Silva P A
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, New Zealand.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 1990 Jan;4(1):76-107. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1990.tb00621.x.
This article describes the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, a longitudinal study of 1037 children studied at birth and followed-up at age 3, with the majority being followed up every 2 years thereafter, to age 15. The paper includes a description of the setting for the study, the historical background, establishment of the study, the sample, follow-up rates, changes in sample characteristics over time, the procedures, the data gathered at each phase and the investigators responsible. Some of the topics studied over the years are set out in a table of descriptors which includes references to refereed journal articles that include results relating to the topics. Plans for the future are also described. Reflections on some of the reasons why the study has been successful are noted. The article concludes with a full list of publications and reports (1-328), current as at 1 July 1989.
本文介绍了达尼丁多学科健康与发展研究，这是一项针对1037名儿童的纵向研究，这些儿童在出生时接受研究，并在3岁时进行随访，此后大多数儿童每两年随访一次，直至15岁。该论文包括对研究背景、历史背景、研究的设立、样本、随访率、样本特征随时间的变化、程序、各阶段收集的数据以及负责的研究人员的描述。多年来研究的一些主题列在一个描述符表中，其中包括对已发表期刊文章的引用，这些文章包含与这些主题相关的结果。还描述了未来的计划。文中提到了对该研究取得成功的一些原因的思考。文章最后列出了截至1989年7月1日的完整出版物和报告清单（1 - 328）。
