%0 Journal Article
%T Reporting suicide attempts: consistency and its determinants in a large mental health study
%J International journal of methods in psychiatric research
%D 2014
%A Eikelenboom, Merijn
%A Smit, Johannes H.
%A Beekman, Aartjan T. F.
%A Kerkhof, Ad J. F. M.
%A Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.
%V 23
%N 2
%P 257-266
%X A lifetime history (LTH) of suicide attempts (SAs) is frequently assessed in mental health surveys. However, little is known about the reliability of assessing a LTH of SA. This study examined the consistency and its determinants of reporting a LTH of SA in a large cohort of persons with a history of depression and/or anxiety. Data are from the baseline and two-year assessments of the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety. Persons with a Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI)-based lifetime depressive and/or anxiety disorder (N = 1973) constitute the study sample. A LTH of SAs was assessed at baseline and at two-year follow-up. Of the persons who reported at either interview a LTH of SAs, more than one-third did not report this consistent at both interviews. Moreover, indications were found for more consistent reporting among persons with a higher number of SAs and among persons with current (severe) psychopathology as compared to those with remitted or less severe current psychopathology. Our results showed that even a salient topic as a history of SAs is prone for reporting errors, and that current psychological state influences reporting of a LTH of SAs. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 1049-8931
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1423