diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml index b479f897..fce389b5 100644 --- a/config.yml +++ b/config.yml @@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ languages: url: /ada/ parent: Case studies weight: 10 + - name: Matilda Centre at University of Sydney + url: /matilda/ + parent: Case studies + weight: 20 - name: Help weight: 50 - name: FAQ diff --git a/content/en/blog/example-repository.md b/content/en/blog/example-repository.md index 1cd2f3d4..79218497 100644 --- a/content/en/blog/example-repository.md +++ b/content/en/blog/example-repository.md @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ date: 2024-11-19 categories: ["development"] image: /images/examples-repo.png - -url: "/open-source-for-social-science/example-respository/" +aliases: ["/open-source-for-social-science/example-respository/"] +url: "/open-source-for-social-science/example-repository/" --- For users who have been using Harmony in their research, we have created an example scripts repository here diff --git a/content/en/matilda.md b/content/en/matilda.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d3143028 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/en/matilda.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: " Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney using Harmony" +--- + + +{{< htmlcode >}} + +{{}} + + +## Case Study: Harmonising Psychological Distress Measures with Harmony + +Dr. Deanna Varley and Associate Professor Matthew Sunderland, both based at the [Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney](https://www.sydney.edu.au/matilda-centre/), have been using Harmony on a data harmonisation project with large population-based Australian surveys that have measured psychological distress with different scales and sometimes with different versions of the same scale. + +Their goal was to identify pre-existing data in Australia that has measured psychological distress and to combine and harmonise multiple large-scale Australian population surveys, each employing various psychological distress measures, into a unified dataset. + +## The challenge + +The primary challenge was the heterogeneity of the psychological distress measures used across the different surveys. While many surveys employed the [Kessler Psychological Distress Scale](https://www.tac.vic.gov.au/files-to-move/media/upload/k10_english.pdf) (K10), others used variations of the K10 or entirely different scales such as the [mental health component of the SF-36](/harmonisation-validation/sf-36-health-survey/). + +Examples of the kinds of items Dr Varley was matching include + +> During the past four weeks, have you accomplished less than you would like as a result of any emotional problems, such as feeling depressed or anxious? + +and + +> During the past four weeks, how much of the time have you had any of the following problems as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or anxious)? Accomplished less than you would like. + +## Data Collection and Preparation + +Dr. Varley compiled a list of 282 surveys, each containing various psychological distress measures, from various sources including the [Australian Data Archive](/ada/). + +She manually extracted the exact wording of each item from the survey instruments, and then used [Harmony’s R library](/open-source-for-social-science/harmony-r-package/) to match the items by pairs and identify which surveys contained matching or partially matching instruments. + +Dr Varley also provided feedback on how to improve the tool and example R scripts which we have included in the [R examples repository](/open-source-for-social-science/example-repository/). + +Dr Varley wrote to us on [the Harmony Discord server](/community/), + +> Thanks so much for developing this great tool! It's been so useful for our research and has made our work significantly faster and easier. diff --git a/static/images/matilda.webp b/static/images/matilda.webp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a7eb9082 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/images/matilda.webp differ