Health and Wellbeing Cohort Study
The Health and Wellbeing Cohort Study follows and aims to describe the mental and physical health of United Kingdom veterans of the 2003 Iraq war. The study includes United Kingdom armed forces personnel, excluding special forces and high-security personnel, who had served in Op TELIC 1 (Operation Telic order of battle), as well as a military group who had not (deployed and non-deployed, respectively). At baseline (2004–06), 10,272 participants were involved. Follow-up phases occurred in 2007–08, 2014–16, a COVID check-in in 2020, and most recently in 2022–23.
Study design
Cohort - open, Cohort - occupational, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
4,722 (deployed)
5,550 (non-deployed)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Deployed and not deployed UK military serving personnel representing the UK armed forces participation in Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts throughout the whole period (i.e., from 2003 until 2015)
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2004
Primary Institutions
King's College London (KCL)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Ministry of Defence
Office for Veterans' Affairs
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Self-completed questionnaire – online
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Qualitative survey
- None
- Employer data
- Other government data
- Police & judicial system data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
