A study of impulsivity and adverse childhood experiences in a population health setting

Importance: Complex mental health traits and life histories are not well ascertained in a hospital system. Screening unselected populations using the Barratt Impulsivity Scale and Adverse Childhood Experiences may be useful predictive tools for assessing adult disease risks. 
Objective: Determine whether two standard self-assessments are predictive of incidence and onset of disease.
Design: Retrospective cohort study. All participants answered the Healthy Nevada Project Behavioral and Mental Health Questionnaire between September 2018 and March 2024. 
Setting: Large healthcare system in Northern Nevada.
Participants: All-comer adults in Healthy Nevada Project who answered Behavioral and Mental Health Questionnaire.
Exposure: Impulsivity levels computed via Barratt’s Impulsivity Scale and retrospective self-reporting of Adverse Childhood Experiences.
Main Outcomes and Measures: Disease associations with impulsivity and Adverse Childhood Experiences were evaluated using a phenome-wide ass..., , , # A Study of Impulsivity and Adverse Childhood Experiences in a Population Health Setting

## Description of the data and file structure

This file contains 17,479 participants with columns representing age at consent stratified into 5 year age ranges, sex, BIS (Barratt Impulsivity Scale)-15 score, and the number of Aces (Adverse Childhood Experiences). 

For sex, females are 0 and males are coded as 1.Â