The Pro-Saude Study: general characteristics and methodological aspects

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Faerstein, Eduardo¹  Chor, Dóra²  Lopes, Claudia de Souza¹  Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro¹ 

[1] Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro;Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

关键词: Cohort studies;    Social determinants;    Adult health;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-790X2005000400014

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In his paper, we report the motivations and characteristics of the Pro-Saude Study with emphasis on its scope and methods. Longitudinal studies of "healthy" populations of working age in Brazilian large cities are still scarse. In these settings, aspects of contemporary life may modify characteristics of several exposures and possibly their effects; on the other hand, their inhabitants' living and working conditions may pose special difficulties to the conduction in general population samples of cohort studies planning a long follow-up. Populations of civil servants have level of education which allow the use of efficient methods of data collection (e.g. self-administered questionnaires). In addition, they may have sufficiently socioeconomic heterogeneity, and job stability making follow-up more feasible. Subjetcs (3,253) were civil servants at a public university in Rio de Janeiro participating in baseline data collection (phases 1 and 2, 1999-2001) will be followed up. We utilized self-administered questionnaires, and measured weight, height, waist circumference, and blood pressure. The study focuses mainly on social determinants of health. We investigated in detail markers of socioeconomic position, race/ethnicity, religion, marital and migration history. Relative indicators were emphasized, such as inequality and social trajectories, and contextual effects of residence areas and job sectors. Finally, issues largely unexplored in our population are studied, e.g. social network and support, job stress, and experiences of discrimination.

【 授权许可】

CC BY