Title |
The PsyCoLaus study: methodology and characteristics of the sample of a population-based survey on psychiatric disorders and their association with genetic and cardiovascular risk factors
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Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, March 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-244x-9-9 |
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Authors |
Martin Preisig, Gérard Waeber, Peter Vollenweider, Pascal Bovet, Stéphane Rothen, Caroline Vandeleur, Patrice Guex, Lefkos Middleton, Dawn Waterworth, Vincent Mooser, Federica Tozzi, Pierandrea Muglia |
Abstract |
The Psychiatric arm of the population-based CoLaus study (PsyCoLaus) is designed to: 1) establish the prevalence of threshold and subthreshold psychiatric syndromes in the 35 to 66 year-old population of the city of Lausanne (Switzerland); 2) test the validity of postulated definitions for subthreshold mood and anxiety syndromes; 3) determine the associations between psychiatric disorders, personality traits and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), 4) identify genetic variants that can modify the risk for psychiatric disorders and determine whether genetic risk factors are shared between psychiatric disorders and CVD. This paper presents the method as well as sociodemographic and somatic characteristics of the sample. |
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Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
Germany | 1 | 1% |
France | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 91 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
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Researcher | 19 | 20% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 15% |
Student > Master | 10 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 9 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 7% |
Other | 18 | 19% |
Unknown | 17 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 26% |
Psychology | 16 | 17% |
Neuroscience | 8 | 9% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 6% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 5% |
Other | 15 | 16% |
Unknown | 20 | 21% |