Cloudy with a Chance of Pain
The study aimed to understand which weather conditions most affected pain. Participants were over 10,000 residents of the United Kingdom aged 17 years and older. Participants downloaded the study app and completed baseline questionnaires in 2016 and 2017, and were then invited to collect daily pain symptoms for six months, or longer if willing. The GPS location of participants' phones would then link to weather data. Data collection ended in April 2017, and the follow-up time ranged from 90 to 456 days.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
10,584 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 17 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2016
Primary Institutions
University of Manchester
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Versus Arthritis
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
Engagement
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