| 1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION |
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Cohort name
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a cohort of professional bus drivers
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Country
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Name
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Jordan Minov
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Institution
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Institute of Occupational Health of RNM, WHO CC; Faculty of Medicine, Ss Cyril and Methodius, University in Skopje, 1000 Skopje, RN Macedonia
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Email
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minovj@hotmail.com
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Phone
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+38970992778
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Name
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Aneta Atanasovska
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Institution
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Institute of Occupational Health of RNM, WHO CC; Faculty of Medicine, Ss Cyril and Methodius, University in Skopje, 1000 Skopje, RN Macedonia
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Email
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aneta.atanasovska@yahoo.com
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Phone
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+38975986019
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Name of committee
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Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Ss Cyril and Methodius, University in Skopje, 1000 Skopje, RN Macedonia
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Upload files
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Contact Principal Investigator (name)
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Jordan Minov
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Data access policy (briefly describe)
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/
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Is this cohort part of a consortium? (name consortium)
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Participation in pooled analyses
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- The cohort is potentially interested in participating in pooled analyses of (European) occupational cohort studies (note pooled analyses also includes remote decentralized analyses that would not require any transfer of primary data as well as meta-analyses).
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Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
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To assess the incidence of respiratory symptoms and COPD in a cohort of male bus drivers
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Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Internal study population
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Inclusion criteria
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at least 10 years working as professional bus drivers; willingness to participate
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Exclusion criteria
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working less than 10 years as professional bus drivers; don't will to participate
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Enrollment
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Completed
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Age range at entry (main cohort)
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Mean |
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45.9 +/- 7.8 |
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Age range at entry (subcohort)
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Maximum |
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Please describe |
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Men at enrollment
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94
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Women at enrollment
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0
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Children (<18 years) at enrollment
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0
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Men at last follow-up
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94
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Women at last follow-up
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0
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Children (<18 years) at last follow-up
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0
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Participation rate at enrollment (if known)
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80
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| 2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP |
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First follow-up period (provide year)
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2019
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Last follow-up period (provide year)
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2023-2028
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Number of follow-ups after baseline (provide number)
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5-10
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Participation at last follow-up (if known)
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70
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Comments
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Ongoing cohort, therefore the Participation at last follow-up is only speculative
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| 3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES |
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Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)
- Questionnaire, Personal (Occupational/industry modules)
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Occupational coding performed
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Yes
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Occupation (specify coding system used)
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Industry (specify coding system used)
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Types of exposure measurements
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Specify: Other
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JEMs
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Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
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Specify: Job Exposure Matrix / Other
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Semple S. Exposure matrices: how to create them, how to use them, and what they can tell us (2016).
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Website
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http://www.easom.eu
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Main categories
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- Dusts and fibres
- Other chemicals
- Other (specify)
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Dusts and fibres | Fibres
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Dusts and fibres | Fibres | Specify: Other
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not fibres
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Dusts and fibres | Inorganic dusts
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- Inorganic dusts, not specified
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Dusts and fibres | Organic dusts
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- Organic dusts (not specified)
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Other chemicals | Carbon monoxide
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Other chemicals | Engine exhaust
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- Diesel engine exhaust
- Gasoline engine exhaust
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Main categories | Other | Specify: Other
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Gases and fumes
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Comments
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Mixed exposure
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| 4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED |
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Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
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- Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
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Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
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- Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
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Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Mortality
- Morbidity
- Disability
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Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
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J Respiratory disease
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- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Other, please state
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J Respiratory disease | Other (specify)
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Respiratory symptoms in the last 12 months (cough, phelgm, dyspnea, wheezing, chest tightness)
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Other health related outcomes
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| 6. Other Information |
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- Anthropometry
- Demographics
- Education
- Environmental, air pollution
- Environmental other (specify)
- Medical history
- Socioeconomic status
- Smoking
- Other (specify)
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Specify: Environmental other
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Heating and cooling
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Specify: Other
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Accompanying diseases
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Possibility for linkage to data registries/data enrichment via data linkage
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- Cancer incidence
- Disease specific clinical database
- Employment status
- Medication usage
- Mortality register
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Please describe plans that are funded or most likely to be funded
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A segment of a Project "COPD and specific occupational exposures", funded by the Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius, University in Skopje, Skopje, RN Macedonia
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