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Margaret Ann is part of a birth cohort study. She continues to receive questionnaires about this study. She questions why others would not take part in similar studies.
Margaret Ann is married and has two children. She is a retired pub landlady. Ethnic background: White Scottish/British
Louise is part of a birth cohort study. When she was four, she did IQ and puzzle tests as part of the study. She is excited to continue participating in the study to help others and to inform health policy.
Louise is married and has one adult child. She is a carer and development worker in the voluntary sector. Ethnic background: White Scottish
Jennifer is part of a birth cohort study. She has received Christmas cards and short questionnaires in the post. She would like to receive more information about the study's findings.
Jennifer is married and has two adult children. She is a retired assistant for students with special needs. Ethnic background: White British
Isobel is part of a birth cohort study. She only became aware that she was involved in the study when she started receiving Christmas cards in her 60s. She has been invited to one meeting.
Isobel is divorced and has three children. She is a retired coordinator for services for the elderly. Ethnic background: White Scottish
Salma's participation in a parent-child cohort study came about around 2008. At the time, she was expecting her first child and was waiting in the hospital for a test. Her main reason for taking part in research was her interest in what causes certain diseases and how they can be prevented. In 2011, she decided to become more involved in the health research and became a parent governor.
Salma is married and has three children. She lives in an extended family group. She works as a secretary and, for the last 7 years, she has been a parent...
Derek is part of a birth cohort study. In primary school, he took a number of tests but cannot remember anything about them. In fact, he was unaware of being part of a birth cohort for some time. His parents did not talk about it and the first he knew about the study was when he started to receive annual greeting cards. He would be happy to be involved with the birth cohort again and would appreciate more information about the study.
Derek is married and has two grown-up children. He works part-time. Ethnic background: White Scottish
Malcolm started taking part in a medical cohort study in 2009. It has involved attending two hospital appointments ten years apart. The first time he had an electrocardiogram (ECG) and an ultrasound and the second appointment involved memory and cognitive tests. Apart from personal reports, he would appreciate getting an update about the study in general: about what it's being used for, how useful it's been and just a little update, a little summary every year to the patients would be well-receive.
Malcolm is married and has one daughter. He took early retirement at age 50 due to the onset of a chronic condition and became self-employed. He continues working as a...
Anthony started to take part in a cardiovascular cohort study in 2007. Participation has involved medical check-ups, tests like ECG, blood samples, memory tests, and lots of question. In the last 16 years, Anthony has volunteered to two other medical studies. He feels that medical research is very important and taking part would be of benefit to other people in the future.
Anthony is married with grown-up children. He is a retired farmer. Ethnic background: White British
Alan Y's participation in a medical cohort study came about when he spent time in hospital with a suspected transient ischemic attack (TIA). His two main motivations to take part were to understand why someone like him with an active and healthy lifestyle was affected with a health condition and, secondly, because he wants to help other people.
Alan Y is married and has two grown-up children as well as grandchildren. He is retired but keeps active doing Duke of Edinburgh expeditions and as a volunteer minister in...
Jenny is a senior researcher on a chronic kidney disease cohort study. She describes cohort studies as a type of medical research which follows people for a long-time. Jenny says that they are important as they answer health questions that other studies may not be able to answer.
Jenny is a senior researcher on a chronic kidney disease cohort study.
