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Methodology for Establishing a Community-Wide Life Laboratory for Capturing Unobtrusive and Continuous Remote Activity and Health Data
Published on: July 27, 2018
Cohort profile: the housing regeneration and health study
Sarah E Rodgers1, Martin Heaven, Arron Lacey
1Health Information Research Unit, Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff, UK, Institute of Primary Care & Public Health, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, Cardiff School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff, UK and Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Abstract:
A cohort comprising residents of a housing regeneration and health programme was created from routinely collected data using a system which allows us to anonymously link housing data to individuals and their health. The regeneration programme incorporating four rolling work packages runs from 2009 to 2014. The main intervention cohort we describe here contains the 18 312 residents of 9051 residences at baseline. The cohort will be followed continuously through routine health data (demographics, mortality, hospital admissions and general practitioner records including prescriptions) with periodic updates of housing regeneration intervention data. Here, we describe the baseline data for the primary health outcomes of emergency hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions and injuries for those aged ≥60 years. We will compare the health of residents within the homes before and after the housing regeneration work has taken place, and we will calculate the change in health service costs with use of hospital and General Practitioners (GP) services. We will also use a difference in differences approach to assess changes in comparison with comparator cohorts. These data will be accessible at the end of the study period in 2016. Further information about this study can be obtained from Ronan Lyons; r.a.lyons@swansea.ac.uk.
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