Systematic Review Psychological and behavior investigation of Chinese residents: Concepts, practices, and prospects^☆

Abstract

To provide researchers with a comprehensive understanding of the Psychological and Behavior Investigation of Chinese Residents (PBICR), this paper introduces its background and features from four aspects. In terms of design concept, the PBICR focuses on various aspects of the mental health and health behaviors of the Chinese population, takes full account of timeliness and efficiency, adheres to the original intention of open data access and data sharing, and builds a high-quality database with large-sample, multi-center, repetitive, and a nationwide cross-sectional design to promote data mining and exchange and cooperation; in terms of survey implementation, the PBICR adopts a combination of population size-proportional, multi-stage sampling and quota sampling, and obtains data through face-to-face field surveys with strict quality control to ensure the representativeness and reliability of the samples. Regarding to the output, the PBICR's research content is rich and updated in line with international hotspots, which can satisfy the demand for research needs on diversified variables and data. Previous research results have had a significant impact in many fields such as public health, management, communication, and psychology. Looking ahead, the PBICR will gradually complete the construction of databases from the general database to sub-databases, pay attention to special populations and globally widespread areas, add perspectives on tracking surveys and biomedical data research, and have greater research potential to drive research on the mental and behavioral health of Chinese population through the overall layout of the multi-dimensional.

Keywords

Mental health / Health behavior / Database / Cross-sectional studies / Chinese population

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Authors' contributions

Conceptualization, W.Y.; Methodology, W.Y., F.S., L.D. and S.X.; Data curation,F.S. and L.D.; Formal analysis, not applicable; Funding acquisition, not applicable; Project administration, not applicable; Resources, not applicable; Supervision, W.Y., F.S. and L.D.; Validation, W.Y. and S.X; Writing—original draft, F.S. and L.D.; Writing—review and editing, W.Y., F.S. and L.D. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Funding

This research was supported by grants from National Health Commission of the PRC (NHC-HEPR202401).

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