Jan R. Boehnke

@jrboehnke.bsky.social

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I work at the School of #HealthSciences, University of Dundee

Measurement, (health-related) quality of life #HRQL, multimorbidity, #ResearchEthics, publishing, #PeerReview, research assessment

Ex- #REF2021, former #NightshiftEditor

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Sep 1

New #AcademicYear - New #introduction

I am a researcher at #DundeeUni, interested in health-related quality of life
#HRQoL #Psychometrics

I teach #ResearchMethodology and #ResearchMethods (focus #Quantitative)

I worked as a #NightshiftEditor and mull over roles in and sense of #AcademicPublishing

A bronze statue of a lemming from the game Lemmings looking over the top of a pillar. It hangs on to the pyramidal shaped top with its right hand, looking into the distance shielding its eyes with the left. Palm trees and other flowers like in a park or garden are visible behind. Clouds in the sky, but some blue visible as well.

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 2d

Is this legit @ukri.org?

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Mark Haselgrove @markhaselgrove.bsky.social · 3d

So, I have been asked (cold emailed) to evaluate the novelty of (at least) one paper that overlaps with one of my own.

It's part of something called the meta science unit...

noveltyindicators.challenges.org

Has anyone else been part of this? I'm struggling to find any reason why I should do this.

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 3d

Revisiting 14 year old paper, and I am still not sure who at that time thought that password-protected pdfs for download of a scientific publication were a good idea... 😅

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 4d

Important note in this report by the Future #DSM Strategic Committee:
Acknowledgement of the importance of functioning and quality of life, and tasking a sub-committee w finding assessments that align with recovery-oriented care
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

#HRQL #HRQoL #MentalIllness #DSM5

Initial Strategy for the Future of DSM | American Journal of Psychiatry

PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.

psychiatryonline.org

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 4d

Anecdote from the other side:
In health economic papers it is quite usual to report the response patterns from a particular questionnaire, e.g.,
11111
12111
...

Despite our efforts to communicate this to the publisher's staff, the proofs went out
11,111
12,111
...

#EQ5D #NightshiftEditor

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 5d

Within @youthreacheu.bsky.social, SELFIE is one of the interventions aiming to improve youth #MentalHealth.

It is a training for #YoungPeople who have experienced adversity and struggle w low self-esteem.

Read Anna Kessler's blog post about context and intervention:
youth-reach.eu/quietly-stru...

Quietly Struggling: Creating Space for Youth Mental Health with the SELFIE intervention - YOUTHreach

I move between two worlds: the therapy room, where I meet individual young people, and research meetings, where we talk about systems, data, and interventions. In both spaces I see the same reality: y...

youth-reach.eu

Reposted by Richard McElreath, Mark Rubin, Rebecca Sear , and 6 more Richard McElreath, Mark Rubin, Rebecca Sear, Ingo Rohlfing, Markus Wagner, Johannes Breuer, Florian Keusch, Kris Hardies, Jan R. Boehnke

Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 5d

New preprint! So, what's a multiverse analysis good for anyway?>

With @jessicahullman.bsky.social and @statmodeling.bsky.social

juliarohrer.com/wp-content/u...

What’s a multiverse good for anyway?

Julia M. Rohrer, Jessica Hullman, and Andrew Gelman

Multiverse analysis has become a fairly popular approach, as indicated by the present special issue on the matter. Here, we take one step back and ask why one would conduct a multiverse analysis in the first place. We discuss various ways in which a multiverse may be employed – as a tool for reflection and critique, as a persuasive tool, as a serious inferential tool – as well as potential problems that arise depending on the specific purpose. For example, it fails as a persuasive tool when researchers disagree about which variations should be included in the analysis, and it fails as a serious inferential tool when the included analyses do not target a coherent estimand. Then, we take yet another step back and ask what the multiverse discourse has been good for and whether any broader lessons can be drawn. Ultimately, we conclude that the multiverse does remain a valuable tool; however, we urge against taking it too seriously.

