Age-specific lifetime prevalence simulation

Patten, Scott B.

Age-specific lifetime prevalence simulation

dc.contributor.author	Patten, Scott B.	eng
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-05T23:46:20Z
dc.date.available	2009-09-05T23:46:20Z
dc.date.issued	2009-09-05T23:46:20Z
dc.description	This is a flash video presentation with animation depicting age-specific lifetime prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder.	eng
dc.description.abstract	This is a flash video presentation with animation depicting age-specific lifetime prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder. The goal of this project was to explore the puzzling pattern of lifetime prevalence by age - contrary to expectation the lifetime prevalence has been observed to decline with age. This has usually been interpreted as a cohort effect. The simulations (which derive from a steady state incidence-prevalence-mortality model) indicate that the puzzling pattern of declining lifetime prevalence with age does not necessarily represent a cohort effect - the simulations suggest that various factors may contribute: declining incidence with age, recall failure and differential mortality.	eng
dc.description.refereed	No	eng
dc.description.sponsorship	The project from which this simulation arose was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.	eng
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/10744
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47413
dc.language.iso	eng	eng
dc.publisher.corporate	University of Calgary	eng
dc.publisher.faculty	Medicine	eng
dc.rights	Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	*
dc.subject	Health Sciences	eng
dc.subject	Epidemiology	eng
dc.subject.other	Depressive disorders	eng
dc.subject.other	Prevalence	eng
dc.subject.other	Period prevalence	eng
dc.subject.other	Lifetime prevalence	eng
dc.subject.other	Cross-sectional studies	eng
dc.subject.other	Mental health	eng
dc.title	Age-specific lifetime prevalence simulation	eng
dc.type	video	eng
thesis.degree.discipline	Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry	eng