COhort Study of MObile phone uSe and health France (COSMOS - France)
The aim of COSMOS is to carry out long-term health monitoring of a large group of people to identify if there are any possible health issues linked to using mobile phones and other wireless technologies over a long period of time. COSMOS-France is a part of the broader COSMOS study, which is being undertaken in six European countries: Denmark, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom. More than 18,000 participants were recruited in France from 2017 to 2019 from the established Constances research cohort, aged 18 to 69 years, and completed a baseline questionnaire. Participants will be followed up with questionnaires periodically, and are being followed up through linked data annually (including mobile phone and healthcare data). There are plans to follow the COSMOS cohort for up to 25 years or longer.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
18,502 (participants)
Age at first data collection
18 - 69 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2017
Primary Institutions
French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, INSERM)
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
French Agency for Environmental Health Safety (now known as French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, ANSES)
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Inserm)
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Passive electronic data collection (e.g. screen time, scroll speed)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Social media & technology use data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
