Recontacting biobank participants to collect lifestyle, behavioural and cognitive information via online questionnaires: lessons from a pilot study within FinnGen.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To recontact biobank participants and collect cognitive, behavioural and lifestyle information via a secure online platform.

Design

Biobank-based recontacting pilot study.

Setting

Three Finnish biobanks (Helsinki, Auria, Tampere) recruiting participants from February 2021 to July 2021.

Participants

All eligible invitees were enrolled in FinnGen by their biobanks (Helsinki, Auria, Tampere), had available genetic data and were >18 years old. Individuals with severe neuropsychiatric disease or cognitive or physical disabilities were excluded. Lastly, 5995 participants were selected based on their polygenic score for cognitive abilities and invited to the study. Among invitees, 1115 had successfully participated and completed the study questionnaire(s).<

SUBMITTER: Rodosthenous RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9535212 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature