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Validation and Discriminant Analysis of the Athens Insomnia Scale in Older Adults 老年人雅典失眠症量表的验证与判别分析
IF 2.4 3区 医学
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70017
Huseyin Elbi, Melike Batum, Ece Ozlem Oztürk, Merve Vatansever Balcan, Ayşin Kisabay Ak, Hikmet Yilmaz, Omer Aydemir
{"title":"Validation and Discriminant Analysis of the Athens Insomnia Scale in Older Adults","authors":"Huseyin Elbi,&nbsp;Melike Batum,&nbsp;Ece Ozlem Oztürk,&nbsp;Merve Vatansever Balcan,&nbsp;Ayşin Kisabay Ak,&nbsp;Hikmet Yilmaz,&nbsp;Omer Aydemir","doi":"10.1002/mpr.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aimed to validate and discriminate the “Athens Insomnia Scale” in aged.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Patients were assessed using the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) and the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The internal consistency of the AIS was assessed using the Cronbach alpha coefficient. For validity analyses, the scale's structure validity was evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Besides, known group analyses were performed for demographic features such as age and education variables, and diagnostic groups were analyzed.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Cronbach's alpha of AIS was found to be 0.881. In the CFA, the goodness of fit indices of the two-factor model was found to be significant, which supported the two-dimension structure as a nocturnal sleep problem and its effects on daytime dysfunction. A high correlation was observed between the AIS and the PSQI. It was determined that the discrimination of the &gt; 65 patients from the &lt; 65 patients with AIS was very high, with the discriminating item “frequent nighttime awakenings” in older adults (Wilks' lambda = 0.874).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Athens Insomnia Scale is a practical, reliable, and useful tool for evaluating insomnia symptoms in older adults. Its two-dimensional structure distinguishes nocturnal sleep problems and their effects on daytime functionality.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mpr.70017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Ten-Year Cohort Study on the Stability and Trajectories of Psychiatric Diagnosis in Adolescents and Young Adults in Lazio, Italy 意大利拉齐奥青少年和年轻人精神病诊断的稳定性和轨迹的十年队列研究
IF 2.4 3区 医学
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70023
Anna Forastiere, Enrico Calandrini, Giulia Cesaroni, Anna Maria Bargagli, Nera Agabiti
{"title":"A Ten-Year Cohort Study on the Stability and Trajectories of Psychiatric Diagnosis in Adolescents and Young Adults in Lazio, Italy","authors":"Anna Forastiere,&nbsp;Enrico Calandrini,&nbsp;Giulia Cesaroni,&nbsp;Anna Maria Bargagli,&nbsp;Nera Agabiti","doi":"10.1002/mpr.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic stability of a large spectrum of psychiatric diagnoses in adolescents and young adult patients attending specialised facilities in the Lazio Region (Italy).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 3871 subjects (11–35 years) at their first hospitalisation with a psychiatric diagnosis were selected and followed up for 10 years on subsequent hospital admissions to psychiatric care.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 1145 patients were readmitted to a hospital for a psychiatric disorder in the following 10 years. Among these subjects, the concordance between the first and last diagnosis was 57.8% with a weighted kappa of 0.47 (95% CI: 0.42–0.51); the repeated stability (the same diagnosis in at least 75% of admissions) was 31.2%. The diagnostic categories with the highest values of prospective concordance and kappa were schizophrenia spectrum and other functional psychoses (70%, kappa 0.53), substance use disorders (54%, kappa 0.57), and eating disorders (80.9%, kappa 0.76).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In a population study, the stability over time of the first psychiatric diagnosis in a hospital varied according to the specific diagnostic categories, and overall, it was lower than previously reported. The trajectories were disorder-specific, and the stability was influenced by several factors, including the individuals' characteristics, the disorder's severity, and the diagnostic setting.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mpr.70023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143939160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Short Forms of the German Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS)–Validation and Normative Data of the 11- and 25-Item Versions 德国修订儿童焦虑与抑郁量表(RCADS)简表——11题和25题版本的验证和规范性数据
IF 2.4 3区 医学
