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Prevalence estimates and associations observed among healthy volunteers may not reflect associations that would be seen in representative samples.
“Therefore prevalence estimates and associations observed among healthy volunteers may not reflect associations that would be seen in representative samples ( Pierce et al., 2020).”
From The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: update of living systematic review (2021) · cites this paper as Pierce et al., 2020
Prevalence estimates and associations observed among healthy volunteers may not reflect associations that would be seen in representative samples.
“Therefore prevalence estimates and associations observed among healthy volunteers may not reflect associations that would be seen in representative samples ( Pierce et al., 2020).”
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- Authors
- Pierce, M., McManus, S., Jessop, C., John, A., Hotopf, M., Ford, T., Hatch, S., Wessely, S., & Abel, K. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Manchester (GB)
- City, University of London (GB)
- NatCen Social Research (GB)
- Swansea University (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Pierce, Matthias
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Lancet Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-07
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 567-568
- ISSN
- 2215-0366 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7266586
- OpenAlex
- W3030292334
- Cited by
- 399
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 70 · 2022: 88 · 2021: 133 · 2020: 44
- FWCI
- 33.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- City Research Online (City University London) (acceptedVersion)
- Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Apollo
- Funders
- European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
- Wellcome Trust
- Guy's and St Thomas' Charity
- Economic and Social Research Council
- National Institute for Health Research
- Innovative Medicines Initiative
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, mental health, mental health survey, sampling, survey representativeness, vulnerable populations, mental health data collection, public health response
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, Interdisciplinary Research, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Health Surveys, Humans, Mental Health, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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