Mental Health Supplement to the Ontario Health Survey: Methodology Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • Objective: To describe the methodology of a province-wide, cross-sectional, epidemiologic study of psychiatric disorder among those aged 15 years and over living in household dwellings in Ontario. Method: Respondents for the survey were drawn from households (N = 13 002) participating in a province-wide health survey. One person per household was selected, and 9953 (76.5%) participated. Results: Participants and nonparticipants were similar to each other. An extensive array of data, including measures of psychiatric disorder classified using a revised version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), are available for all respondents. Conclusions: The Ontario Health Supplement is contained in a public-use data file at the Ontario Ministry of Health and is available to investigators for study. A strong survey design, careful measurement, and acceptable levels of response provide the rationale for our inviting researchers to access and use the Ontario Health Supplement data base.

authors

  • Boyle, Michael
  • Offord, David R
  • Campbell, Dugal
  • Catlin, Gary
  • Goering, Paula
  • Lin, Elizabeth
  • Racine, Yvonne A

publication date

  • November 1996

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