Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 12/01/2022
1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION
Cohort name
Construction
Country
  • Netherlands
Please provide any other information on the cohort location/s if needed
Netherlands
Name
Henk van der Molen
Institution
Amsterdam UMC, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health
Email
h.f.vandermolen@amsterdamumc.nl
Name of committee
not applicable
Contact Principal Investigator (name)
Henk van der Molen
Participation in pooled analyses
  • 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).
Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
prevalence and recurrence of MSDs, work-relatedness and problems at work among two construction occupations
Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Internal study population
Inclusion criteria
male bricklayers and supervisors
Enrollment
Completed
Age range at entry (main cohort)
Minimum Maximum Mean
18 65 median: 50 (bricklayers) and 51 supervisors
Men at enrollment
499
Children (<18 years) at enrollment
no
Men at last follow-up
80% at follow-up
Women at last follow-up
-
Children (<18 years) at last follow-up
-
Participation rate at enrollment (if known)
37
2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP
Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Other (specify)
Specify: Other
  • MSD complaints; problems at work; work-relatedness
First follow-up period (provide year)
2011
Last follow-up period (provide year)
2011
Number of follow-ups after baseline (provide number)
1
Participation at last follow-up (if known)
80
3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)
  • Questionnaire, Personal (Occupational/industry modules)
Occupational history/time frame
Current, at enrollment
Occupational coding performed
No
Industry (specify coding system used)
  • Construction: bricklayers and supervisors (coding possible through ISCO-08)
Types of exposure measurements
  • Other (specify)
Specify: Other
job title
Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Other (specify)
Specify: Other
job title
Main categories
  • Ergonomics, physical workload, and injury related
Ergonomics, physical workload, and injury related
  • Other (specify)
Ergonomics, physical workload, and injury related | Specify: Other
job title
4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED
Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
  • Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
  • Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Morbidity
Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
  • M Disorders of muscles, bones, synovialis, bursa, cartilage
M Disorders of muscles, bones, synovialis, bursa, cartilage
  • Other, please state
M Disorders of muscles, bones, synovialis, bursa, cartilage | Other (specify)
MSD complaints of 11 body regions
Other health related outcomes
  • Other (specify)
Specify: Other
problems with work
6. Other Information
  • Demographics