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EuroQol Research Foundation @euroqol.bsky.social · 7d

Research update 📣

Our large-scale population health study EQ-DAPHNIE is gaining momentum. Surveys led by Jeff Johnson & Bas Janssen now cover 15 countries and 70,000 respondents.

💭 Next: surveys in Indonesia, Poland & Singapore, plus a pilot longitudinal study in the USA.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 9d

A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com.

p.s. my new book of science cartoons, ‘Physics for Cats’ is out now. Links at www.tomgauld.com

Panel 1:
A tech bro strides across a stage. The word
“PeoplBOTS” is in huge letters behind him.

He says: “Our journey began with a simple question:”

Panel 2
“Can we create a robot that is enormously powerful, but also completely safe?”

Panel 3
“The answer to that question was 'No'.”
A huge red armoured metal robot trundles across the stage belching smoke. It has a flamethrower for one arm and large shears for the other. Its eyes glow meanly red.
Tech bro announces “So I give you: Dangerbot900!!”

Reposted by Richard J. Butler, Alan McNally, Jan R. Boehnke

Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 10d

Scientists are concerned that curiosity-driven research is set to be further cut back after three research councils confirmed they have paused funding opportunities. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports #academicsky #researchfunding
https://ow.ly/lpvO50Y67ku

Three UK research councils suspend funding opportunities

Temporary block on grant applications by MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC heightens concerns over funding cuts

ow.ly

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 13d

There's still time to sign up for tomorrow's @rssdiversity.bsky.social online session! 📊

Topic - Statistics for Every Body: Inclusive Data Communication for Audiences with Visual and Auditory Impairments

Date - Wednesday 28 January 2026, 12.00PM - 1.30PM

Location - Online

#DataViz #RStats

Event image with title Statistics for Every Body: Inclusive Data Communication for Audiences with Visual and Auditory Impairments

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 13d

Two colleagues and I read "Peer Support Services Reaching People with Schizophrenia"
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

If interested in the area, I think we would recommend reading it. Brief reflections from our perspective:
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

#RealistReview #SocialSupport

Peer Support Services Reaching People with Schizophrenia

This book provides a comprehensive view of peer support reaching people with schizophrenia. Interviews with experts in the field are presented.

link.springer.com

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University of St Andrews @uniofstandrews.bsky.social · 16d

Ahead of Burns Night, we asked students to name their favourite Scottish food. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What's your favourite?

#EverToExcel

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 18d

The PROCEED study identified outcomes for #depression that matter to patients, caregivers, #healthcare professionals, an excellent read:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32711710/

#Psychometrics #ContentValidity #Validity #PhilSky #Measurerment

Identifying outcomes for depression that matter to patients, informal caregivers, and health-care professionals: qualitative content analysis of a large international online survey - PubMed

Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale and NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 18d

Core outcome sets are a strong tool to improve quality of and communication about research, but especially to align PRACTICE and research. A #COS for #depression has the potential to move the dial considerably:
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
#GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 18d

"I will try to remember that the world is more beautiful because it’s not all about me, or like me, or for me" 🖖

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Madintheuk @madintheuk.bsky.social · 19d

New Year Open Letter to the Prime Minister
By Cathy Wield

madintheuk.com/2026/01/new-...

#MentalHealthReform #NHSMentalHealth #HumanRights #MentalHealthLaw #Psychiatry #CriticalPsychiatry #LivedExperience #EndCoercion
#DisabilityRights #UKPolitics

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 19d

Links:

* www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

** www.thelancet.com/series-do/mi...

*** Taken from results2021.ref.ac.uk/impact/dac99...
#REF2021

World is short of nearly a million midwives, report warns

Shortage raises rates of maternity intervention, while improving access to care could potentially save 4.3m lives a year, say experts

www.theguardian.com

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 19d

"[...] #midwifery is an essential intervention that can substantively improve survival, health, and well-being in low-, middle-, and high-income countries" ***

#DundeeUni #BanasGluine #GlobalHealth #MaternalHealth

World is short of nearly a million midwives, report warns

Shortage raises rates of maternity intervention, while improving access to care could potentially save 4.3m lives a year, say experts

www.theguardian.com

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 19d

The recent Guardian headline* about the world being short a million midwives connected to our School's history in leading the Lancet Series on #Midwifery **
www.linkedin.com/pulse/2014-l...

