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

Lloyd, Keith, McGregor, Joanna, John, Ann, Craddock, Nicholas John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-0610, Walters, James Tynan Rhys ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6980-4053, Linden, David Edmund Johannes ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5638-9292, Jones, Ian Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-5889, Bentall, Richard, Lyons, Ronan A., Ford, David V. and Owen, Michael John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-0862 2015. 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. Schizophrenia Research 166 (1-3) , pp. 131-6. 10.1016/j.schres.2015.05.036

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Abstract

PsyCymru was initially established 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 are now additionally linking genetic data. PsyCymru aims to create 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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Medicine Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0920-9964
Date of Acceptance:	22 May 2015
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2022 11:25
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/80993

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