Study of Health in Pomerania
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The Study of Health In Pomerania is a population-based cohort study. It has two main objectives:
* To assess prevalence and incidence of common risk factors, subclinical disorders and clinical diseases; and * To investigate the complex associations among risk factors, subclinical disorders and clinical diseases.A particular characteristic of the SHIP is that it does not focus on a selected disease; it rather attempts to describe health-related conditions with the widest focus possible. Important medical areas of investigation include cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, liver and biliary tract diseases, neurological diseases, thyroid diseases, dental diseases, lung diseases, addiction and risk behaviour, among others.
- Start Year
- 1997
- Supplementary Information
- Additional publications are available at [www.fvcm.med.uni-greifswald.de/publikationen_engl.html](https://www.fvcm.med.uni-greifswald.de/publikationen_engl.html).
Visit SHIP
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Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Follow Up
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Participants of the START cohort have been followed up four times: 5 years, 11 years, 16 years, and 21 years after the initial data collection
Participants of the TREND cohort have been followed up once 6 years after the initial data collection.
- Supplementary Information
Marker Paper
Völzke H, Schössow J, Schmidt CO, et al. Cohort Profile Update: The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP), International Journal of Epidemiology, 2022;dyac034.
PUBMED 35348705
Recruitment
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 12,728
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 12,728
- Supplementary Information
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START cohort: 4308 participants
TREND cohort: 4420 participants
NEXT cohort: data collection is ongoing, target N=4000 participants
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Supplementary Information
Data will be made available for the NEXT cohort once the data collection has been terminated.
Timeline
Populations
A representative sample of men and women aged between 20 and 79 years was drawn using a two-stage stratified and cluster sampling scheme. First, 32 communities in the region were selected. Second, within the communities a simple random sample was drawn from residence registries, stratified by gender and age.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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20
- Maximum age
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79
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Germany
- Territory
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Western Pomerania (federal state: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), primary residence in the cities of Greifswald and Stralsund or counties Ostvorpommern and Nordvorpommern
- Ethnic Origin
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- While not being an explicit selection criterion, the entire sample is Caucasian.
- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
- General Population
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- Volunteer enrolment
- Selected sample
Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 4,308
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 4,308
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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START-0: 4308 participants
START-1: 3300 participants
Legende: 2264 participants
START-2: 2333 participants
START-3: 1718 participants
START-4: 1182 participants
Data Collection Events
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SHIP - START cohort - START-0
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Information is collected about sociodemographic characteristics (education, marital status, household income, household structure, occupation), lifestyle behaviours (nutrition, sports, leisure ... | 1997-10 | 2001-05 |
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SHIP - START cohort - Mortality follow-up
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Information on vital status is collected annually from Vital Statistics databases such as Death Registries. | 1997-10 | |
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SHIP - START cohort - Morbidity follow-up
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Information is collected about morbidity annually through questionnaires, from the University Medicine Greifswald, the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, and dentists. ... | 1997-10 | |
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SHIP - START cohort - START-1
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Information is collected about sociodemographic characteristics (education, marital status, income, household structure, occupation), oral hygiene, physical activity, behavioural risk factors ... | 2002-10 | 2006-09 |
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SHIP - START cohort - Legende
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Information was collected about positive and negative life events (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire), depression (Beck Depression Inventory II), personality (Life Orientation Test-Revised, Sense of ... | 2007-07 | 2010-10 |
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SHIP - START cohort - START-2
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Information is collected about sociodemographic characteristics (marital status, household income, household structure, occupation), lifestyle behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, leisure ... | 2008-06 | 2012-09 |
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SHIP - START cohort - START-3
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Information is collected about sociodemographic characteristics (marital status, household structure, occupation), lifestyle behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, leisure activities, sleep), ... | 2014-01 | 2016-12 |
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SHIP - START cohort - START-4
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Information is collected about sociodemographic characteristics (marital status, household structure, occupation), lifestyle behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, leisure activities, sleep), ... | 2019-01 | 2021-12 |
A representative sample of men and women aged 20 - 79 years was drawn from the central population registry using a stratified random sampling scheme with age, sex and county as strata. The SHIP-TREND population largely overlaps with the SHIP-START-0 population, but the samples do not overlap.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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20
- Maximum age
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79
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Germany
- Territory
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Western Pomerania (federal state: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), primary residence in the cities of Greifswald and Stralsund or counties Ostvorpommern and Nordvorpommern
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- Health Status
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- Other Criteria
- Individuals who have participated in the START cohort are excluded.
