Determinants of participation in a longitudinal two-stage study of the health consequences of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The determinants of participation in long-term follow-up studies of disasters have rarely been delineated. Even less is known from studies of events that occurred in eastern Europe. We examined the factors associated with participation in a longitudinal two-stage study conducted in Kyiv following the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident.

Methods

Six hundred child-mother dyads (300 evacuees and 300 classmate controls) were initially assessed in 1997 when the children were 11 years old, and followed up in 2005-6 when they were 19 years old. A population control group (304 mothers and 327 children) was added in 2005-6. Each assessment point involved home interviews with the children and mothers (stage 1), followed by medical examinations of the children at a c

SUBMITTER: Guey LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2396662 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature