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Cohort Acronym
HSE
Cohort typeGeneral population-based cohort
Disease
Participant type
No diagnosis
Profile
Recruitment Period
1991 onwards
Sample size at start or planned sample size if still recruiting
>10,000
Estimated Current Sample Size
Age at Recruitment
>0
Gender
Male and Female
Abstract
The Health Survey for England series was designed to monitor trends in the nations health, to estimate the proportion of people in England who have specified health conditions, and to estimate the prevalence of risk factors associated with these conditions. The surveys provide regular information that cannot be obtained from other sources on a range of aspects concerning the publics health. The surveys have been carried out since 1994 by the Joint Health Surveys Unit of NatCen Social Research and the Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at UCL. Individuals are asked for written consent to link their HSE records to mortality and cancer registration data (from HSE 1994 onwards) and to Hospital Episodes Statistics (from HSE 2003 participants onwards).
Each survey in the series includes core questions and measurements (such as blood pressure, height and weight, and analysis of blood and saliva samples), as well as modules of questions on topics that vary from year to year. New topics in 2014 year included hearing and mental health. The achieved sample for the 2014 survey was 8,077 adults (aged 16 and over) and 2,003 children (aged 0-15).
Country
United Kingdom
Contact details
Institution name
UCL (University College London) and NatCen Social Research
Website
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hssrg/studies/hse
Principal Investiator (PI)
Professor Jennifer Mindell (UCL) and Anne Conolly (NatCen)
Contact email
PI email: Anne.Conolly@natcen.ac.uk; j.mindell@ucl.ac.uk
Contact phone number
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1866; +44 (0) 20 7679 1269
Address
HSSRG, Research Dept Epidemiology & Public Health
1-19 Torrington Place
London
WC1E 6BT
Funders (Core support)
NHS Digital
Variables Collected
Brain related measures: N/A
Funtional rating: Individual physiological, Individual psychological
Anthropometric: Blood pressure, Height, Hip circumference, Waist circumference, Weight
Physical: Hearing and Vision, Respiratory
Biological samples: Blood, Saliva, Urine
Genotyping: N/A
Brain imaging: N/A
Brain banking: N/A
Lifestyle: Alcohol, Dietary habits, Physical activity, Smoking
Socio-economic: Education, Ethnic group, Family circumstances, Housing and accommodation, Income and finances, Marital status, Occupation and employment, Unpaid care
Health service utilisation: Formal health and social care service utilisation including private care
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