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Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 02/11/2020
1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION
Cohort name
  Polish Nurses Cohort Study
Country
 

  • Poland
Name
  Beata Peplonska
Institution
  Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine
Email
  beata.peplonska@imp.lodz.pl
Name of committee
  Bioethical Committee of Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine
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
  The main aim of the cohort is to assess health and biological effects of rotating night shift work among nurses
Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • External comparison of workers with other exposure
Inclusion criteria
  age (40-60 years), current work (nurse)
Enrollment
  Completed
Age range at entry (main cohort)
 

Minimum Maximum Mean
40 60 49

Men at enrollment
  0
Women at enrollment
  725
Children (<18 years) at enrollment
  0
Men at last follow-up
  0
Women at last follow-up
  620
Children (<18 years) at last follow-up
  0
Participation rate at enrollment (if known)
  84
2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP
Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Active (contact with participants)
Active (contact with participants) (specify)
 

  • questionnaire (data update)
First follow-up period (provide year)
  2013-2015
Number of follow-ups after baseline (provide number)
  1
Participation at last follow-up (if known)
  87
3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)
Occupational history/time frame
  Lifetime
Occupational coding performed
  Yes
Occupation (specify coding system used)
 

  • nurses and midwives (Polish Classification of Activities No.86.90C)
Types of exposure measurements
 

  • Biomarkers (see also section 5)
Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Self-report
Main categories
 

  • Organisation of work including working time
Organisation of work including working time | Employment conditions
 

  • Work contract type (i.e. permanent, term-contract, subcontract, temporary)
Organisation of work including working time | Shift work
 

  • Night (permanent or rotating)
Organisation of work including working time | Working hours
 

  • Duration
  • Regular/variable
4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED
Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
 

  • Biomarker (specify)
  • Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
Specify: Biomarker
  melatonin, polymorphism of circadian rhythm genes, expression of circadian rhythm genes, antioxidant parameters, prolactin, steroid hormones (estradiol, testosterone, DHEAS)
Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
 

  • Biomarker (specify)
  • Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
Specify: Biomarker
  methylation status of circadian rhythm genes and tumour suppressor genes
Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
 

  • Other (specify)
Other (specify)
  general health effects
Other health related outcomes
 

  • Lifestyle change
  • Sleep
5. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES & ANALYSIS
Biological samples collected
 

  • Blood
  • Urine
Biological processing
 

  • DNA
Genetic and other lab analyses
 

  • Epigenomics
6. Other Information
 

  • Alcohol
  • Anthropometry
  • Demographics
  • Diet
  • Education
  • Medical history
  • Physical exercise
  • Smoking
  • Other (specify)
Specify: Other
  sleep quality, chronotype,
Possibility for linkage to data registries/data enrichment via data linkage
 

  • Employment status
  • Other (specify)
Specify: Other
  health effects of work at night