The MATCH cohort study in the Netherlands: rationale, objectives, methods and baseline characteristics of patients with (long-term) common mental disorders.
Research in the last decades shows that common mental disorders may be long-term and severely disabling, resulting in severe mental illness (SMI). The percentage of Dutch SMI-patients with common mental disorders receiving mental health services is estimated at 65-70%. However, it is unclear which patients in fact become SMI-patients. We need to know more about the possible course of common mental disorders, understand the origins of chronicity in more detail, and have more insight in related care processes and care use of patients with common mental disorders. The MATCH cohort study is a four-year multicentre naturalistic cohort study, with yearly assessments in primary, secondary, and tertiary services in three large Dutch mental health services. Socio-demographics, mental disorders, course and severity of psychopathology, physiological health indicators, neurocognitive functioning, past and present life events, health care use and contact with mental health services, social functioning and quality of life, and recovery and well-being are assessed. Baseline findings of 283 participating individuals and their key clinicians are described. The sample appears to appropriately represent the distribution of individuals across diagnostic categories in services, and level of care (outpatient, day treatment, inpatient) in the Netherlands and other developed nations. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Research Group Social Psychiatry and Mental Health Nursing, Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen University of Applied Science, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Pro Persona Mental Health Services, Wolfheze, The Netherlands.
Bauke
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Koekkoek
Research Group Social Psychiatry and Mental Health Nursing, Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen University of Applied Science, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Willeke
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Manders
Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Faculty of Medicine and LVR Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Tendolkar
Pro Persona Mental Health Services, Wolfheze, The Netherlands.|Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Giel
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Hutschemaekers
Pro Persona Mental Health Services, Wolfheze, The Netherlands.|Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Tiemens
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
addiction; affective disorders; epidemiology; health service; personality disorder