@article{88d2283a2092410cb87650da17ddbc92,
title = "Evidence-based guideline implementation of quality assurance and quality control procedures in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey",
abstract = "Background: The World Mental Health surveys have been known to apply high standards of quality control, but few studies have been published to document this. Furthermore, the effectiveness of quality control has rarely been reported in the Middle East. Case presentation: The focus of this paper was to highlight the implementation of quality control procedures in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey under the World Mental Health Survey Consortium. The paper summarizes the guidelines implemented for the various phases of survey quality control-the quality assurance procedures, the quality control procedures and the quality control appraisal components-as per previously prescribed recommendations in literature. Conclusions: Survey quality management is a process and not reducible to a single event. Midstream corrections are warranted by detecting problems and intervening appropriately. The Saudi National Mental Health Survey implemented such procedures through continuous quality improvement.",
keywords = "Epidemiology, Mental health, Quality control, Survey, Survey methodology",
author = "Sanaa Hyder and Lisa Bilal and Luma Akkad and Lin, {Yu chieh} and Al-Habeeb, {Abdul Hameed} and Abdullah Al-Subaie and Mona Shahab and Abdulrahman Binmuammar and Feda Al-Tuwaijr and Noha Kattan and Yasmin Altwaijri",
note = "Funding Information: The Saudi National Mental Health Survey is funded by Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Abraaj Capital, Ministry of Health (Saudi Arabia), and King Saud University. Funding in‑kind was provided by King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Ministry of Economy and Planning, as well as the King Salman Center for Disability Research. Funding Information: The Saudi National Mental Health Survey (SNMHS) is under the patronage of the King Salman Center for Disability Research. The Ministry of Health (Saudi Arabia), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center and Ministry of Economy and Planning, General Authority for Statistics (Saudi Arabia) are its supporting partners. The SNMHS is carried out in conjunction with the World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative which is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH; R01 MH070884), the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Pfizer Foundation, the US Public Health Service (R13‑MH066849, R01‑MH069864, and R01 DA016558), the Fogarty International Center (FIRCA R03‑TW006481), the Pan American Health Organization, Eli Lilly and Company, Ortho‑McNeil Pharmaceutical, GlaxoSmithKline, and Bristol‑Myers Squibb. We thank the staff of the WMH Data Collection and Data Analysis Coordination Centres for assistance with instrumentation, fieldwork, and consultation on data analysis. None of the funders had any role in the design, analysis, interpretation of results, or prepa‑ ration of this paper. A complete list of all within‑country and cross‑national WMH publications can be found at http://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/wmh/. We thank Beth‑Ellen Pennell, Zeina Mneimneh and other staff at the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for their advice and support on the implementation of quality control procedures in the SNMHS, and for providing recurring and careful feedback concerning this manuscript. Additionally, the authors acknowledge the work of all field staff that partici‑ pated in the study, as well as the input of the SNMHS team members—both current and those that worked with us in the past. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 The Author(s).",
year = "2017",
month = sep,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1186/s13033-017-0164-0",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "International Journal of Mental Health Systems",
issn = "1752-4458",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
number = "1",
}