2006-2010 (aged 60 to 64 years)

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.

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  (Cohort Profile: Updating the cohort profile for the MRC National Survey of Health and Development: a new clinic-based data collection for ageing research) and on our public website (New Data Collection).

The study team and specialist colleagues trained the nurses for 1-2 days at each of the CRFs. 

• 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
• Actvities of daily living
• Physical Capacity
• 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
  

Questionaires used for the main 2008-10 data collection can be found here

• Nurse Questionnaire
• Postal Questionnaire
• Pre-assessment Questionnaire
• Paper Test
• Self-completion