PMID- 35696337
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220817
IS  - 1929-0748 (Print)
IS  - 1929-0748 (Electronic)
IS  - 1929-0748 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 7
DP  - 2022 Jul 29
TI  - The World Mental Health International College Student Survey in Canada: Protocol 
      for a Mental Health and Substance Use Trend Study.
PG  - e35168
LID - 10.2196/35168 [doi]
LID - e35168
AB  - BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization World Mental Health International 
      College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative aims to screen for mental health and 
      substance use problems among postsecondary students on a global scale as well as 
      to develop and evaluate evidence-based preventive and ameliorative interventions 
      for this population. This protocol paper presents the Canadian version of the 
      WMH-ICS survey, detailing the adapted survey instrument, the unique weekly 
      cross-sectional administration, the multitiered recruitment strategy, and the 
      associated risk mitigation protocols. OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to provide a 
      methodological resource for researchers conducting cross-national comparisons of 
      WMH-ICS data, as well as to serve as a useful guide for those interested in 
      replicating the outlined cross-sectional methodology to better understand how 
      mental health and substance use vary over time among university students. 
      METHODS: The online survey is based on the WMH-ICS survey instrument, modified to 
      the Canadian context by the addition of questions pertaining to Canadian-based 
      guidelines and the translation of the survey to Canadian French. The survey is 
      administered through the Qualtrics survey platform and is sent to an independent 
      stratified random sample of 350 students per site weekly, followed by two 
      reminder emails. Upon survey closure every week, a random subsample of 70 
      nonresponders are followed up with via phone or through a personal email in an 
      effort to decrease nonresponder bias. The survey is accompanied by an extensive 
      risk mitigation protocol that stratifies respondents by the level of need and 
      provides tailored service recommendations, including a facilitated expedited 
      appointment to student counseling services for those at increased risk of 
      suicide. The anticipated sample size is approximately 5500 students per site per 
      year. RESULTS: In February 2020, the Canadian survey was deployed at the 
      University of British Columbia. This was followed by deployment at Simon Fraser 
      University (November 2020), McMaster University (January 2021), and the 
      University of Toronto (January 2022). Data collection at all 4 sites is ongoing. 
      As of May 6, 2022, 29,503 responses have been collected. CONCLUSIONS: Based on 
      international collaboration, the Canadian version of the WMH-ICS survey 
      incorporates a novel methodological approach centered on the weekly 
      administration of a comprehensive cross-sectional survey to independent 
      stratified random samples of university students. After 27 months of consecutive 
      survey administration, we have developed and refined a survey protocol that has 
      proven effective in engaging students at four Canadian institutions, allowing us 
      to track how mental health and substance use vary over time using an 
      internationally developed university student survey based on the criteria from 
      the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition). 
      INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): RR1-10.2196/35168.
CI  - (c)Laura B Jones, Carolina Judkowicz, Kristen L Hudec, Richard J Munthali, Ana 
      Paula Prescivalli, Angel Y Wang, Lonna Munro, Hui Xie, Krishna Pendakur, Brian 
      Rush, James Gillett, Marisa Young, Diana Singh, Antoaneta A Todorova, Randy P 
      Auerbach, Ronny Bruffaerts, Sarah M Gildea, Irene McKechnie, Anne Gadermann, 
      Chris G Richardson, Nancy A Sampson, Ronald C Kessler, Daniel V Vigo. Originally 
      published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 
      29.07.2022.
FAU - Jones, Laura B
AU  - Jones LB
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6387-7542
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 
      Vancouver, BC, Canada.
FAU - Judkowicz, Carolina
AU  - Judkowicz C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0732-4609
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 
      Vancouver, BC, Canada.
FAU - Hudec, Kristen L
AU  - Hudec KL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8573-1491
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 
      Vancouver, BC, Canada.
FAU - Munthali, Richard J
AU  - Munthali RJ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8492-7409
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 
      Vancouver, BC, Canada.
FAU - Prescivalli, Ana Paula
AU  - Prescivalli AP
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4490-7398
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 
      Vancouver, BC, Canada.
FAU - Wang, Angel Y
AU  - Wang AY
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2001-2220
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 
      Vancouver, BC, Canada.
FAU - Munro, Lonna
AU  - Munro L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8002-8008
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 
      Vancouver, BC, Canada.
FAU - Xie, Hui
AU  - Xie H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3328-7135
AD  - Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
FAU - Pendakur, Krishna
AU  - Pendakur K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5773-8266
AD  - Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
FAU - Rush, Brian
AU  - Rush B
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9289-6072
AD  - Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division, Dalla Lana School of Public 
      Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - Gillett, James
AU  - Gillett J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4998-4090
AD  - Department of Health, Aging & Society, Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster 
      University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
FAU - Young, Marisa
AU  - Young M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8880-7356
AD  - Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University, 
      Hamilton, ON, Canada.
FAU - Singh, Diana
AU  - Singh D
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1093-307X
AD  - Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University, 
      Hamilton, ON, Canada.
FAU - Todorova, Antoaneta A
AU  - Todorova AA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0791-218X
AD  - Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - Auerbach, Randy P
AU  - Auerbach RP
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2319-4744
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
FAU - Bruffaerts, Ronny
AU  - Bruffaerts R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0330-3694
AD  - Center for Public Health Psychiatry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, 
      Belgium.
FAU - Gildea, Sarah M
AU  - Gildea SM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1988-4072
AD  - Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United 
      States.
FAU - McKechnie, Irene
AU  - McKechnie I
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7035-239X
AD  - Okanagan Planning and Institutional Research, University of British Columbia, 
      Kelowna, BC, Canada.
FAU - Gadermann, Anne
AU  - Gadermann A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6947-1052
AD  - School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of 
      British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
FAU - Richardson, Chris G
AU  - Richardson CG
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7641-7027
AD  - School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of 
      British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
FAU - Sampson, Nancy A
AU  - Sampson NA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2971-6072
AD  - Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United 
      States.
FAU - Kessler, Ronald C
AU  - Kessler RC
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4831-2305
AD  - Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United 
      States.
FAU - Vigo, Daniel V
AU  - Vigo DV
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4445-4122
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 
      Vancouver, BC, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220729
PL  - Canada
TA  - JMIR Res Protoc
JT  - JMIR research protocols
JID - 101599504
PMC - PMC9377443
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Canada
OT  - Canadian
OT  - World Mental Health International College Student Initiative
OT  - anxiety
OT  - depression
OT  - epidemiology
OT  - mental health
OT  - online survey
OT  - questionnaire
OT  - screen
OT  - student health
OT  - substance use
OT  - survey
OT  - trend
COIS- Conflicts of Interest: CGR reports receiving personal fees from the University of 
      British Columbia during the conduct of this study. In the past 3 years, RCK was a 
      consultant for Datastat, Inc., Holmusk, RallyPoint Networks, Inc., and Sage 
      Therapeutics. He has stock options in Mirah, Prepare Your Mind (PYM), and Roga 
      Sciences. The other authors have no conflicts to declare.
EDAT- 2022/06/14 06:00
MHDA- 2022/06/14 06:01
PMCR- 2022/07/29
CRDT- 2022/06/13 12:52
PHST- 2021/11/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/06/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/05/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/06/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/06/14 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/06/13 12:52 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/07/29 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - v11i7e35168 [pii]
AID - 10.2196/35168 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Jul 29;11(7):e35168. doi: 10.2196/35168.