation of Rapid Assessment Method for Older#> People_. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7505731#> <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7505731>, R package version 0.2.3,#> <https://rapidsurveys.io/oldr/>.#>#> A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is#>#> @Manual{,#> title = {oldr: An Implementation of Rapid Assessment Method for Older People},#> author = {{Mark Myatt} and {Ernest Guevarra} and {Pascale Fritsch} and {Katja Siling}},#> year = {2025},#> note = {R package version 0.2.3},#> url = {https://rapidsurveys.io/oldr/},#> doi = {10.5281/zenodo.7505731},#> }Community guidelines
Feedback, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome; file issuesor seek supporthere. If youwould like to contribute to the package, please see ourcontributingguidelines.
This project is released with aContributorCode of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abideby its terms.
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