The development and implementation of the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, the National Survey of American Life, and the National Latino and Asian American Survey

• Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 241 - 269
• Main Authors: Pennell, Beth-Ellen, Bowers, Ashley, Carr, Deborah, Chardoul, Stephanie, Cheung, Gina-qian, Dinkelmann, Karl, Gebler, Nancy, Hansen, Sue Ellen, Pennell, Steve, Torres, Myriam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01-11-2004
• Subjects: Adult; Comorbidity; Composite International Diagnostic Interview; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Data Collection - statistics & numerical data; Epidemiologic Research Design; Ethnic Groups - psychology; Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data; field procedures; Health Surveys; Humans; Interview, Psychological; mental disorders; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Mental Disorders - ethnology; Original; psychiatric epidemiology; questionnaire development; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; United States
• ISSN: 1049-8931; 1557-0657
• DOI: 10.1002/mpr.180

This paper provides an overview of the development and implementation of the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES): the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS‐R), the National Survey of American Life (NSAL), and the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). It describes the instrument development and testing phases, the development of training and other project materials, interviewer recruitment and training activities, and data collection procedures and outcomes. The last section offers recommendations for other researchers who undertake similar studies and who might benefit from the experiences learned in the development and operation of NCS‐R, NSAL and NLAAS. Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd.