10.16909-dataset-33
Swiss Health Study – pilot phase (SHeS-pilot)
Etude Suisse sur la santé – phase pilote, Schweizer Gesundheitsstudie – Pilotphase
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Switzerland | CHE |
The pilot phase of the Swiss Health Study (SHeS-pilot) is a cross-sectional study on adults of both sexes and age 20-69. The study encompasses human biomonitoring HBM (spot urine and venous blood), health exams (e.g. blood pressure, anthropometry, accelerometry, lung function) and accompanying questionnaires on health status, exposure, attitude regarding health research, coronavirus and the WHO-quality of life questionnaire. Questionnaires were mostly answered online; HBM-samples were drawn in a study center, where also the health exams took place.
Data/samples are available for four different types of populations:
R - Random sample of participants from the general population of the Cantons of Vaud and Bern
C - Convenience sample of vegans/vegetarians from a sub-study on selenium, in the Canton of Vaud
S - Self-selected participants from all over Switzerland
W - Wave 0 participants from a random sample of the general population of the Cantons of Vaud and Bern that was used before the pandemic.
Reasoning for the separation of R and W: After the pandemic, due to the long break, a new random sample had to be drawn and a new questionnaire relating to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was included, that was not answered by Wave 0 participants that had already completed the study visit (31 participants). Some participants from Wave 0, however, came to the study visit when the study resumed and completed the SARS-Cov-2 questionnaire.
The following data categories are available:
- Accompanying data
- Self-administered questionnaires data
- Health examination data
- Analytical data associated with collected HBM samples (blood, urine)
They are subdivided into three main categories that are available as separate data packages:
- Complete participation: Data/samples from participants who completed all steps of the study, including the study visit (data available: self-administered and interview questionnaire data, health exams and HBM-samples).
- Partial participation: Data/samples from participants who completed the questionnaires but did not take part in the study visit (data available: self-administered questionnaire data)
- Non-respondents: data from invited participants who refused to participate in the study but accepted to answer some general questions by phone instead.
Most self-selected participants “S” only replied to the self-administered questionnaires, but 9 self-selected participants participated in the study visit.
Questionnaire data, biological samples (blood, spot urine), clinical chemistry in blood/urine, health exams (see data catalogue).
Individuals.
Complete participation :- Random sample : N= 638
- Selenium sub-study convenience sample : N= 109*
- Self-selected participants : N= 9
- Wave 0 : N= 48
- TOTAL : N = 789*
*15 participants are both R and C. If R and C are used together, these doubles have to be removed manually based on the unique identifier “did”.
Partial participation :
- Random sample : N= 168
- Selenium sub-study convenience sample : N= 20
- Self-selected participants : N= 351
- Wave 0 : N= 21
- TOTAL : N = 560