Summary
DOI Name:
10.48532/048000
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
The Whitehall II Study was established in 1985 to investigate the importance of socioeconomic circumstances for health by following a cohort of working men and women aged 35-55 at enrolment. Participants have taken part in eleven data collection phases, six of which have included a medical screening. The 12th is currently underway. The aim of the study is to understand the causes of age-related heterogeneity in health. By combining the existing 28 years of data on social inequalities and chronic disease with new clinical measures of cognitive function, mental disorders and physical functioning, Whitehall II has been transformed interdisciplinary study of ageing. In addition to providing insights into individual and social differences in the development of frailty, disability, dependence, and dementia, the study will enable the determination of optimal time windows and targets for interventions that maximise the potential for healthy-ageing and independent living.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom
Typical Age Range:
35-55
Follow Up:
Continuous
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Study
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Continuous
Start Date:
30 January 1985
Time Lag:
Not applicable
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
The Data Portal runs its analysis environment through a virtual desktop
infrastructure accessible via VMWare software. By analysing the data in the
virtual desktop environment you are working on DPUK"s servers – meaning there is
no physical transfer of data to researchers. The processing capacity enables you
to work with large numbers of records and integrate these with the other data
modalities that exist in the DPUK cohorts. This solution also offers researchers
the freedom to conduct their analyses anywhere with an internet connection.
Delivery Lead Time:
1-2 months
Data Controller:
University College London
Data Processor:
Dementias Platform UK
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
OTHER
Conforms To:
OTHER
Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV