Amsterdam Cohort Study for People Who Use Drugs (ACS for PWUD)
ACS for PWUD aimed to investigate the long-term effects of chronic drug use in a population of adults in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Recruited participants were adults with a self-reported past or current use of drugs such as heroin, cocaine or amphetamines. Over 1,600 adults have completed the baseline data collection sweep. Participants were followed up every four to six months until the study ended in 2016.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,680 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1985
Primary Institutions
Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC)
Public Health Service of Amsterdam (Gemeentelijke Gezondheidsdienst Amsterdam, GGD Amsterdam)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (厚生労働省, MHLW)
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, RIVM)
Stichting Aids Fonds
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
