Utrecht Health Project (UHP)
UHP investigates the health determinants of and impact of health innovations on a large cohort in the Netherlands. Participants are residents of all ages from Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, Netherlands. At baseline, approximately 10,000 individuals were included in the study. As of today, the cohort has grown to 12,000 through a subsequent recruitment effort. Follow-up is continuous, leveraging routine healthcare data to monitor participants' health indefinitely as long as they remain within the healthcare system.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
12,000 (participants as of 2024)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2000
Primary Institutions
Julius Health Care Centers (Leidsche Rijn Julius Gezondheids Centra)
University Medical Center Utrecht (Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, UMCU)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport, VWS)
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, RIVM)
Province of Utrecht
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
