| Title: | Mental health in UK Biobank - development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants: a reanalysis |
| Journal: | BJPsych Open |
| Published: | 6 Feb 2020 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32026800/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.100 |
Publication 2664
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Abstract
A group of experts in mental health disorders in the population worked together with UK Biobank scientists to design and send out a questionnaire about mental health. The questionnaire aimed to tell the difference between participants who had experienced depression, anxiety or addiction disorders and those who had not. They also asked about self-harm and unusual experiences, and about their overall wellbeing. The questionnaire was sent out by email, and when the team analysed the data in August 2017, they were able to look at 157,366 completed questionnaires, which is 31% of UK Biobank participants. The people who responded tended to be more educated and slightly more healthy than those in UK Biobank who did not, which could lead to problems with the results if this responder bias is not accounted for. Thirty-five percent (35%) of people who responded to the questionnaire had one or more of the mental disorders we looked for, and many of those had more than one. This is approximately what we would expect in a population sample of this age. The team hope that other researchers will be able to use these questionnaire results to carry out research in UK Biobank that involves mental health, and the links between physical and mental health.Note: Original publication (2018) was corrected, then subsequently redacted (2019) for reasons of accuracy in the reporting of alcohol use disorders. Reanalysed (2020) is the final version of the publication.
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- Davis KAS et al.
1 Application
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| 16577 | Investigations of the genetic overlap between internalising psychiatric disorders and co-morbid physical health disorders. |
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