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
- General Population
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- Volunteer enrolment
- Selected sample
Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 4,420
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 4,420
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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TREND-0: 4420 participants
TREND-1: 2507 participants
COVID Survey: 1200 participants
Data Collection Events
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SHIP - TREND cohort - TREND-0
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Information is collected about sociodemographic characteristics (education, marital status, household income, household structure, occupation), lifestyle behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, ... | 2008-09 | 2012-09 |
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SHIP - TREND cohort - Mortality follow-up
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Information on vital status is collected annually from Vital Statistics databases such as Death Registries. | 2008-09 | |
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SHIP - TREND cohort - Morbidity follow-up
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Information is collected about morbidity annually through questionnaires and from the University Medicine Greifswald, the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, and dentists. ... | 2008-09 | |
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SHIP - TREND cohort - TREND-1
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Information is collected about sociodemographic characteristics (education, marital status, household income), lifestyle behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, leisure activities), behavioural ... | 2015-01 | 2019-06 |
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SHIP - TREND cohort - COVID Survey
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Information was collected about COVID-19 infections (infection status, symptoms), COVID-19 vaccinations, self-assessment of COVID-19 risk, agreement with pandemic measures, and expectations ... | 2022-03 | 2022-07 |
A random sample of men and women aged 20 - 79 years from Western Pomerania. The scope of examination is comparable to the previous SHIP cohorts. However, SHIP-NEXT also includes a “One-Health” module. As part of this, not only humans are examined but also their livestock, including dogs, pets, and poultry.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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20
- Maximum age
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79
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Germany
- Territory
- Western Pomerania (federal state: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), primary residence in the cities of Greifswald and Stralsund or counties Ostvorpommern and Nordvorpommern
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
- General Population
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- Volunteer enrolment
- Selected sample
Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 4,000
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 4,000
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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Data collection is ongoing. The target number of participants is 4000.
Data Collection Event
Information is collected about sociodemographic characteristics, addiction and risk behaviours, health behaviours, diseases, animal contacts (pets such as dogs, cats, poultry/pigeons), risk factors for zoonotic transmission, and animal husbandry.
Physical measures include anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance, ultrasound scans (heart and other organs), dental status, periodontal status, eye movements and eye health, voice quality, gait, foot pressure, MRI and hand scan, pulmonary function test, a bicycle stress test, and daily activity (actimeter and GPS logger).
Biosamples include hair and nail clippings.
- Start Date
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2021-05
- End Date
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2024-05
- Data sources
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- Questionnaires
- Physical measures
- Biosamples
- Data sources - Biosamples
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- Hair
- Nail
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
- Life events
- Beliefs and values
- 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
Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Age/birthdate
Sex/gender
Twin
Marital/partner status
Family and household structure
Education
Residence
Birthplace
Labour force and retirement
Income, possessions, and benefits
Other socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and behaviours
Tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Physical activity
Transportation
Personal hygiene
Sleep
Sexual behaviours and orientation
Leisure activities
Technological devices
Misbehaviour and criminality
Other and unspecified lifestyle information
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Puberty, menstruation, menopause and andropause
Contraception
Pregnancy, delivery and birth
Fertility and sexual health
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Perception of health
Quality of life
Life course development
Functional limitations
Use of assistive devices
Other perception of health, quality of life and functional limitation-related information
Diseases
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
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)
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
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 the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)
Symptoms and signs involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29)
Symptoms and signs involving the urinary system (R30-R39)
Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour (R40-R46)
General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Symptoms related to multiple categories
Medication and supplements
Medication and supplement intake
Posology and protocol of administration
Other and unspecified pharmacological interventions
Non-pharmacological interventions
Surgical interventions
Radiological interventions
Physical therapy interventions
Cognitive, psychological and sensory interventions
Educational and health promotion interventions
Laboratory diagnosis interventions
Other and unspecified non-pharmacological interventions
Health and community care services utilization
Visits to health professionals
Hospitalizations
Community and social care
Other health and community care
Death
Vital status
Cause of death
Other end of life or death-related information
Physical measures and assessments
Physical characteristics
Anthropometry
Circulation and respiration
Muscles, skeleton and mobility
Sensory and pain
Brain and nerves
Skin and subcutaneous tissue
Digestion
Reproduction
Other physical measures and assessments
Laboratory measures
Hematology
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Virology
Immunology
Toxicology
Histology
Genomics
Other laboratory measures
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Life events
Life plans
Beliefs and values
Preschool, school and work life
School life
Work life
Social environment and relationships
Social network
Social participation
Social support
Parenting and familial environment
Other social environment characteristics
Physical environment
Housing characteristics
Built environment/neighbourhood characteristics
Workplace characteristics
Radiation exposure
Chemical exposure
Biological exposure
Other physical environment characteristics
Administrative information
Identifiers
Date and time-related information
Questionnaire and interview-related information
Physical and cognitive measure and biosample-related information
Data and sample collection center-related information
Other administrative information
Cognitive functioning
Mini-Mental State Examination
Nuremberg Gerontopsychological Inventory (Cognitive Performance)
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
Verbal Learning And Memory Test
Personality
Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations
Life Orientation Test
NEO Personality Inventory
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
Toronto Alexithymia Scale
Resilience Scale
Psychological distress and emotions
Beck Depression Inventory
Brief Patient Health Questionnaire
Brief Symptom Inventory
Composite International Diagnostic Interview
KFB Short Stress Questionnaire
Patient Health Questionnaire
Life events
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire
Beliefs and values
Sense of Coherence Scale
Quality of life
Chronic Pain Grade Scale
EuroQol Five Dimensions Questionnaire
Oral Health Impact Profile
Quality of Life - Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults
Short-Form 12 Health Survey
Functional limitations
Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire
Nutrition
Food Frequency Questionnaire (different forms)
Physical activity
Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire
Sleep
Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Insomnia Severity Index
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index