Youth Of Utrecht Cohort (YOUth Cohort)
The YOUth cohort study is an accelerated cohort with two groups, the YOUth Baby & Child, and the YOUth Child & Adolescent. The YOUth Baby & Child cohort includes over 2,500 pregnant women at 20 weeks of gestation, as well as their partners. They were recruited through hospital visits and were followed up four times between conception and the child reaching two years, and are then followed up approximately every three years. The YOUth Child & Adolescent cohort was aged between 8 and 10 years at recruitment, then followed up every 3 years.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - accelerated
Number of participants at first data collection
> 2500 (YOUth Baby & Child)
> 1350 (YOUth Child & Adolescent)
Age at first data collection
Varied (YOUth Baby & Child mothers)
8 - 10 years (YOUth Child & Adolescent)
Birth (YOUth Baby & Child children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2015
Primary Institutions
University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht
Utrecht University (Universiteit Utrecht, UU)
Links
uu.nl/en/research/youth-cohort-study/youth-data-collection/add-on-studies
youthonderzoek.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/169/2021/03/YOUth_COVID19_rnd123_v2_13march21_NL.pdf
Profile paper DOI
Funders
NWO Gravitation Program
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Audio or visual recordings (e.g. of child behaviour, facial expressions)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Education data
Engagement
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