LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

VIHCS: Other health information

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2006-2013	2006-2013	2007-2014	2015-2021
	Wave	Antenatal	Postnatal	Infancy	Childhood
	Age	28-41 weeks gestation	4-31 weeks	50-77 weeks	96-114 months
	N	806	877	975	878
Family medical history			P:VIHCS ^M P:VIHCS ^F
Fatigue			P:CIS-R ^M P:GHQ ^F
General wellbeing						S:PedsQL-GWB ^I P:PedsQL-GWB ^I
Medical history			P:VIHCS ^F
Physical health problems			P:VIHCS ^M P:CIS-R ^M	P:VIHCS ^M P:VIHCS ^I	P:VIHCS ^M P:VIHCS ^I	P:VIHCS ^I ¹

Featured measurements

CIS-R: : Clinical Interview Schedule – Revised
GHQ: : General Health Questionnaire
PedsQL-GWB: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – General Well-Being Scale
VIHCS: : Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study-devised measure

Notes

Items developed by LSAC and CATS

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
G: = Grandparent(s) completed questionnaire
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

Metadata presented by LifeCourse provides a crucial first step in understanding the available data across studies. It does not take the place of detailed study documentation, which should always be consulted during design and analysis.