Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study
The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study aims to investigate the health and behavior of a representative birth cohort focusing on mental health and neuro-cognition, cardiovascular risk, respiratory health, oral health, sexual and reproductive health and psychosocial functioning.
Overview
- Acronym
- DMHDS
- Website
- DMHDS
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 1975 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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Participants were assessed at ages 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 26, 32 and 38 years. The cohort will be assessed again at age 45 in 2017.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 1,037
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
| Possible Access to Data | |
| Possible Access to Biosamples | |
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http://dunedinstudy.otago.ac.nz/studies/dunedin-study-data-directories
Marker Paper
Poulton, Richie, Terrie E. Moffitt, and Phil A. Silva. The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health And Development Study: Overview Of The First 40 Years, With An Eye To The Future. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 50.5 (2015): 679-693.
PUBMED 25835958Supplementary Information
All the data-capture forms for ages 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 18, 21, 26, and 32 are available here
Timeline
Population
DMHDS - Population
Study participants were born between April 1st 1972 and March 30 1973 at the Queen Mary Maternity Centre in Dunedin who were still living in the greater Dunedin metropolitan area three years later.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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3
- Maximum age
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3
- Countries
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- New Zealand
- Territory
- Dunedin metropolitan area
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Participants were recruited from children born at the Queen Mary Maternity Hospital.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 1,037
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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3 years: 1037
5 years: 991
7 years: 954
9 years: 955
11 years: 925
13 years: 850
15 years: 976
18 years: 993
21 years: 992
26 years: 980
32 years: 972
38 years: 961
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | DMHDS - 3 years |
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1975 | 1976 | |
| 1 | DMHDS - 5 years |
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1977 | 1978 | |
| 2 | DMHDS - 7 years |
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1979 | 1980 | |
| 3 | DMHDS - 9 years |
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1981 | 1982 | |
| 4 | DMHDS - 11 years |
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1983 | 1984 | |
| 5 | DMHDS - 13 years |
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1985 | 1986 | |
| 6 | DMHDS - 15 years |
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1987 | 1988 | |
| 7 | DMHDS - 18 years |
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1990 | 1991 | |
| 8 | DMHDS - 21 years |
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1993 | 1994 |
| 9 | DMHDS - 26 years |
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1998 | 1999 |
| 10 | DMHDS - 32 years |
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2003 | 2005 | |
| 11 | DMHDS - 38 years |
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2010 | 2012 |
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Datasets
| Name | Data Collection Events | Variables |
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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
| Acronym | Name | Harmonization Initiatives | Individual Studies |
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