He, Xingyu's dataset contains records for 1,120 adolescent patients initially diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). Recruitment for this program will be conducted from September 2024 to September 2025 at hospitals in Nanchong City and Wusheng County, Sichuan Province. The data is hosted on Harvard Dataverse and was last updated in June 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze demographic patterns of adolescent MDD patients based on recruitment location.
- Study temporal trends in initial MDD diagnoses based on the planned 12-month recruitment period.
- Investigate potential regional factors in adolescent depression based on data from two specific Chinese hospitals.
Strengths
- Planned recruitment of 1,120 adolescent patients provides a substantial sample size.
- Data collection is planned for a defined 12-month period from September 2024 to September 2025.
- Recruitment from two distinct hospital sites in Sichuan Province may allow for some geographic comparison.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the two specific recruitment hospitals.
Provenance
- Source
- Affiliated Hospital of Chuanbei Medical College and People's Hospital of Wusheng County.
- Collection Method
- Recruitment of adolescent patients initially diagnosed with MDD.
- Time Range
- September 2024 to September 2025
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-01 20:00:21; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Nanchong City and Wusheng County, Sichuan Province, China.