tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " The Psychiatric Case Register Middle Netherlands"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The Psychiatric Case Register Middle Netherlands | Smeets et al. BMC Psychiatry 2011 11 106 http 1471-244X 11 106 BMC Psychiatry CORRESPONDENCE Open Access The Psychiatric Case Register Middle Netherlands 1 1 23 1 1 1 Hugo M Smeets Wijnand Laan Iris M Engelhard Marco PM Boks Mirjam I Geerlings and Niek J de Wit Abstract Background The Psychiatric Case Register Middle Netherlands PCR-MN registers the mental healthcare consumption of over Dutch 760 000 inhabitants in the centre of the Netherlands. In 2010 the follow-up period was over ten years. In this paper we describe the content aims and research potential of this case register. Description All mental healthcare institutions in the middle-western part of the province of Utrecht participate in the PCR-MN case register. All in- and out-patients treated in these institutions have been included in the database from the period 2000 to 2010. Diagnosis according to DSM-IV on axis I to IV visits to in- and out-patient clinics and basic demographics are recorded. A major advantage of this register is the possibility to link patients anonymously from the PCR-MN cohort to other databases to analyze relationships with determinants and outcomes such as somatic healthcare consumption mortality and demographics which further increases the research potential Conclusions The PCR-MN database has a large potential for scientific research because of its size duration of follow-up and ability to link with additional databases and is accessible for academic researchers. Background Psychiatric case registers PCRs are described as patient-centered longitudinal records of contacts with a defined set of psychiatric services originating from a defined population 1 . In Denmark systematic collection of psychiatric data existed as early as 1938 and computerized recording of data started in 1969 2 . The first registers in Great Britain arose around the 1960s. The Netherlands originally had three PCRs one in the north one in the south and one in the west of which the .