====== Pregnancy and mental health (PMHQ) ======
PMHQ is the name of an [[additional assessments|additional questionnaire]] on mental health during and after pregnancy, among adult, female Lifelines participants. Implementation of this questionnaire in [[start|Lifelines]] was initiated by the [[https://umcgresearch.org/web/research/w/university-center-of-psychiatry-ucp|department of psychiatry]] of the University Medical Center Groningen.

The collected PMHQ data is currently under embargo. Please contact the Lifelines data managers at [[data@lifelines.nl]] for more information.

===== Timeline =====
Invitations were sent in October 2025. Non-responders received a personal reminder after 2 weeks. Invited participants could fill in the questionnaire until December 1st 2025.

===== Response =====
~65,000 women (18+) were invited for PMHQ.
The response rate was 27% (n=~17,900).

===== Variables =====
The PMHQ questionnaire consisted of (parts of), among others:
  * The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
  * The ROAQ add-on questionnaire
  * The Long-term Difficulties Inventory (LDI)
  * The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI)
  * The Psychosis Screening Questionnaire (PSQ)
  * The Lifetime Depression Assessment Self-Report (LIDAS)
  * 
Questions or instructions were sometimes slightly reformulated for a better fit with the scope of the study (i.e. to apply to pregnancy or the period thereafter).