2016/02/16

2017/07/04

Focused on job stressors and socioeconomic gradient to evaluate the prevalence and long-term trends of NCDs and their outcomes (i.e. Death, Sickness Absence, NCD (cardiovascular, cancer, musculoskeletal, psychiatric, and other NCD), Injuries)

14,000 employees of IUMS or Ministry of Health and Medical Education include:

◦Iran University of Medical Sciences in

• 17 hospitals
• 9 schools
• 7 health networks

◦Ministry of Health and Medical Education

According to the memorandum of understanding with the Vice-Chancellor of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Health, the sample size of the study is 10,000 people.

It is estimated that the total number of eligible people is about 13,000, and if 75-80 percent of people participate, the sample size will be 10,000 people.

Till now 4886 participants have been recruited.

• Questionnaires

• Lists
• Files 

• Clinical Assessments

• Laboratory Tests

• Biobank Storage

Phone, Annual follow-ups (200,000 person-year) of the cohort were designed to be conducted up to 2032.

• Comprehensive assessments every four years
• Telephone follow-ups each year
• At least 4 waves (16 years)

The study collected data on a large number of exposures such as demographics, general health, lifestyle, dietary habits, nutrition and eating habits, employment, social integration, quality of life (e.g., sleep patterns, stress), physical activity, anthropometric indexes, occupational history, living place, family medical history and use of medication, and the number of anthropometric and physiological measures (e.g., respiratory capacity tests, electrocardiograms).

A rich biobank was created by collecting, in all cohort participants, samples from whole blood, serum, plasma, buffy coat and urine. Diseases were ascertained from clinical examinations, biochemical variables, interviews, and linkage with medical records registered in the integrated health information system.

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