30-year follow-up of the UK-ECRHS cohort
Research type
Research Study
Full title
European Community Respiratory Health Survey IV follow-up by postal questionnaire
IRAS ID
315005
Contact name
Elaine Fuertes
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
The European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) is a multicentre, international population-based study which assesses asthma, allergy and respiratory health in European adults as they age using standardized protocols. The ongoing core consortium consists of 27 centres in 13 countries, 2 centres of which are in the UK (Norwich and Ipswich). Participants in the ECRHS were recruited in the early 1990s for the first assessments, and since then, have filled in postal questionnaires and attended clinical assessments twice more (1999-2003 and 2010-2014).
We are now seeking permission to re-contact 980 individuals from the two UK centres (Norwich and Ipswich) who filled in a postal questionnaire in 1999-2003 to assess their current health status.
To do this, we will send an invitation letter, participant information sheet, consent form, short questionnaire (4-pages) and pre-paid envelope to their last known home addresses. The short questionnaire will ask the same questions about respiratory and allergic symptoms as in previous ECRHS postal questionnaires and some basic information on COVID-19. Similar research efforts are ongoing in the other ECRHS centres outside of the UK, following local ethical approval processes.
REC name
West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/WM/0217
Date of REC Opinion
27 Oct 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion