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| Name | Class |
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| Health Promotion Board, Singapore | OTHER_GOV |
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The study aims to investigate body-weight and behavioural trajectories, as well as their underlying individual, social, and environmental determinants from University to early working life. The study employs mHealth approaches in the form of a smartphone app and smart wearables to collect health behaviour and related information to answer the following research questions:
This is a prospective cohort study. The study period for each participant is 2 years. Participants are required to download the study's smartphone app and wear the assigned smartwatch to collect various information (including step counts and sleep time). Physical measurements are taken in person at baseline, 12 months and 24 months visits. These measurements include height, weight, waist circumference, resting heart rate and blood pressure.
Questionnaires administered at baseline, 12 months and 24 months include:
Participants will also receive occasional surveys sent to their smartphone through the study app. These surveys will include questions about sleep, diet, technology use, binge drinking, smoking, physical activities and/or emotions.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in health behaviours - physical activity | Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow up | |
| Changes in health behaviours - dietary pattern | Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow up | |
| Changes in health behaviours - sleep pattern | Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow up | |
| Changes in health behaviours - mental well-being | Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow up |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Blood pressure (mmHG) | Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow-up | |
| Resting heart rate (bpm) | Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow-up | |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m^2) |
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This is a cohort of National University of Singapore (NUS) (undergraduate and postgraduate) students.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chua Xin Hui | Contact | +65-6601-1940 | xinhui.chua@nus.edu.sg | |
| Tay Zoey | Contact | ephtz@nus.edu.sg |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Falk Müller-Riemenschneider | National University of Singapore | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore | Recruiting | Singapore | 117597 | Singapore |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 40993637 | Derived | Zheng S, Chua XH, Edney SM, Goh CM, Tai BC, Chia J, Koek D, van Dam RM, Muller-Riemenschneider F. Movement and dietary behaviours and mental health among university students: the Health@NUS study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Sep 24;25(1):3100. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-24340-5. | |
| 39018103 | Derived | Chua XH, Edney SM, Muller AM, Petrunoff NA, Whitton C, Tay Z, Goh CMJL, Chen B, Park SH, Rebello SA, Low A, Chia J, Koek D, Cheong K, van Dam RM, Muller-Riemenschneider F. Rationale, Design, and Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the Health@NUS mHealth Augmented Cohort Study Examining Student-to-Work Life Transition: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Jul 17;13:e56749. doi: 10.2196/56749. |
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| Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow-up |
| Waist circumference (cm) | Baseline, 12 and 24 months follow-up |
| 37856188 | Derived | Edney S, Goh CM, Chua XH, Low A, Chia J, S Koek D, Cheong K, van Dam R, Tan CS, Muller-Riemenschneider F. Evaluating the Effects of Rewards and Schedule Length on Response Rates to Ecological Momentary Assessment Surveys: Randomized Controlled Trials. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Oct 19;25:e45764. doi: 10.2196/45764. |