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01-09-2010 | Original Paper

The Dresden Predictor Study of anxiety and depression: objectives, design, and methods

Authors: Julia Trumpf, Noortje Vriends, Andrea H. Meyer, Eni S. Becker, Simon-Peter Neumer, Jürgen Margraf

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 9/2010

Abstract

Objective

The present report describes the objectives, design, and methods of the Dresden Predictor Study (DPS) of anxiety and depression, a prospective epidemiological study investigating anxiety disorders and depression in 3,065 young German women (18–25 years of age).

Materials and methods

The DPS consists of a baseline and one follow-up investigation separated by approximately 17 months. At both time points, respondents were diagnosed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) using an extended German version of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule (ADIS-IV-L). In addition to diagnostic assessment, respondents completed a battery of self-report questionnaires that provided detailed information about potential predictors of disorders and a comprehensive dimensional assessment of psychopathology.

Discussion and conclusions

Results on both response bias in the baseline investigation and effects of dropout at follow-up are presented, and strengths and limitations of the study design are discussed.

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Title: The Dresden Predictor Study of anxiety and depression: objectives, design, and methods
Authors: Julia Trumpf
Noortje Vriends
Andrea H. Meyer
Eni S. Becker
Simon-Peter Neumer
Jürgen Margraf
Publication date: 01-09-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 9/2010
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-009-0133-2

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The Dresden Predictor Study of anxiety and depression: objectives, design, and methods

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Objective

Materials and methods

Discussion and conclusions

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