Tasmanian Infant Health Survey (TIHS)
TIHS was a birth cohort initially designed to investigate the causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Tasmania, Australia. The cohort included 10,569 infants at high risk of SIDS who were born to 8,729 mothers between 1988 and 1995 at six hospitals in Tasmania. The infants were followed up on day 4 of life, and at 5 and 10 weeks. Children born in 1988 and 1989 were later followed up again at ages 7 to 8, 16, and 25 years to investigate the links between early life exposures and later disease development.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
10,569 (children)
8,729 (mothers)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
13 - 44 years (mothers)
Participant year of birth
1988 - 1995 (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1988
Primary Institutions
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Menzies School of Health Research
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Australian Rotary Health (ARH)
Department of Human Services and Health
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Council of Australia
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
