2006-2010 (aged 60 to 64 years)
Responding Population
All eligible study members were contacted: 2,662 study members gave information, of which 2,474 study members completed a postal questionnaire and 2,229 study members completed a clinic or home visit.
| Provided information | 2,662 |
| Cumulative total of deaths | 718 |
| Cumulative permanent refusals (withdrawn from the study) | 594 |
| Currently not resident in England, Scotland or Wales | 567 |
| Failure to contact (unable to contact for 10 years) | 320 |
Data collection
A feasibility study on 10% of the NSHD sample living near the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (CRF) in Manchester took place during 2006-2007. Data from the remaining sample were collected from 2008 to 2010 at CRFs located in Edinburgh, Birmingham, Cardiff and London.
The protocol for the 2006-1010 data collection can be found in the published 2011 cohort profile.1)
Training for data collection
The study team and specialist colleagues trained the nurses for 1-2 days at each of the CRFs.
Contents
All Study Members
- Household and housing information
- Marital status (and information on spouse employment)
- Information on children and grandchildren
- Hospital admissions
- Parental information
- Rose angina
- Intermittent claudication
- Heart trouble
- General health problems
- Cancer
- Chest and cough trouble (MRC questionnaire on respiratory symptoms)
- Smoking
- Activities of daily living
- Physical capability
- Life events
- Work and retirement
- Finance and financial hardship
- Physical examination
- Cognitive tests
- General Health Questionnaire (short form)
- Quality of life and social participation
- Menopausal symptoms and the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (women only)
- Diet diary
Questionnaires
Questionaires used for the main 2008-10 data collection can be found here
Nurse Questionnaire