4858 Mental Health Report - National University of Ireland, Galway

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Findings from the Compatibility and Comparability of Mental Health and Related Health Data Sources 6 PHASE 1 In the first phase of this project a total of 25 organisations or individual persons responded with information about their involvement in mental health research in the form of reports, articles and questionnaires or interview schedules used in the data collection process. Following analysis of the 25 responses obtained, it was subsequently noted that nine of these reports did not have information related to a definable population-based survey. These nine responses would be more accurately characterised as organisational annual reports, strategy documents or clinical surveys rather than population-based survey reports. A further two surveys, while population based, related to attitudes towards mental health and well-being and were not considered directly relevant for mental health monitoring purposes. Details were received of 14 surveys which did meet the inclusion criteria for this study. Table 5 lists the authors and study names and Table 6 describes the associated survey design, methodology, target population, sample size and year the survey work was undertaken. Ten surveys were carried out in the Republic of Ireland, three in Northern Ireland and one was performed in both jurisdictions plus the USA. All the surveys were cross-sectional in design and had been carried out in the previous four years, with the exception of the Living in Ireland Survey of 1994 which was a panel survey, and the cross-national survey which was circa 1995. The target population for the majority of the surveys in each area was adults, defined as 18 years and over in the Republic of Ireland and 16 years and over in the North. The Health Behaviours in School Children survey was the only survey relating to younger people and was performed in both the North and South of Ireland using a self-administered questionnaire completed in a classroom setting. The smallest sample size from all the studies was 131 and the largest 16,600. A variety of sample frameworks were used across the various surveys. Of the adult surveys, in the Republic of Ireland there were five national, two regional and two local, and two regional in the North. Three of the national surveys in the Republic of Ireland related to the general population. The sample for both components of the National Health and Lifestyle Survey (SLÁN) was selected from a nationally representative population framework, the electoral register. While the sample for the main component was randomly selected and nationally representative across various socio-demographic and economic groupings, a smaller sub-sample was used in the examination component and resulted in a quota based sample. The main component of SLÁN used a postal self-administered questionnaire, while in the examination component the participant attended a clinic and was given the questionnaire to complete during the examination process. The Living in Ireland Survey is part of the ongoing European Household Panel Survey, a Europe-wide harmonised approach 95
Findings from the Compatibility and Comparability of Mental Health and Related Health Data Sources primarily carried out for socio-economic monitoring purposes. The Irish survey, however, includes additional modules designed to allow wider assessment of households and individuals. Interviewer administered questionnaires were completed by individuals randomly selected from the electoral register. The Northern Ireland Survey of Health and Social Wellbeing is similar to SLÁN in that it was the survey of health and behaviour risk factors among the general population in Northern Ireland. Over 3,000 households were selected from the Valuation and Land Agency list of private addresses in Northern Ireland. Each member of the household over the age of 16 years was asked to complete a questionnaire, administered by a fieldworker. While two other surveys in the Republic of Ireland were nationally representative, they related to specific population groupings - General Health Care of the Prisoner Population and Prevalence of Depression in Third Level Students. Both surveys used self-administered questionnaires completed in their respective settings. Similarly, the Survey of Health in the Northern Ireland Civil Service is specific only to the civil servant population and used postal self-administered questionnaires. The Cross-National Survey of mothers aged 55 years and over used nationally representative samples in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Interviews were conducted in the home with the women, and following the interview, a self-administered questionnaire was completed. The other adult surveys were either regionally based or relating to sectors of the local population. In the Republic of Ireland, rural populations were targeted in the Mental illness in an elderly rural population in Ireland: a prevalence study. The elderly were specifically surveyed in the regional Health and Social Services for Older People. The two other non-nationally representative surveys focussed on homeless men in Dublin and mental health specifically in the Western Health Board area. There were no local surveys identified in Northern Ireland. Two population-based surveys were identified which are currently in progress. The INSURE (Ireland North-South Urban Rural Epidemiological) survey is a prospective investigation into age and demographic risk factors for suicidal behaviour (McClelland and Malone). The Health Status Health Gain Unit, NUI Galway is beginning a prospective investigation into health and inequalities using three age cohorts across various life stages in the western and eastern populations of the Republic of Ireland (Lifeways Cohort study). Mental health is an integral component of this study with self-reported measures and biological markers being used for assessment purposes. A summary of the mental health indicators and the measures used, sociodemographic and economic indicators, related lifestyle behaviours and mental health problems are shown for each survey in Table 7. In total, 14 different mental health indicators were identified from the various surveys, with 12 different types of measurement scales used. 96
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