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-04-26 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70022
Susanne Grothus, Ariane Sommer, Benedikt B. Claus, Lorin Stahlschmidt, Lea Höfel, Bruce F. Chorpita, Julia Wager
{"title":"Short Forms of the German Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS)–Validation and Normative Data of the 11- and 25-Item Versions","authors":"Susanne Grothus,&nbsp;Ariane Sommer,&nbsp;Benedikt B. Claus,&nbsp;Lorin Stahlschmidt,&nbsp;Lea Höfel,&nbsp;Bruce F. Chorpita,&nbsp;Julia Wager","doi":"10.1002/mpr.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study assesses the reliability and validity of two short forms of the German Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS 11- and 25-item versions) and provides normative data.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Data were collected from a representative sample of <i>N</i> = 1562 German schoolchildren and <i>N</i> = 757 pediatric chronic pain patients (ages 8–17).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Cronbach's α demonstrated acceptable to good internal consistency for the total score as well as the depression and anxiety scales. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) demonstrated acceptable to good model fit for both a 2-factor structure (RCADS-11) and a higher-order structure (RCADS-25). Multi-group CFAs demonstrated similar model structures across the school and pediatric chronic pain samples. Convergent validity was supported by moderate to high negative correlations with health-related quality of life and a high positive correlation with functional impairment. Girls—and to some extent, adolescents – scored significantly higher on anxiety and depression scales. The short versions demonstrated excellent agreement with the original 47-item RCADS (0.78 ≤ Cohen’s <i>κ</i> ≤ 1.0). German normative data are provided.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The short versions of the German RCADS are reliable and valid instruments for assessing anxiety and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mpr.70022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143877826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Modification of the Adjustment Disorder New Module20 (ADNM-20) for Use in Military Environments (ADNM-20-MIL): A Delphi and Pilot Study 修改适应障碍新模块 20 (ADNM-20) 以用于军事环境 (ADNM-20-MIL):德尔菲和试点研究
IF 2.4 3区 医学
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70021
Jouhayna Bajjani-Gebara, Dawnkimberly Hopkins, Joan Wasserman, Ryan Landoll, Margaux Keller
{"title":"Modification of the Adjustment Disorder New Module20 (ADNM-20) for Use in Military Environments (ADNM-20-MIL): A Delphi and Pilot Study","authors":"Jouhayna Bajjani-Gebara,&nbsp;Dawnkimberly Hopkins,&nbsp;Joan Wasserman,&nbsp;Ryan Landoll,&nbsp;Margaux Keller","doi":"10.1002/mpr.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite its high prevalence and strong linkages with dangerous health outcomes, research on Adjustment Disorder (AjD) is hindered by lack of diagnostic clarity. AjD is categorized as a stress-related disorder, highlighting the important role of the stressor(s) on AjD symptom onset and severity. The military community shows increased risk for AjD, and existing tools do not capture the stressors most relevant and appropriate to this unique community. A diagnostic assessment tool developed specifically for this specialized population may provide critical capability to clinical assessment.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A Delphi method was used to create a military-specific version of the standard assessment for Adjustment Disorders (ADNM-20), named ADNM-20-MIL. This tool was pilot-tested in a sample of U.S. Active Duty Service Members (ADSMs) with AjD diagnoses.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Throughout the Delphi process, military-specific stressors were identified and integrated into the ADNM-20-MIL, then refined and validated, ensuring their applicability and relevance to the military context.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The ADNM-20-MIL will enable timely diagnosis and targeted treatment for AjD, which remains a highly prevalent and destabilizing diagnosis in ADSMs.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mpr.70021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143822243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Psychometric Properties of MyCog 2.0: A Human-Centered Cognitive Screening Tool for Older Adults MyCog 2.0的心理测量特性:老年人以人为中心的认知筛选工具
IF 2.4 3区 医学
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-04-07 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70020
