A tool to assess risk of bias in studies estimating the prevalence of mental health disorders (RoB-PrevMH).

Thomy Tonia Diana Buitrago-Garcia Natalie Luise PeterCristina Mesa-VieiraTianjing LiToshiaki A Furawaka Andrea Cipriani Stefan Leucht Nicola Low Georgia Salanti

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)

We developed a brief, user friendly, and adaptable tool for assessing RoB in studies on prevalence of mental health disorders. Initial results for interrater agreement were fair to substantial. The tool's validity, reliability, and applicability should be assessed in future projects.

Keyphrases

mental health
risk factors
case control
mental illness