Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS)
The GS:SFHS is a family-based cohort following over 24,000 participants from Scotland. The cohort recently expanded to include new families and younger family members to participate. In 2015-2016, a subsample of nearly 10,000 participants also took part in a further mental health reassessment called the Stratifying Resilience and Depression Longitudinally (STRADL) and in 2020, all participants were invited to take part in the large-scale Covid-19 surveys, CovidLife, TeenCovidLife or RuralCovidLife.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
24,084 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
≥ 12 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2006 (participants)
Primary Institutions
University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Chief Scientist Office
Research Data Scotland (RDS)
Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
Scottish Government Health Department
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
