Lystad Reidar P, Fajardo Pulido Diana, Peters Lorna, Johnstone Melissa, Ellis Louise A, Braithwaite Jeffrey, Wuthrich Viviana, Amin Janaki, Cameron Cate M, Mitchell Rebecca J
Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Apr 23;9(4):e16108. doi: 10.2196/16108.
Emerging adulthood is a unique segment of an individual's life course. The defining features of this transitional period include identity exploration, instability, future possibilities, self-focus, and feeling in-between adolescence and adulthood, all of which are thought to affect quality of life, health, and well-being. A longitudinal cohort study with a comprehensive set of measures would be a unique and valuable resource for improving the understanding of the multi-faceted elements and unique challenges that contribute to the health and well-being of emerging adults.
The main aim of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of recruiting university graduates to establish a longitudinal cohort study to inform our understanding of emerging adulthood.
This is a pilot longitudinal cohort study of Australian university graduates. It will involve collecting information via online surveys (baseline and 12-month follow-up) and data linkage with health records. Recruitment, response, and retention rates will be calculated. Descriptive analysis of the representativeness of recruited participants and completeness of survey responses will be conducted.
Participant recruitment was completed in October 2018, and data collection for the baseline and follow-up surveys was completed in November 2019. As of April 2020, the process of acquiring health records from administrative data collections has commenced.
The findings from this pilot study will identify areas for improvement and inform the development of a future longitudinal cohort study of emerging adults.
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12618001364268; https://tinyurl.com/teec8wh.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/16108.
成年初显期是个体生命历程中一个独特的阶段。这个过渡时期的显著特征包括身份探索、不稳定、未来可能性、自我关注以及处于青春期和成年期之间的感觉，所有这些都被认为会影响生活质量、健康和幸福感。一项具备全面测量指标的纵向队列研究将是增进对成年初显期健康和幸福感的多方面因素及独特挑战理解的独特且有价值的资源。
这项试点研究的主要目的是评估招募大学毕业生建立纵向队列研究以增进我们对成年初显期理解的可行性和可接受性。
这是一项针对澳大利亚大学毕业生的试点纵向队列研究。它将涉及通过在线调查（基线调查和12个月随访）收集信息以及与健康记录进行数据链接。将计算招募率、回应率和留存率。将对招募参与者的代表性和调查回复的完整性进行描述性分析。
参与者招募于2018年10月完成，基线调查和随访调查的数据收集于2019年11月完成。截至2020年4月，从行政数据收集中获取健康记录的工作已经开始。
这项试点研究的结果将确定改进领域，并为未来成年初显期纵向队列研究的开展提供信息。
澳大利亚新西兰临床试验注册中心ACTRN12618001364268；https://tinyurl.com/teec8wh。
国际注册报告识别码（IRRID）：DERR1-10.2196/16108。
