LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

VITALITY: Environmental and climate exposures

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2014-2022	2014-2023	2014-2023	2014-2023	2020	2014-2023	2014-2023	2021	2021-2023	2014-2023	2023-Ongoing	2023-Ongoing
	Phase	Baseline	Compliance Monitoring	6 month follow-up	Optional Clinic Visit	COVID Immune: Baseline	9 month follow-up	12 month follow-up	COVID Immune: 12 month follow-up	Short Allergy Questionnaire	12mth Clinical assessment	6 year follow up	6 year Clinic assessment
	Age	6-12 weeks	3-12 months	6 months	6 months	1-5 years	9 months	12 months	2-6 years	12-24 months	12-18 months	6-7 years	6-7 years
	N	2739										in progress	in progress
Behaviour to prevent sun exposure			P:IPMSSG ^M P:IPMSSG ^I		P:IPMSSG ^M P:IPMSSG ^I				P:IPMSSG ^M P:IPMSSG ^I				P:VIT ^I
Environmental exposure			P:BIS ^I						P:BIS ^I P:VIT ^I				P:VIT ^I
Exposure to animals			P:BIS ^I						P:BIS ^I				P:VIT ^I
Exposure to potentially harmful entity during pregnancy			P:BIS ^M
Personal hygiene			P:VIT ^P P:VIT ^I P:BIS-H ^M P:BIS-H ^I						P:VIT ^P P:VIT ^I P:BIS-H ^P P:BIS-H ^I				P:VIT ^P P:VIT ^I
Pet exposure													P:VIT ^I
Prenatal health behaviour			P:IPMSSG ^M		P:IPMSSG ^M				P:IPMSSG ^M
Smoker in home			P:VIT ^I P:VIT ^I				P:MACS ^I		P:VIT ^I P:VIT ^I	P:MACS ^I			P:VIT ^I
Sun exposure			P:IPMSSG ^M P:IPMSSG ^I		P:IPMSSG ^I				P:IPMSSG ^I				P:VIT ^I
Tobacco use during pregnancy			P:VIT ^M P:VIT ^I										L:VPDC ^I

Featured measurements

BIS: : Barwon Infant Study-devised measure
BIS-H: : BIS devised - Hygiene Item set
IPMSSG: : International Paediatric Multiple Sclerosis Study Group-devised measure
MACS: : Melbourne Atopic Cohort Study-devised measure
VIT: : Primary prevention of infant food allergy: VITALITY Trial-devised measure
VPDC: : Victorian Perinatal Data Collection

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.