Barcelona Life Study Cohort (BiSC)
The BiSC follows a cohort of over 1,000 mothers during and following their pregnancy, recruited at three tertiary university hospital in Barcelona, Spain. Mothers were recruited during their first routine hospital visit (weeks 11-14 of gestation), with subsequent prenatal follow-ups at 20 and 32 weeks gestation. Postnatally, data has been collected at 1, 2, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24, 28, and 48 month follow-ups. Data has primarily been collected on the mothers and babies, although mothers' partners have also been recruited into the cohort.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
1,086 (mothers)
1,033 (babies)
Age at first data collection
18 - 45 years (mothers)
Birth (babies)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
2019 - 2021 (babies)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2018
Primary Institutions
Barcelona Institute for Global Health (Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona, ISGlobal)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
AXA Research Fund
Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants (Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris de Recerca, AGAUR)
California Walnut Commission
Carlos III Health Institute (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII)
Center for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health Network (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Passive electronic data collection (e.g. screen time, scroll speed)
- Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
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