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A national population-based e-cohort of people with psychosis (PsyCymru) linking prospectively ascertained phenotypically rich and genetic data to routinely collected records: Overview, recruitment and linkage
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Joanna McGregor ,
Ann John ,
Nick Craddock,
James T. Walters,
David Linden,
Ian Jones,
Richard Bentall,
Ronan Lyons ,
David Ford ,
Michael J. Owen
Schizophrenia Research, Volume: 166, Issue: 1-3, Pages: 131 - 136
Swansea University Authors:
Keith Lloyd , Joanna McGregor , Ann John , Ronan Lyons , David Ford
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.schres.2015.05.036
Abstract
PsyCymru was developed as a proof of concept to investigate the feasibility of linking a prospectively ascertained, well-characterised (linked clinical cohort) of people with psychosis in Wales, UK with large amounts of anonymised routinely collected health record data. We have now additionally link...
| Published in: | Schizophrenia Research |
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| ISSN: | 0920-9964 |
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Elsevier BV
2015
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22303 |
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PsyCymru was developed as a proof of concept to investigate the feasibility of linking a prospectively ascertained, well-characterised (linked clinical cohort) of people with psychosis in Wales, UK with large amounts of anonymised routinely collected health record data. We have now additionally linked genetic data. PsyCymru is a research platform and infrastructure for psychosis research in Wales by the establishment of two cohorts. The first is a well characterised clinically-assessed cohort of 490 individuals aged 16 and over, including genetic data. Consented individuals underwent a structured interview using a series of well-validated questionnaires and gave blood for the purpose of DNA extraction for sequencing and candidate gene identification. This data was linked to routinely collected health and social datasets with identity encryption used to protect privacy. The second is a much larger (12,097 individuals) but less well characterised population-based e-cohort of prevalent psychosis cases created using a previously validated algorithm applied to anonymised routine data. Both cohorts can be tracked prospectively and retrospectively using anonymised routinely collected electronic health and administrative data in the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) databank. This unique platform pools data together from multiple sources; linking clinical, psychological, biological, genetic and health care factors to address a wide variety of research questions. This resource will continue to expand over the coming years in size, breadth and depth of data, with continued recruitment and additional measures planned. |
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| Keywords: |
E-cohort; Health informatics; Routine data, Psychosis, phenotype, genotype |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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1-3 |
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131 |
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136 |