| 1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION |
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Cohort name
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MRI workers and subjective symptoms
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Country
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Name
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Fabriziomaria Gobba
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Institution
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Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
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Email
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fabriziomaria.gobba@unimore.it
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Phone
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+390592055463
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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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Alberto Modenese
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Institution
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Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
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Email
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alberto.modenese@unimore.it
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Phone
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+390592055475
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Name of committee
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Province of Modena (Italy)
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Upload files
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Contact Principal Investigator (name)
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Alberto Modenese
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Data access policy (briefly describe)
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Full access to anonymous data on MRI operators form Italy and possible sensorial symptoms (e.g. vertigo)
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Upload files
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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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Investigate occupational exposure of MRI operators to EMF and possible related subjective sensorial symptoms
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Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Prospective cohort
- Retrospective cohort
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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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MRI operators, working age
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Exclusion criteria
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Control group: same job category of exposed group, same hospital department, no MRI exposure
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Enrollment
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Ongoing
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Age range at entry (main cohort)
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Maximum |
Mean |
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70 |
45 |
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Men at enrollment
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131
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Women at enrollment
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153
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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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0
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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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70
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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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- Questionnaire to investigate exposure and symptoms
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First follow-up period (provide year)
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to be defined
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Last follow-up period (provide year)
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to be defined
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Number of follow-ups after baseline (provide number)
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to be defined
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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)
- Job-employment records
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Occupational history/time frame
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Lifetime
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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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- Expert assessment
- Self-report
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Main categories
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Physical agents
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Physical agents | Radiation
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