Airwave Health Monitoring Study
The Airwave Health Monitoring Study is a study that follows the employees of 28 police forces in Great Britain, as well as police-related agencies, that in 2001 used a digital communication system provided by Airwave Solutions Limited and were funded by the Home Office. The study has collected extensive phenotypic information and stores biological samples as part of the Airwave Tissue Bank.
Study design
Cohort - occupational, Cohort, Biobank
Number of participants at first data collection
53,228 (participants)
Age at first data collection
18 years + (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2006
Primary Institutions
Imperial College London (Imperial, ICL)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Home Office
Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Passive electronic data collection (e.g. screen time, scroll speed)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