Stephanie Ruth Young, Yusuke Shono, Katherina K. Hauner, Jiwon Kim, Elizabeth McManus Dworak, Greg Joseph Byrne, Callie Madison Jones, Julia Noelani Yoshino Benavente, Michael S. Wolf, Cindy J. Nowinski
{"title":"Psychometric Properties of MyCog 2.0: A Human-Centered Cognitive Screening Tool for Older Adults","authors":"Stephanie Ruth Young,&nbsp;Yusuke Shono,&nbsp;Katherina K. Hauner,&nbsp;Jiwon Kim,&nbsp;Elizabeth McManus Dworak,&nbsp;Greg Joseph Byrne,&nbsp;Callie Madison Jones,&nbsp;Julia Noelani Yoshino Benavente,&nbsp;Michael S. Wolf,&nbsp;Cindy J. Nowinski","doi":"10.1002/mpr.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Self-administered, user-friendly apps that can detect initial symptoms of cognitive impairment have enormous potential to improve early detection of cognitive decline. We examine the psychometric properties of the redesigned version of MyCog, MyCog 2.0, an app-based tool for older adults that assesses executive function and episodic memory. MyCog 2.0 aims to improve usability while maintaining the psychometric validity demonstrated in the original version.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Feedback from clinicians and patients on MyCog was gathered to inform the human-centered design improvements of MyCog 2.0. To assess the psychometric properties of the improved tool, data from a community sample (<i>n</i> = 200; mean age = 73 years) who had completed MyCog 2.0 were compared to an age-matched sample who had completed the original MyCog. Internal consistency and construct validity were evaluated via confirmatory factor analysis. Bayesian differential item functioning was employed to evaluate the evidence for equivalence of MyCog and MyCog 2.0.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Internal consistency was high for executive function and episodic memory tests (<i>ω</i><sub>t</sub> = 0.84). A two-factor model showed excellent fit, demonstrating that tests measured two related yet distinct constructs, episodic memory and executive functioning, as expected. Differential item functioning between the two test versions was not observed for episodic memory performance or executive functioning accuracy; however, response time on five executive function items was found to differ across versions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Findings support MyCog 2.0 as the first reliable self-administered cognitive screener designed specifically for ease of use among older adults. Findings support the internal consistency and construct validity of MyCog 2.0 and provide a foundation for the forthcoming clinical validation studies.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mpr.70020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143786734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Estimating Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Psychiatry: A Review and Tutorial With Causal Forests 估计精神病学治疗效果的异质性:因果森林的回顾和指导
IF 2.4 3区 医学
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70015
Erik Sverdrup, Maria Petukhova, Stefan Wager
{"title":"Estimating Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Psychiatry: A Review and Tutorial With Causal Forests","authors":"Erik Sverdrup,&nbsp;Maria Petukhova,&nbsp;Stefan Wager","doi":"10.1002/mpr.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Flexible machine learning tools are increasingly used to estimate heterogeneous treatment effects.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper gives an accessible tutorial demonstrating the use of the causal forest algorithm, available in the <i>R</i> package <i>grf</i>.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Summary</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We start with a brief non-technical overview of treatment effect estimation methods, focusing on estimation in observational studies; the same techniques can also be applied in experimental studies. We then discuss the logic of estimating heterogeneous effects using the extension of the random forest algorithm implemented in <i>grf</i>. Finally, we illustrate causal forest by conducting a secondary analysis on the extent to which individual differences in resilience to high combat stress can be measured among US Army soldiers deploying to Afghanistan based on information about these soldiers available prior to deployment. We illustrate simple and interpretable exercises for model selection and evaluation, including targeting operator characteristics curves, Qini curves, area-under-the-curve summaries, and best linear projections.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A replication script with simulated data is available at https://github.com/grf-labs/grf/tree/master/experiments/ijmpr.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mpr.70015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prevalence Estimation Using a Depression Screening Tool in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Comparison of Different Cutoffs 在全国健康和营养检查调查中使用抑郁症筛查工具估计患病率:不同临界值的比较
