Alberta's Tomorrow Project
The aim of the Alberta's Tomorrow Project (ATP) is to provide a platform to support the study of cancer and other chronic diseases. Another objective is to link cohort data with provincially managed health care databases and other health records. Those two objectives combined will allow ATP to study patterns of health care utilization and their association with risks and outcomes of chronic diseases.
Overview
- Acronym
- ATP
- Website
- ATP
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 2000 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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After baseline (Phase I), participants were followed-up 3 times, in 2004, 2008 and 2017. Follow-ups are planned for at least 50 years.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 52,810
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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Phase I: 31,211 participants
Survey 2004: 9,693 participants
Survey 2008: 20,799 participants
Phase II: 39,418 participants
Follow-up: 33,742 participants
COVID-19: 19,049 participants
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Marker Papers
Ye M, Robson PJ, Eurich DT, et al. Cohort Profile: Alberta's Tomorrow Project. International of Journal Epidemiology, 2017; 46(4):1097-1098
PUBMED 28338725Timeline
Population
ATP population
The population is composed of Alberta's residents aged 35 to 69 years who had no history of cancer, other than non-melanoma skin cancer.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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35
- Maximum age
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69
- Countries
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- Canada
- Canadian Provinces
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- Alberta
- Health Status
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- Participants should have no known history of cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer.
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Volunteer enrolment
- Random digit dialing
- Supplementary Information
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The ATP recruitment was done using a two-stage telephone random digit dialling (RDD) method mapped to Alberta Regional Health Authorities (RHAs). While recruiting new participants in 2009, the RDD method was shortly replaced by the volunteer sampling. Communication and advocating strategies, including the Ambassador Program, media coverage, marketing, advertising, information booths at community events, corporate presentations and articles, were used to promote volunteer recruitment
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 29,878
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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Between 2009 and 2015, 23,623 new recruits were enrolled in ATP.
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | ATP - Phase I |
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2000 | 2008 |
| 1 | ATP - Survey 2004 |
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2004 | 2005 | |
| 2 | ATP - Survey 2008 |
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2008 | 2009 | |
| 3 | ATP - Phase II |
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2009 | 2015 |
| 4 | ATP - Follow-up |
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2017 | 2018 | |
| 5 | ATP - COVID-19 Questionnaire |
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2020 (July) | 2020 (October) |
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Datasets
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Areas of Information Collected
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Death
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Physical measures and assessments
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Laboratory measures
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
- Diseases
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
- Symptoms and signs
- Preschool, school and work life
- Medication and supplements
- Social environment and relationships
- Non-pharmacological interventions
- Physical environment
- Health and community care services utilization
- Administrative information
Variables Content Summary
Areas of Information Collected
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Networks
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Last Update: 2023-12-03T02:55:01.059