{
  "abstract": "Objectives Little research focuses on mechanisms underlying the well-recognised relationship between mental and physical health, or its potential to influence adherence and response to treatments. This short report summarises results of the National Institute for Health and Care Research-funded ‘Core Mental Health Data Set (CMHDS)’ study to embed a digital tool for routine collection of mental health data in physical health studies.Methods Four chief investigators of physical health trials were approached to embed the CMHDS into their study. Two trials, one for people receiving specialist cystic fibrosis (CF) care, and the established Salford Kidney Study (SKS) successfully managed to embed CMHDS.Results A combined 478 participants from both studies were invited to complete the CMHDS. Of those approached, 88% agreed to complete CMHDS; 44% completed it. In the SKS, people who completed CMHDS were significantly younger and had higher estimated glomerular filtration rates and were from least deprived areas. In the CF study, there was no significant difference in characteristics of participants who did or did not complete the tool.Discussion It was feasible, and researchers and participants considered it acceptable, to embed the CMHDS in physical health studies as part of routine data collection.Conclusion Future studies should embed the CMHDS routinely and encourage completion to minimise bias and optimise the added value of having mental health covariates or predictor variables in physical health studies.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Women’s Mental Health, The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, Manchester, England, UK",
        "GM.Digital Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Kathryn Mary Abel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Women’s Mental Health, The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, Manchester, England, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Auden Edwardes"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Women’s Mental Health, The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, Manchester, England, UK",
        "GM.Digital Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Heidi Tranter"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Salford Care Organisation, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, England, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Paul Dark"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Adult CF Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK",
        "Division of Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Robert D Sandler"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Salford Care Organisation, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, England, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Philip A Kalra"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Health Data Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Ann John"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Adult CF Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK",
        "Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, England, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Martin Wildman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Primer, The University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Philip Bell"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Oaklands Hospital, Salford, England, UK",
        "Euxton Hall Hospital, Chorley, England, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Nawar Diar Bakerly"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "GM.Digital Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK",
        "Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, Manchester, England, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Pauline Whelan"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Core Mental Health Data Set (CMHDS) methods feasibility paper",
  "uid": "8ba4b62a-d425-5db0-83f9-a3261c5f144e"
}