Danish Nurse Cohort Study
The Danish Nurse Cohort Study collected information on many factors including socio-economic and working conditions, parents’ occupation, weight and height, lifestyle, and female health. In 1993, a questionnaire was mailed to over 23,000 female Danish nurses aged over 44 years. Followed by two reminders, close to 20,000 nurses replied with a completed questionnaire. The cohort was reinvestigated in 1999 with an additional inclusion of 10,534 nurses, who in the meantime were over 44 years of age. A third survey of the initial cohort from 1993 was carried out in 2009. Of the 15,322 nurses who replied in both 1993 and 1999, a total of 11,114 returned a completed questionnaire.
Study design
Cohort - occupational
Number of participants at first data collection
19,898 (participants)
Age at first data collection
> 44 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
Danish female nurses.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1993
Primary Institutions
Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
No funding information available
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
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