Scottish Health Survey 2013 - volume 1: main report

References and notes

1 Inequalities in Health. Report of the Measuring Inequalities in Health Working Group. Measuring Inequalities in Health Working Group, 2003.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/47171/0013513.pdf

2 Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020. World Health Organization, 2013.
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/89966/1/9789241506021_eng.pdf?ua=1

3 Mental Health Strategy for Scotland 2012-2015. Scottish Government, 2012.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/08/9714/2

4 Delivering for mental health. Scottish Government, 2006.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/11/30164829/0

5 Towards a mentally flourishing Scotland: policy and action plan 2009-2011. Scottish Government, 2009. www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/271822/0081031.pdf

6 See: www.chooselife.net/

7 Scottish Government Suicide Prevention Strategy 2013-2016. Scottish Government, 2013.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/12/7616

8 The National Performance Framework is described here:
www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Performance/purposestratobjs

9 See: www.healthscotland.com/scotlands-health/population/mental-health-indicators.aspx

10 Scotland's Mental Health: Adults 2012. Edinburgh: NHS Health Scotland, 2012. See:
www.healthscotland.com/documents/6123.aspx

11 Scotland's Mental Health: children and young people 2013. NHS Health Scotland / ScotPHO, 2013. www.scotpho.org.uk/publications/reports-and-papers/1159-Scotlands-mental-healthchildren-and-young-people-2013

12 The suicide reduction HEAT target is described here:
www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Performance/scotPerforms/partnerstories/NHSScotlandperformance/SuicideReduction

13 The CAMHS 18 week treatment HEAT target is described here:
www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Performance/scotPerforms/partnerstories/NHSScotlandperformance/CAMHS18weeks

14 The access to psychological therapies HEAT target is described here:
www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Performance/scotPerforms/partnerstories/NHSScotlandperformance/PsychologicalTherapies.
This information is considered developmental, in that NHS Boards, ISD and the Scottish Government are working together to improve the completeness and consistency of the data.

15 Caring Together: The Carers Strategy for Scotland 2010-2015. Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2010. www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/23153304/0

16 The Future of Unpaid Care in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2006.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/02/28094157/0

17 For information on the Short Breaks Fund see: www.sharedcarescotland.org.uk/short-breaksfund.html

18 For information on the inclusion of the carers indicator in the GP contract see:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/05/8702/2

19 For information about the Reshaping Care for Older People Change Fund, see:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/Support-Social-Care/Support/Older-People/ReshapingCare

20 Getting it Right for Young Carers: The Young Carer's Strategy for Scotland: 2010-2015.
Scottish Government, 2010. www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/08/16095043/0

21 The briefing paper on the development of WEMWBS is available here:
http://www.healthscotland.com/scotlands-health/population/Measuring-positive-mental-health.aspx

22 Stewart-Brown, S. and Janmohamed, K. (2008). Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS). User Guide Version 1. Warwick and Edinburgh: University of Warwick and NHS Health Scotland.

23 The translation was carried out solely to ensure that speakers of other languages were not excluded from the Scottish Health Survey. There were insufficient numbers of non-English speaking people in the sample to enable comparisons of their health with the rest of the population. As the primary intention was to prevent the exclusion of people due to language barriers, the translated WEMWBS questions were not subject to the full extent of validation that would need to take place if the questionnaire was being used to assess wellbeing in a whole population of non-English speakers. It is therefore possible that the translated WEMWBS scale (and other questions in the survey) is not directly comparable to the English version. However, the number of interviews that used translated materials was judged to be too small to affect the national estimates presented here so all cases have been included in the analysis.

24 Lewis, G. & Pelosi, A. J. (1990) Manual of the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule CIS-R. London: Institute of Psychiatry; Lewis G, Pelosi AJ, Araya R, Dunn G. (1992) Measuring psychiatric disorder in the community; a standardised assessment for use by lay interviewers. Psychological Medicine, 22, 465-486.

25 The nurse interview is conducted with one adult at a time, whereas the main interview can be conducted concurrently with up to four household members present. It was therefore easier to ensure that these questions could be answered in confidence. Nurses were also thought to be etter placed to handle very sensitive topics such as these than interviewers conducting a general health survey who would have required additional specialist briefing. A leaflet with various help lines was handed to all participants in the nurse visit. From 2012, these questions are included in the biological module of the survey, conducted by specially trained interviewers, and will be completed by participants using a self-completion computer aided questionnaire.

26 The General health chapters from previous Scottish Health Survey reports are available via the Scottish Government website at www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/scottishhealth-survey/Publications

27 Blanchflower, D.G. and Oswald, A.J. (2008). Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle? Social Science & Medicine. 66, 1733-1749.

28 For information about deaths by suicide in Scotland in 2013 see:
http://www.scotpho.org.uk/health-wellbeing-and-disease/suicide/key-points

29 McManus, S. (2012). Chapter 1: General Health and Mental Wellbeing. In Rutherford, L., Sharp, C. and Bromley, C. [Eds]. The Scottish Health Survey 2011 - Volume 1: Adults. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/09/7854/6