Summary
The aims of the Camberwell Cumulative Psychiatric Register are to provide a sampling-frame for the study of psychiatric illness, and statistical data relevant to the planning of local psychiatric services. The Register is an economical and flexible instrument to use for these epidemiological and operational purposes because information from a wide variety of medico-social sources is collated, selective biasses and duplicated counts are avoided, census and other general population data can be used to calculate rates and to provide comparative sampling frames, and the information collected is accumulated over time. The methods of reporting, recording and coding material, and transforming it into electronic computer input and output are described.
Résumé
Les objectifs du fichier psychiatrique de Camberwell sont principalement de fournir un cadre échantillon pour l'étude des maladies mentales et des données statistiques utiles pour l'organisation des services psychiatriques locaux. Le fichier est un instrument d'un usage économique et souple pour les travaux épidémiologiques et opérationnels. Il permet de recueillir une information en provenance d'une grande variété de sources médico-sociales, il évite les biais sélectifs et les doubles comptes, les données de recensement ou autres sur la population peuvent être utilisées pour calculer des taux et fournir des données comparatives, enfin l'information recueillie est enregistrée dans le temps. L'article décrit les méthodes de collecte, d'enregistrement, de codage et d'exploitation par calculateur électronique.
Zusammenfassung
Die Ziele des „Camberwell Cumulative Psychiatrie Register“ bestehen darin, ein ausgewähltes Register als Gerüst für das Studium psychiatrischer Krankheiten und für statistische Daten zu liefern, die relevant für die Planung von gemeindepsychiatrischen Diensten sind. Das Register ist ein ökonomisches und flexibles Instrument, um es für diese epidemiologischen und organisatorischen Zwecke zu benutzen, weil Informationen aus einer großen Vielfalt sozial-medizinischer Quellen gesammelt werden, selektive Tendenzen und doppelte Zählungen vermieden werden, weil Volkszählungen und andere allgemeine Populationsdaten benutzt werden können, um Quoten zu berechnen und um Vergleichsdaten von Erhebungen zu liefern, darüber hinaus wird die angesammelte Information im Laufe der Zeit angestapelt. Es werden die Methoden des Protokollierens, des Registrierens und des Verschlüsseins und der Transformation in eine elektronische Computerein und -ausgabe beschrieben.
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Wing, L., Bramley, C., Hailey, A. et al. Camberwell cumulative psychiatric case register Part I: Aims and methods. Soc Psychiatry 3, 116–123 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00577835
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