Increase in suicide following an initial decline during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.08.30.20184168: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
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Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources The adjusted model for equation (2) can be written as: We use a package “ppmlhdfe” to estimate the regression, with options “weight”, “absorb” and “cluster” in STATA version 16 to implement all the Poisson regression analyses60.
STATAsuggested: (Stata, RRID:SCR_012763)Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your code and data.
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:We conclude by discussing the limitations of our study. First, while we have proposed potential mechanisms for the linkage between the pandemic and …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.08.30.20184168: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
NIH rigor criteria are not applicable to paper type.Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources The adjusted model for equation (2) can be written as: We use a package “ppmlhdfe” to estimate the regression, with options “weight”, “absorb” and “cluster” in STATA version 16 to implement all the Poisson regression analyses60.
STATAsuggested: (Stata, RRID:SCR_012763)Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your code and data.
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:We conclude by discussing the limitations of our study. First, while we have proposed potential mechanisms for the linkage between the pandemic and suicides, it is challenging to disentangle the contributions of each factor. To do so, one needs variation in the timing and intensity of each contributor (e.g. disease prevalence, government interventions, economic shocks, financial support, and working conditions). However, the COVID-19 pandemic affects almost every community and citizen concurrently, and our analyses could not fully utilise such variation. Moreover, we could not investigate the effect among specific subgroups of interest. For example, mental health consequences among healthcare professionals have been of great concern as they are taking on extraordinary burdens during the pandemic54,55. Similarly, suicide effects among those with a high risk of case fatalities (those with the presence of comorbidities)2,3, financial strain (low-skilled or low-income workers)36, or social isolation (including those who need mental health care or those with cognitive disorders) should be carefully monitored. Additionally, suicide data may not be precise during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is possible that some suicide deaths were not found, or were reported after delays. Also, suicide might have been misclassified as a different cause of death because the pandemic could have disrupted the reporting process. If any of these is the case, our estimates could be understated. Finally, we...
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