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Visit 1 of General Assessment 1A (Baseline)
All Lifelines participants of 8 years and older participating in general assessment 1A (“Baseline”) visited a location of their choice. A trained physician's assistant performed the described measurements, according to the Standard Operating Procedure below.
- NB: For the most part of 1A, the Pulmonary function test and Ruff Figural Fluency Test were performed in alternate weeks so that participants underwent only one of these two tests.
- NNB: In case of temporary counter indications or technical/logistic problems, tests could be rescheduled for 1A Visit 2.
SOP (in brief) for Visit 1 of adult (18+) participants
- Total duration: 70 minutes
- Retrieve the participant from the waiting room
- Check informed Consent and basic personal information
- Take in 1A Questionnaire 1 and check for completeness (also during blood pressure measurement)
- If participant is 65+ years old: perform MMSE
- Check if all instruments are ready for use
- Perform the following measurements in order according to their respective SOP’s:
- Possible changes in the order:
- Blood pressure and ECG may be swapped
- Pulmonary function test may be done after the MINI
SOP (in brief) for Visit 1 of children (8-17)
- Total duration: 60 min (plus 30-45 minutes for on-site 1A Youth Questionnaire)
- Retrieve the child and its parent(s) from the (child-friendly) waiting room
- Informed Consent must have been checked prior to the visit
- Check basic personal information
- Take in 1A Birth Questionnaire and 1A General Questionnaire (if not already sent by mail, lost, or forgotten)
- Hand out 1A Behavior Questionnaire and 1A Food Questionnaire
- Check if all instruments are ready for use
- Perform the following measurements in order according to their respective SOP’s:
- ECG (13+ years old)
- Instruct older children (13+) to fill in the digital 1A Youth Questionnaire on site.
Relation to other elements
1A Visit 1 was accompanied by 1A Questionnaire 1 which was filled in, on average, 21 days prior to visit 1 (median: 13 days).
1A Visit 1 was followed by 1A Visit 2 after, on average, 40 days.
1A Visit 1 is procedurally equivalent to 2A Visit 1 and 3A Visit 1. The average time between 1A Visit 1 and 2A Visit 1 was 3 years and 11 months.
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