Individual Study / QNTS

Quebec Newborn Twin Study

Quebec Newborn Twin Study

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Start Year
1995
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Investigators Contacts
  • Dr. Michel Boivin
    Université Laval
  • Dr. Mara Brendgen
    Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Dr. Ginette Dionne
    Université Laval
  • Dr. Frank Vitaro
    Université de Montréal
  • Katja Valois
    Université de Montréal

Design

Study design
Cohort
Follow Up
Participants were assessed 16 times; at 5, 20, 32, 50 and 60 months, in kindergarten, 100 months, grade 1, 3, 4 and 6, in secondary 1, 2, 3 and 5, and at 19 years of age.
Supplementary Information

Marker Paper

Boivin M, Brendgen M, Dionne G, Dubois L, Pérusse D, Robaey P, Tremblay RE, Vitaro F. 2013. The Quebec Newborn Twin Study into adolescence: 15 years later; 16(1): 64-9.

PUBMED 23200437

Recruitment

Recruitment Target
  • Families

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
1,410
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
1,043
Supplementary Information
Families: 705 (662 recruited at 5 months and 43 recruited during High School)
Biological samples: 562 twins and 481 parents

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other

Availability of access information

By contacting the study representative

Sector of research

Possible Access to Data Possible Access to Biosamples
Investigators from the public sector
Investigators from the private sector
Investigators from not-for-profit organization

Transfer

Possible Access to Data Possible Access to Biosamples
Can leave the study facility
Can leave the country

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Cost

Possible Access to Data Variable Cost
Possible Access to Biosamples Not yet defined

Cost reduction for co-analyses

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples

Supplementary Information

More information regarding data access is available on our website : http://www.gripinfo.ca/grip/public/www/Etudes/en/dadprocedures.asp

Timeline

QNTS - Twins born between 1995-1998

Selection Criteria
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • Canada
Territory
Greater Montreal area
Ethnic Origin
Health Status

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • General population
General Population
  • Selected sample
Supplementary Information
Recruitment began using the Quebec Newborn Twin Registry to identify all twin births in Quebec between April 1995 and December 1998. Names, addresses, and phone numbers of all the mothers of newborn twins were collected from the computerized birth records of the Quebec Bureau of Statistics.

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
1,410
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
1,043
Supplementary Information about selection criteria

5 months: 662 families
18 months: 566 families
30 months: 524 families
48 months: 442 families
60 months: 446 families
Kindergarten: 402 families
Grade 1: 476 families
100 months: 375 families (Genotyping), 150 pairs (Neuropsychological assessments)
Grade 3: 393 families
Grade 4: 444 families
Grade 6: 406 families
Secondary 1: 410 families
Secondary 2: 404 families
Secondary 3: 403 families
Secondary 5: 381 families

Biological samples: 562 twins and 481 parents

Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 QNTS - 5 months

A sub-group of the families of twins was seen in the lab where extensive psycho-physiological, hormonal, and behavioral measures were taken. Behavior observations were conducted in a controlled ...

1996-06 1998-11
1 QNTS - 18 months

Families seen in the lab at 6 months were again seen in the lab and at home and families seen only at home at 6 months were seen only at home.

In the lab, extensive ...

1997-07 2000-01
2 QNTS - 30 months

During the home visit, data was collected about social, demographic, health, and further behavioral characteristics of the twins and their families, mainly through interviews of both parents, ...

1998-07 2001-01
3 QNTS - 48 months

During the home visit, data was collected about social, demographic, health, and further behavioral characteristics of the twins and their families, mainly through interviews of both parents, ...

2000-01 2002-07
4 QNTS - 60 months

Data was collected during a lab visit in the summer for a battery of cognitive measures. Direct and multi-faceted assessments of cognitive development, with a strong emphasis on school ...

2001-06 2003-08
5 QNTS - Kindergarten

Data was collected using school-based assessments including behavioral observations which were conducted in a controlled setting, cognitive assessments, and peer and teacher assessments. Direct ...

2001-09 2004-06
6 QNTS - Grade 1

Data was collected using school-based assessments including behavioral observations which were conducted in a controlled setting, cognitive assessments, and peer and teacher assessments. Direct ...

2002-09 2005-06
7 QNTS - 100 months

Information about health, parenting and behaviour was collected through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews.

Intelligence was assessed using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale ...

2004-04 2006-04
8 QNTS - Grade 3

Data was collected from teacher ratings and children’s school achievement.

Parenting behaviors were assessed yearly, through mother and father self-reports of parental warmth, ...