IF 2.4 3区 医学
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70019
Ali Mertcan Köse, Paul Petzold, Dario Zocholl, Polychronis Kostoulas, Matthias Rose, Felix Fischer
{"title":"Prevalence Estimation Using a Depression Screening Tool in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Comparison of Different Cutoffs","authors":"Ali Mertcan Köse,&nbsp;Paul Petzold,&nbsp;Dario Zocholl,&nbsp;Polychronis Kostoulas,&nbsp;Matthias Rose,&nbsp;Felix Fischer","doi":"10.1002/mpr.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in the US relies on the depression screening tool PHQ-9 to assess depressive symptoms in the general population. For prevalence estimation, PHQ-9s imperfect diagnostic accuracy can be modeled with a Bayesian Latent Class Model. We investigate the impact of different cutoffs on prevalence estimation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We used data from the 16-th wave of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). We assessed the joint posterior distribution to asssess the prevalence of major depression as well as sensitivity and specificity of the PHQ-9 at cutoffs 5 to 15. We also assessed the impact of weakly and strongly informative prevalence priors.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Data from 9693 participants of the NHANES Wave 2019–2020 were analyzed. Under weakly informative prevalence priors, prevalence estimates ranged from 16.0% (95% CrI: 0.3%–87.8%) when using a cut-off of 5% to 3.9% (0.2%–12.7%) at 13. More informative prevalence priors led to narrower credible intervals, but the observed data was still in accordance with a wide range of possible MDD prevalence estimates.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Regardless of the cutoff and the prevalence prior chosen, prevalence estimation of major depressive disorders in the NHANES based on the PHQ-9 is imprecise.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mpr.70019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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IJMPR Didactic Paper: Weighting for Causal Inference in Mental Health Research IJMPR教学论文:心理健康研究中因果推理的权重
IF 2.4 3区 医学
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70018
Eric R. Cohn, José R. Zubizarreta
{"title":"IJMPR Didactic Paper: Weighting for Causal Inference in Mental Health Research","authors":"Eric R. Cohn,&nbsp;José R. Zubizarreta","doi":"10.1002/mpr.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Inverse probability weighting is a fundamental and general methodology for estimating the causal effects of exposures and interventions, but standard approaches to constructing such weights are often suboptimal.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this paper, we describe a recent approach for constructing such weights that directly balances covariates while optimizing the stability of the resulting weighting estimator.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To illustrate the use of this approach in mental health research, we present an exploratory study of the effects of exposure to violence on the risk of suicide attempt.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The direct balancing approach to weighting should be given strong consideration in empirical research due to its robustness and transparency in building weighting estimators.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mpr.70018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Evaluating Problematic Smartphone Use Among Chinese Primary School Students Using SABAS: An IRT and Network Analysis 使用SABAS评估中国小学生智能手机使用问题:IRT和网络分析
IF 2.4 3区 医学
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70016
Siyang Liu, Qian Chen, Jiayang Li, Yimeng Zhu, Xiaorong Guo, Xin Zhao
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Effect of the MyDéfi Smartphone Application on Binge Drinking Among University Students: Protocol of a Double-Blind Multicenter Prospective National Randomized Controlled Trial Using Phosphatidylethanol as a Biomarker—The SMARTBINGE Trial myd<s:1>智能手机应用程序对大学生酗酒的影响:一项以磷脂酰乙醇为生物标志物的双盲多中心前瞻性国家随机对照试验方案- SMARTBINGE试验
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International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70014
Camille André, Pierre Sauton, Méléna Dreinaza, Momar Diouf, Sandra Bodeau, Margaret Martinetti, Raphaël Trouillet, Clara de Groote, Jean-Louis Nandrino, Adèle Alexandre, Farid Benzerouk, Fabien Gierski, Pascal Perney, Laure Grellet, Judith André, Mickael Naassila
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