| 1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION |
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Cohort name
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Dentists & teachers cohort
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Country
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Please provide any other information on the cohort location/s if needed
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Metpopolitan area (Helsinki, Espoo & Vantaa)
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Name
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Päivi Leino-Arjas
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Institution
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Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)
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Email
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paivi.leino-arjas@ttl.fi
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Do you want to add another Principal Investigator of the Cohort
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- Add another Principal Investigator of the cohort
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Name
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Svetlana Solovieva
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Institution
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Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)
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Email
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svetlana.soloviva@ttl.fi
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Name of committee
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The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa Ethics Committee for Research in Occupational Health and Safety
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Contact Principal Investigator (name)
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Päivi Leino-Arjas
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Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
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Main aim of the cohort is to better understand the aspects of workload relevant to the development of hand OA, taking other influential factors related to lifestyle and genetic makeup into account
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Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
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Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Industry / occupation-based
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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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45-63 years old dentists and teachers
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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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63 |
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Men at enrollment
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-
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Women at enrollment
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546
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Men at last follow-up
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-
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Women at last follow-up
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482
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Participation rate at enrollment (if known)
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60
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| 2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP |
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Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Active (contact with participants)
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Active (contact with participants) (specify)
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- Based on self-administered questionnaires
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First follow-up period (provide year)
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2007
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Last follow-up period (provide year)
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2007
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Number of follow-ups after baseline (provide number)
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1
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Participation at last follow-up (if known)
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89
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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 history/time frame
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Current, at enrollment
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Occupational coding performed
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No
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Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
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Main categories
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- Ergonomics, physical workload, and injury related
- Psychosocial domains
- Organisation of work including working time
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Ergonomics, physical workload, and injury related
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- Awkward work postures (e.g. kneeling/squatting, elevated arms, neck flection, back bent forward without support)
- Other (specify)
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Ergonomics, physical workload, and injury related | Specify: Other
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cumulative hand/wrist workload
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Psychosocial domains | Job task characteristics/organization of work
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- Job control, autonomy
- Psychological job demands
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Organisation of work including working time | Working hours
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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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- Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs (specify)
- Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
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Specify: Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs
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hand X-rays
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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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Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
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- M Arthritis, arthrosis, systemic connective disorders, spine disorders
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M Arthritis, arthrosis, systemic connective disorders, spine disorders
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- Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint
- Other arthrosis
- Deformities of fingers and toes
- Low back pain
- Other, please state
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M Arthritis, arthrosis, systemic connective disorders, spine disorders | Other (specify)
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finger joints arthrosis; neck and shoulder pain
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| 5. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES & ANALYSIS |
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Biological samples collected
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Biological processing
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Genetic and other lab analyses
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- Genomics / Other genetics (specify)
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Specify: Other genetics
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Hand arthrosis candidate genes
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| 6. Other Information |
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- Alcohol
- Anthropometry
- Demographics
- Diet
- Education
- Physical exercise
- Smoking
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