Melany Horsfall

Faces Behind the Numbers

Melany Horsfall

This thesis investigated how interviewer–respondent interaction is related to data quality in the context of psychiatric research. Methodological issues are generally studied within survey research rather than psychiatric research. This thesis illustrates that attention to such methodological questions is also highly important …

Interviewer and Respondent Sociodemographic Characteristics, Rapport, and Their Joint Impact on Data Quality in the NESDA Study

Melany Horsfall, Adriaan W. Hoogendoorn, Stasja Draisma, Merijn Eikelenboom et autres

OBJECTIVES: Data quality in face-to-face interviews may be affected by sociodemographic characteristics of interviewers and respondents (age, education, and gender) as well as their (dis)similarity. Similarity in these characteristics may foster rapport, potentially enhancing cooperation and improving data quality. This study examined …

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The Mood and Resilience in Offspring (MARIO) project: a longitudinal cohort study among offspring of parents with and without a mood disorder

Annabel Vreeker, Melany Horsfall, Merijn Eikelenboom, Annemerle Beerthuizen et autres

BACKGROUND: One of the most robust risk factors for developing a mood disorder is having a parent with a mood disorder. Unfortunately, mechanisms explaining the transmission of mood disorders from one generation to the next remain largely elusive. Since timely intervention is …

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5.4 Demographics and Clinical Diagnoses in the Mood and Resilience in Offspring Study: A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Offspring of Parents With a Mood Disorder

Annabel Vreeker, Melany Horsfall, Annemerle Beerthuizen, Veerle Bergink et autres

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Predictors of mental health deterioration from pre- to post-COVID-19 outbreak

Nathaly Rius Ottenheim, Kuan‐Yu Pan, Almar A. L. Kok, Frederike Jörg et autres

Background Mental health was only modestly affected in adults during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic on the group level, but interpersonal variation was large. Aims We aim to investigate potential predictors of the differences in changes in mental health. Method …

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Investigating people’s lifetime history of suicide attempts: a roadmap for studying interviewer-related error

Merijn Eikelenboom, Melany Horsfall, Stasja Draisma

Abstract It is critically important to correctly identify persons with a lifetime history (LTH) of suicide attempts (SA) from both a clinical and research perspective. Face-to-face interviews are often the best available method for researchers to collect data about a complex phenomenon …

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Predictors of engagement with remote sensing technologies for symptom measurement in Major Depressive Disorder

Faith Matcham, Ewan Carr, Katie M White, Daniel Leightley et autres

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Predictors of engagement with remote sensing technologies for symptom measurement in Major Depressive Disorder

Faith Matcham, Ewan Carr, Katie M White, Daniel Leightley et autres

BackgroundRemote sensing for the measurement and management of long-term conditions such as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is becoming more prevalent. User-engagement is essential to yield any benefits. We tested three hypotheses examining associations between clinical characteristics, perceptions of remote sensing, and objective …

Mental health and perceived impact during the first Covid-19 pandemic year: A longitudinal study in Dutch case-control cohorts of persons with and without depressive, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Almar A. L. Kok, Kuan‐Yu Pan, Nathaly Rius Ottenheim, Frederike Jörg et autres

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the longer-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic beyond the first months of 2020, particularly for people with pre-existing mental health disorders. Studies including pre-pandemic data from large psychiatric cohorts are scarce. METHODS: Between April 2020 and February …

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Remote Assessment of Disease and Relapse in Major Depressive Disorder (RADAR-MDD): recruitment, retention, and data availability in a longitudinal remote measurement study

Faith Matcham, Daniel Leightley, Sara Siddi, Femke Lamers et autres

BACKGROUND: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is prevalent, often chronic, and requires ongoing monitoring of symptoms to track response to treatment and identify early indicators of relapse. Remote Measurement Technologies (RMT) provide an opportunity to transform the measurement and management of MDD, via …

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The Effect of Rapport on Data Quality in Face-to-Face Interviews: Beneficial or Detrimental?

Melany Horsfall, Merijn Eikelenboom, Stasja Draisma, Johannes H. Smit

The benefits of rapport between interviewers and respondents, in terms of recruiting the latter and motiving them to participate in research, have been generally endorsed. However, there has been less clarity with regard to the association between rapport and data quality. In …

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Remote Assessment of Disease and Relapse in Major Depressive Disorder (RADAR-MDD): Recruitment, retention, and data availability in a longitudinal remote measurement study.

Faith Matcham, Daniel Leightley, Sara Siddi, Femke Lamers et autres

Abstract Background Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is prevalent, often chronic, and requires ongoing monitoring of symptoms to track response to treatment and identify early indicators of relapse. Remote Measurement Technologies (RMT) provide an exciting opportunity to transform the measurement and management of …

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