Singapore Health 2012

Disease follow-up for all the cohorts is conducted by active follow-up every 5 years and linkage to national disease and death registries.

The Singapore Health study is a nationally representative cross-sectional survey with the aim to estimate the prevalence of:

1. Health conditions of hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes, overweight and obesity, hearing loss and chronic kidney disease, mental wellbeing and to allow comparison of these data with the National Health Survey 2010;
2. Specific health behaviours; and
3. Participation in health screening for chronic diseases, cervical cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer

2,352 Singapore citizens and permanent residents of age 18 to 79 years old participated in the survey from August 2012 to March 2013. Overall response rate was 40%. 1956 of the participants also underwent physical examination, additional surveys and provided blood and urine samples for tests and storage.

Last update – 28/06/2017

Types General population-based cohort
Participant Types No diagnosis
Countries
Genders Male and Female
Sample sizes 0 to 4,999
Ages 0 to 9|10 to 19|20 to 39|40 to 59|60 to 100
Brain related measures Cognitive function|Mental health|Neurological
Funtional rating
Anthropometric Blood pressure|Height|Hip circumference|Waist circumference|Weight
Physical Cardiovascular|Hearing and Vision|Musculoskeletal|Reproductive|Respiratory
Biological samples Blood|Urine
Genotyping
Brain imaging
Brain banking
Lifestyle Alcohol|Dietary habits|Physical activity|Smoking
Socio-economic Education|Ethnic group|Income and finances|Marital status|Occupation and employment
Health service utilisation Formal health and social care service utilisation including private care
Institute names National University of Singapore
Current Sample Sizes 0 to 4,999

age at recruitment 18-79
last updated
recruitment period 2012-2013
estimated current sample size number value
cohort acronym SH2012
start date 2012-2013
pi Associate Professor Rob Martinus van Dam
website http://blog.nus.edu.sg/sphs/singapore-health-studies/
contact details Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
National University of Singapore
Tahir Foundation Building
12 Science Drive 2
#10-01
Singapore 117549
abstract  SH2012 is a cross sectional survey which began in August 2012 looking at health and lifestyle factors of 2,352 participants, aged 18 to 79. Follow up is conducted every 5 years through record linkage.
funders  Ministry of Health, Singapore
National University of Singapore
National University Health System, Singapore
contact email [email protected]
contact phone number 
estimated current sample size
sample sizes 2352