From: Longitudinal population-based studies of affective disorders: Where to from here?
Study | Country | Years | Instrument | Follow-up rate | Waves | Baseline Age Range | Initial cohort size |
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Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (DMHDS) (Krueger et al., 1998) | New Zealand | 1972 - | Modified DIS | 92.7% | 10 | Birth cohort | 1037 |
Christchurch Health and Development Study (Fergusson and Horwood, 2001) | New Zealand | 1977 - | Modified DIS for Children; CIDI component | 80% | 21 | Birth cohort | 1265 |
Epidemiologic Catchment Study (ECA) (Eaton et al., 1984) | USA | 1981–1982 | DIS | 78–83% | 2 | 18 years and older | 10,861 10,185 |
Baltimore ECA (Chen et al., 2000) | USA | 1981 – 1994 | DIS | 73% | 3 | 18 years and older (small oversampling of elderly) | 3481 |
New Haven ECA | USA | 1980–1982 | DIS or CESD | 81% | 2 | 18 years and older (large oversampling of elderly) | 5034 (1977 elderly) |
National Comorbidity Study – 2 (Kessler, Merikangas et al., 2003b) | US | 1990–2002 | CIDI | 76.6% | 2 | 15–54 years | 8098 |
Michigan Community Sample (Breslau et al., 2005) | US | 1989–2001 | DIS | 89% | 4 | 21–30 years | 1007 |
Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology (EDSP) (Stein et al., 2001) | Germany | 1994–2004 | Munich CIDI | 84% | 2 (plus 10 year follow-up of partial wave) | 14–24 years | 3021 |
Northern Rivers Mental Health Study (NoRMHS) (Beard et al., 2006) | Australia | 1996–1998 | CIDI | 69% | 2 (plus screening) | 18 years and older | 1407 |
Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS) (De Graaf et al., 2002) | Nether-lands | 1996–1999 | CIDI | 65% | 3 | 18–64 years | 7076 |
British National Household Survey (Brugha et al., 2005) (Skapinakis et al., 2006) | UK | 2000–2002 | CIS-R | 68% | 3 | 16–74 years | 3536 (stratified sample of first wave) |
Aldona prospective study (Patel et al., 2006) | India | 2001–2003 | CIS-R | 87% | 3 | 18–50 years | 2494 women |