Seattle Midlife Women’s Health Study (SMWHS)
The SMWHS was established to illuminate women's experiences of symptoms during the menopausal transition. Data collection began with 508 women who were about to begin or had begun the transition to menopause between 1990 and 1992, recruited via telephone screening in over 20 census tracts. Follow-ups were conducted annually, with additional data collected monthly or quarterly, depending on the study phase. This continued until February 2013, after 23 years of data collection.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
508 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1990
Primary Institutions
University of Washington (UW) (Academic, United States of America)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institute for Nursing Research (Research, United States of America )
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (Government, United States of America)
Pfizer (Industry, United States of America)
University of Washington (UW) (Research, United States of America)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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