PROMs, asthma outcomes, public-health datasets, wearables, and sugar availability all point to the same problem: convenient metrics can miss the realities they are meant to track. Covers 2026-08-27 to 2026-09-03; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. What counts as progress, and who gets counted? Explore the tools, tradeoffs, and evidence behind wellbeing metrics, from GDP alternatives and resilience indicators to mental health, aging, climate, and care. Episode covers 2026-08-27 – 2026-09-03. Top papers Comparative performance of the EQ-5D-5L, EQ-HWB, and PROMIS-10 in screening for history of anxiety and depression in the general adult population in 15 countries Quality Assessment of Public Health Datasets and Their Alignment With the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) Data Elements. Retirement, Economic Vulnerability, and Subjective Wellbeing: A 13-Year Panel Study from the UK Food Inadequacy, Economic Vulnerability and Wellbeing in Fragile West African Countries: Evidence from Panel AMG and CCEMG Estimation Techniques Digital Biomarkers and Wearable Bioelectronics Across Neurological, Cardiopulmonary, and Mental Health Conditions: Clinical Evidence and Barriers to Adoption Themes: mental health, quality of life, depression, patient-reported outcomes, wellbeing, anxiety, older adults, subjective well-being Methods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, cross-sectional, comparative analysis Premium News Premium also covers 10 related news stories, including ground.news — Mexicans Are More Satisfied with Their Lives than Five Years Ago, but Encouragement and Safety Do Not Improve: INEGI - El Sol De México, asiasociety.org — From the Therapy Room to the Chatbot: How China's Young Generation Is Redefining Mental Health Care, and ec.europa.eu — European Statistical Monitor: August edition. Upgrade to Premium The premium version of this podcast covers all 40 research articles and 10 news stories selected for the episode. Subscribe to the premium podcast. Generated by paperboy.fm.
