McBride, Orla and Butter, Sarah and Murphy, Jamie and Hartman, Todd K. and McKay, Ryan and Hyland, Philip and Shevlin, Mark and Bennett, Kate M. and Stocks, Thomas V. A. and Lloyd, Alex and Gibson‐Miller, Jilly and Levita, Liat and Mason, Liam and Martinez, Anton P. and Vallières, Frédérique and Karatzias, Thanos and Bentall, Richard P. (2022) Tracking the psychological and socio‐economic impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the UK: A methodological report from Wave 5 of the COVID‐19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 31 (4). pp. 1-16. ISSN 1049-8931

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Objectives The COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study was established in March 2020 to monitor the psychological and socio-economic impact of the pandemic in the UK and other countries. This paper describes the protocol for Wave 5 (March–April 2021). Methods The survey assessed: COVID-19 related experiences; experiences of common mental health disorders; psychological characteristics; and social and political attitudes. Adults who participated in any previous wave (N = 4949) were re-invited to participate. Weights were calculated using a survey raking algorithm to ensure the longitudinal panel was nationally representative in terms of gender, age, and household income, amongst other factors. Results Overall, 2520 adults participated. A total of 2377 adults who participated in the previous survey wave (November–December 2020) were re-interviewed at Wave 5 (61.5% retention rate). Attrition between these two waves was predicted by younger age, lower household income, children living in the household, and treatment for mental health difficulties. Of the adults recruited into the C19PRC study at baseline, 57.4% (N = 1162) participated in Wave 5. The raking procedure re-balanced the longitudinal panel to within 1.5% of population estimates for selected socio-demographic characteristics. Conclusion This paper outlines the growing strength of the publicly available C19PRC Study data for COVID-19-related interdisciplinary research.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	attrition; COVID‐19; longitudinal survey; mental health; psychological;
Academic Unit:	Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	17753
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1928
Depositing User:	Philip Hyland
Date Deposited:	26 Oct 2023 10:16
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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