The DOSMED STUDY - data
These data files were analysed for the 13-year follow-up paper, and have not been edited in any way since then. They are the data entered from the rating schedules, in SPSS .SAV format.
N.B. This data must NOT be analysed without careful consideration of the schedules used to obtain the data (available on this website). Specifically, the wording and context of the questions asked, both within the schedules, within the setting of the study, and the position of psychiatric clinical science and broader society at the time of the study. Interpretation of this data without considering these factors will probably lack any validity.
STUDY ENTRY: File: Ieall2.sav
Variables:
CENT1 Study Centre (see first page of rating schedules)
CASENO1 Subject ID in the study
DATDY1 DATMH1 DATYR1 Day, Month and Year the rating schedule was filled out
P0En.n = Present state Examination
H0Sn.n = Psychiatric & Personal History Schedule
DP0n.n = Diagnostic & Prognostic Schedule
S0Sn.n = Screening Schedule
D0Sn.n = Disability Assessment Schedule
P0Rn.n = Psychological Impairments Rating Schedule (PIRS)
Example: Variable ‘P0E1.31’ = ‘Present State Examination’ at ‘Year 0’ (i.e. entry), Punch Card 1 Item 31
1 YEAR FOLLOW-UP:
No computer record available
2 YEAR FOLLOW-UP File: Fu2.sav
P2En.n = Present State Examination
P2Hn.n = Psychiatric & Personal History Schedule
D2Pn.n = Diagnostic & Prognostic Schedule
D2Sn.n = Disability Assessment Schedule
P2Rn.n = Psychological Impairments Rating Schedule (PIRS)