The seventh survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø7) 2015–2016: study design, data collection, attendance, and prevalence of risk factors and disease in a multipurpose population-based health survey ...

• Main Authors: Hopstock, Laila A., Grimsgaard, Sameline, Johansen, Heidi, Kanstad, Kristin, Wilsgaard, Tom, Eggen, Anne Elise
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SAGE Journals 2022
• Subjects: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified; FOS: Health sciences; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.5984876; https://sage.figshare.com/collections/The_seventh_survey_of_the_Troms_Study_Troms_7_2015_2016_study_design_data_collection_attendance_and_prevalence_of_risk_factors_and_disease_in_a_multipurpose_population-based_health_survey/5984876

Aims:The Tromsø Study is an ongoing population-based health study in Tromsø, Norway, initiated in 1974. The purpose of the seventh survey (Tromsø7) 2015–2016 was to advance the population risk factor surveillance and to collect new types of data. We present the study design, data collection, attendance, and prevalence of risk factors and disease.Methods:All inhabitants in Tromsø municipality, Norway, aged 40 years and older ( N =32,591) were invited to a health screening including extensive questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, biological sampling (blood, urine, saliva, nasal/throat swabs, faeces), measurements (anthropometry, blood pressure, pulse, pulse oximetry) and clinical examinations (pain sensitivity, echocardiography, cognitive, physical, and lung function, accelerometer measurements, eye examinations, carotid ultrasound, electrocardiography, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and heart, lung and carotid auscultation). New research areas in this round were dental and oral health examinations, ...