Photo of two magazines, an issue of THE LANCET and its executive summary. The front of both shows the same picture of a woman sitting and holding a baby. They both look at each other.

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 24d

Summaries of the work:

Brief comment from me on LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Press release from #DundeeUni
www.dundee.ac.uk/press-releas...

Back to basics in the field of loneliness: Progressing conceptualisation and definition of the term | Jan R. Böhnke

Starting the first full week of the new year with a reading recommendation from the Living Well With Long-term Conditions Research Group: "Back to basics in the field of loneliness: progressing concep...

www.linkedin.com

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 24d

Looking for a #WeekendRead?

How about my colleague's umbrella concept analysis of #loneliness:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The work aims to address the lack of a comprehensive, unified, conceptualisation of loneliness and the consequent lack of a clear definition.

#Psychometrics #PhilSky

Back to basics in the field of loneliness: progressing conceptualisation and definition of the term – an umbrella concept analysis

The absence of a comprehensive, unified, conceptualisation of loneliness and the consequent lack of a clear and precise theoretical definition of loneliness impede research, policy and practice act...

www.tandfonline.com

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 24d

If interested in the consortium and/or young people's #MentalHealth, follow us on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/company/yout...

and maybe we'll be active on Bsky soon as well 🤭
@youthreacheu.bsky.social

#FollowFriday #CYPMH

LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 24d

YOUTHreach evaluates whether 3 youth-friendly interventions supporting young people facing #MentalHealth challenges are cost-effective, safe and applicable to other populations.

Year 2 consortium meeting coming up next week:
www.linkedin.com/posts/youthr...

More about the research:
youth-reach.eu

#youthreach #youthmentalhealth #greatteam #consortiummeeting #barcelona #maybealsosometapas | YOUTHreach_EU

Like a mural, meaningful change is never created by one hand alone. In January, the YOUTHreach consortium meets in Barcelona to connect, reflect and co-create the next steps in improving youth mental ...

www.linkedin.com

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Kris Inwood, Jan R. Boehnke

Eran Tal @erantal.bsky.social · 25d

Deadline today!! Society for the Study of Measurement, June 22-25, 2026, University of Edinburgh. 500-word abstract. #histsci #philsci #PhilSky #MLSky #psycsci #PsychSciSky #dataethics 🧪https://measurementsociety.org/2026-second-biennial-conference/

2026 – Second Biennial Conference – The Society for the Study of Measurement

measurementsociety.org

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 25d

@ckronenberg.bsky.social

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 26d

I have been following and used #JASP on and off over the years and I liked it a lot.

This tutorial makes it really interesting!
"Measurement Invariance with Moderated (Non-)Linear #FactorAnalysis in JASP"
osf.io/preprints/ps...

I hope I can trial it soon! (esp. for teaching!)

#Psychometrics

OSF

osf.io

Reposted by Jill A. Jacobson, Jan R. Boehnke

Egon Dejonckheere @dejonckheeregon.bsky.social · 26d

We’re launching a bi-weekly m-Path blog on #ESM / #EMA measurement, new papers & showcases.

🗓️ Every 2 weeks (Wed).

First up: item quality.
A paper by @gudruneisele.bsky.social introduces ESM-Q: a consensus checklist for good momentary items.

👉 Read the blog: blog.m-path.io/blog/our-blo...

What makes a good ESM / EMA survey item?

blog.m-path.io

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 27d

Taken from the Taxonomy paper:

"As time and methods advance, the bedrock of applied valuation research naturally becomes increasingly unreliable, and, as a field, we need to consider how to approach this challenge."

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 27d

I really enjoy reading the expanding literature on #invariance of #ValueSets. Two interesting papers and a taxonomy regarding #obsolescence

1- link.springer.com/article/10.1...

2- www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

3- link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#HealthEconomics
#EQ5D #Psychometrics

Client Challenge

link.springer.com

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