Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)
The SHIP is a population-based epidemiological project consisting of three cohorts (SHIP-START, SHIP-TREND, and SHIP-NEXT). The SHIP project has two main objectives: to assess the prevalence and incidence of common risk factors, subclinical disorders, and clinical diseases; and to investigate the complex associations among risk factors, subclinical disorders, clinical diseases, and the consequences of diseases. Study populations were sampled from the general adult population aged 20 to 79 years of West Pomerania, Northeast Germany. SHIP was established to examine the health and disease status of the general adult population in this region, given that it had the lowest life expectancy in Germany in the 1990s.
Study design
Cohort - accelerated
Number of participants at first data collection
4,308 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
20 - 79 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
University of Greifswald (Universität Greifswald)
Links
www2.medizin.uni-greifswald.de/cm/fv/ship/
healthinformationportal.eu/health-information-sources/study-health-pomerania
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Data Input GmbH
European Commission
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) now known as Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR)
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, BMAS)
German Asthma and COPD Network
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Census data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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