Dataset RC Effectiveness: Recovery College Outcomes in the Netherlands

Marloes van Wezel's dataset investigates the effectiveness of Recovery Colleges (RCs) using a propensity-score matched quasi-experimental design over two years. The data combines participants from four RCs in the Netherlands with a control group from the Panel Psychisch Gezien, a national panel hosted by the Trimbos-institute. The study, published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, measures primary outcomes of empowerment and secondary outcomes including mental health, quality of life, loneliness, and self-stigma.

Use Cases

• Evaluate the impact of Recovery Colleges on participant empowerment based on the primary outcome measure.
• Analyze secondary mental health and quality-of-life outcomes for RC participants versus a matched control group.
• Apply propensity-score matching techniques to observational mental health data.
• Reproduce the statistical analysis from the published study using the provided R code.

Strengths

• Dataset supports a published study in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
• Includes a propensity-score matched control group from a national panel (Panel Psychisch Gezien).
• Analysis code is available via an Open Science Framework (OSF) repository.
• Covers multiple outcome domains: empowerment, mental health, quality of life, loneliness, and self-stigma.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying raw data for cleaning and preparation steps are not shared due to privacy and access restrictions.

Provenance

Source

Data from four Recovery Colleges in the Netherlands and the Panel Psychisch Gezien (Trimbos-institute).

Collection Method

Quasi-experimental design using propensity-score matching over a two-year period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 06:10:26; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands