The Brief Symptom Inventory in the Swiss general population: Presentation of norm scores and predictors of psychological distress: Data supporting the publication

This is the dataset on which the following publication is based:

• Michel G, Baenziger J, Brodbeck J, Mader L, Kuehni CE, Roser K (2024). The Brief Symptom Inventory in the Swiss general population: Presentation of norm scores and predictors of psychological distress. PLOS One. 19(7), e0305192. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305192, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305192

A description of the sample and the data collection procedure is available in the publication.

The dataset contains the following variables:
• Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample
- Weights according to representative general population sample
- Sex from Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO)
- Age at study (rounded to integer)
- Age categories (10-year age groups)
- Language questionnaire (German/Rumantsch, French, Italian)
- Nationality from SFSO
- Migration background
- Education
- Employment status
• Original and prepared data on the Brief Symptom Inventory

A detailed data dictionary is available in a separate excel file.

Version
• 1.0 (15 August 2024)