South East London Community Health Study (SELCoH)
SELCoH was a psychiatric and physical morbidity survey of people living within the local communities of Southwark and Lambeth in London, United Kingdom. At baseline in 2008-2010, the study included a sample of nearly 1,700 participants from 1,075 randomly selected households in the south London boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth. The population of Southwark and Lambeth is highly diverse in terms of ethnicity and wealth, ensuring that the study encompassed a wide a range of health service users served by South London and Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust (SLaM). Participants were followed up across three timepoints until 2016.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,698 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 16 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The 2011 UK Census demographic and socioeconomic indicators for the catchment area.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2008
Primary Institutions
King's College London (KCL)
Links
kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/pm/research/selcoh/index
web.healthdatagateway.org/dataset/cda770e3-0d4d-466f-8102-c56beff04848
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity
NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre Trust
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
