Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe Study (HAPIEE)
The rationale of the HAPIEE study lies in the trends in cardiovascular (CVD) mortality seen in Europe over the past five decades. While in western Europe the total and CVD mortality have been declining since the 1970s, in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU), rates have been increasing. The HAPIEE study, therefore, comprises four cohorts in CEE and the FSU, namely Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania. Each cohort consists of a random sample of men and women aged between 45 and 69 years old at baseline, stratified by gender and 5-year age groups, and selected from population registers.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
29,847 (participants)
Age at first data collection
45 - 69 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2002
Primary Institutions
Jagiellonian University
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas, LSMU)
National Institute of Public Health (Státní zdravotní ústav, NIPH)
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (Rossiiskaya Akademiya Meditsinskikh Nauk, RAMS)
University College London (UCL)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