2004-09 2007-06
9 QNTS - Grade 4

Data was collected using school-based assessments including behavioral observations which were conducted in a controlled setting, cognitive assessments, and peer and teacher assessments. Direct ...

2005-09 2008-06
10 QNTS - Grade 6

Data was collected using school-based assessments including behavioral observations which were conducted in a controlled setting, cognitive assessments, and peer and teacher assessments. Direct ...

2007-09 2010-06
11 QNTS - Secondary 1

Data was collected using school-based assessments including behavioral observations which were conducted in a controlled setting, cognitive assessments, and peer and teacher assessments. Direct ...

2008-09 2011-06
12 QNTS - Secondary 2

Data was collected using school-based assessments including behavioral observations which were conducted in a controlled setting, cognitive assessments, and peer and teacher assessments. Direct ...

2009-09 2012-06
13 QNTS - Secondary 3

Data was collected using school-based assessments including behavioral observations which were conducted in a controlled setting, cognitive assessments, and peer and teacher assessments. Direct ...

2010-09 2013-06
14 QNTS - Secondary 5

Data was collected using school-based assessments including behavioral observations which were conducted in a controlled setting, cognitive assessments, and peer and teacher assessments. Direct ...

2012-09 2015-06
15 QNTS - 19 years

Twins’ self-efficacy beliefs, behavioral, social, psychological and academic/work-related adjustment, substance use and gambling habits as well as their perceived social support were assessed ...

2016-05 2018-02

Classifications

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and behaviours
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Diseases
Symptoms and signs
Medication and supplements
Non-pharmacological interventions
Health and community care services utilization
Death
Physical measures and assessments
Laboratory measures
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Preschool, school and work life
Social environment and relationships
Physical environment
Administrative information
Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Other psychological measures and assessments
Perception of health
Quality of life
Life course development
Functional limitations
Other perception of health, quality of life and functional limitation-related information
Tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Physical activity
Sleep
Sexual behaviours and orientation
Technological devices
Misbehaviour and criminality
Other and unspecified lifestyle information
Social network
Social participation
Social support
Parenting and familial environment
Other social environment characteristics

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics

Age/birthdate
Sex/gender
Twin
Marital/partner status
Family and household structure
Education
Residence
Citizenship and immigrant status
Ethnicity, race and religion
Labour force and retirement
Income, possessions, and benefits

Lifestyle and behaviours

Tobacco
Alcohol
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Personal hygiene
Sleep
Leisure activities
Misbehaviour and criminality

Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history

Pregnancy, delivery and birth

Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations

Perception of health
Life course development
Functional limitations

Diseases

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98)
Diseases without precise specification or falling into multiple categories

Symptoms and signs

Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)
Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour (R40-R46)
General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)

Medication and supplements

Medication and supplement intake

Non-pharmacological interventions

Laboratory diagnosis interventions
Other and unspecified non-pharmacological interventions

Health and community care services utilization

Visits to health professionals
Hospitalizations

Death

Vital status

Physical measures and assessments

Physical characteristics
Anthropometry
Circulation and respiration
Brain and nerves
Other physical measures and assessments

Laboratory measures

Hematology
Biochemistry

Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments

Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Other psychological measures and assessments

Life events, life plans, beliefs and values

Life events

Preschool, school and work life

Preschool life
School life

Social environment and relationships

Social network
Social participation
Social support
Parenting and familial environment
Other social environment characteristics

Physical environment

Built environment/neighbourhood characteristics

Administrative information

Identifiers
Date and time-related information
Questionnaire and interview-related information
Physical and cognitive measure and biosample-related information
Other administrative information

Cognitive functioning

4 on 8 Virtual Maze
Affective Go/No-Go Task
Appearance-Reality Test
Continuous Performance Test
California Verbal Learning Test
Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy
Dimensional Change Card Sort Task
Infant-Controlled Habituation Test
Imitation Sorting Task
Lollipop Test
MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories
Mental Rotation Test
Developmental NEuroPSYchological Assessment
Number Knowledge Test
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
Reward Dominance Task
Test d'Habiletés en Lecture
Temporal Order Judgment Task
Visually Cued Recall Task
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Block Design)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence

Personality

Bates' Infant Characteristics Questionnaire
Behavioral Inhibition Paradigm
Pupil Evaluation Inventory

Psychological distress and emotions

Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale
Diagnostic Interview Schedule
Emotional Intensity Rating Scale
Symptom Checklist 90

Life course development

Movement Assessment Battery for Children - Checklist

Misbehaviour and criminality

South Oaks Gambling Screen

Social support

McMaster Family Assessment Device

Parenting and familial environment

Home Observation for Measurement of Environment
Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale
Parent Practices Scale
Maternal Behaviour Q-sort