Caerphilly Health and Social Needs Electronic Cohort Study (E-CATALyST)
The E-CATALyST study aimed to investigate the longitudinal associations between neighbourhood attributes and mental health outcomes within the borough of Caerphilly in south-east Wales, United Kingdom (UK). Over 12,400 adult residents of Caerphilly completed the baseline postal questionnaire in 2001 and were followed up 7 years later in 2008. The study was later developed into an electronic cohort, linking all 17,979 sampled participants aged 18–74 years to mortality and hospital admission records with 10-year follow-up.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
17,979 (participants)
Age at first data collection
18 - 74 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The total borough population, but with an over-representation of residents from the more deprived quintiles and an under-representation from the least deprived quintile.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2001
Primary Institutions
Cardiff University (Academic, United Kingdom)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Medical Research Council (MRC) (Research council, United Kingdom)
National Institute for Social Care (Research council, United Kingdom)
Wales Office of Research and Development (Government, United Kingdom)
Welsh Government (Government, Wales)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
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