Taiwan Birth Panel Study (TBPS)
TBPS investigated the relationship between the environment, genetics and child health outcomes in a cohort of families based in Taiwan. The study recruited families composed of mothers, fathers, and newborn babies from hospitals and clinics in Taipei City, Sansia, Sinjhuang, and Lujhou in Taiwan. Mothers and fathers were recruited during pregnancy to allow for prenatal data collection. A total of 486 families participated in the study. Participants completed data collection seven times: at recruitment, shortly before or after delivery in 2004-2005; when the baby was aged 4 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 5 years, 7 years, and 9-10 years.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
486 (babies)
486 (mothers)
486 (fathers)
Age at first data collection
Birth (babies)
Varied (mothers)
Varied (fathers)
Participant year of birth
2004 - 2005 (babies)
Varied (mothers)
Varied (fathers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2004
Primary Institutions
National Taiwan University (NTU)
National Taiwan University Hospital (國立台灣大學醫學院附設醫院, NTUH)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Health Promotion Administration (HPA)
Ministry of Health and Welfare (衛生福利部, MOHW)
National Science and Technology Council (國家科學及技術委員會, NSTC)
Ongoing?
No
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 environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
