Development of a prototype for high-frequency mental health surveillance in Germany: data infrastructure and statistical methods.

ABSTRACT: In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of associated non-pharmaceutical containment measures, the need for continuous monitoring of the mental health of populations became apparent. When the pandemic hit Germany, a nationwide Mental Health Surveillance (MHS) was in conceptual development at Germany's governmental public health institute, the Robert Koch Institute. To meet the need for high-frequency reporting on population mental health we developed a prototype that provides monthly estimates of several mental health indicators with smoothing splines. We used data from the telephone surveys German Health Update (GEDA) and COVID-19 vaccination rate monitoring in Germany (COVIMO). This paper provides a description of the highly automated data pipeline that produces tim

SUBMITTER: Junker S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10375021 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature