If you are a participant in the study...

Over 4000 participants from the north west area of Adelaide are now involved in the North West Adelaide Health Study.  The cohort has been randomly selected from the South Australian population and therefore we are unable to substitute people for you, or add new people to the established cohort.

In 2004, we once again invited you to take part in this very important study.  Stage 2 involved a second health assessment at either The Queen Elizabeth Hospital or the Lyell McEwin Hospital.  Some participants were invited to take part in health-related sub-studies relating to asthma, heart disease and osteoporosis.

Prior to the next health assessment, you will receive an approach letter, inviting you to return to one of the clinics.  A trained health interviewer will then telephone you within a fortnight with some health related questions.  During the interview, an appointment will be made for a clinic visit.  Once an appointment has been made, an information pack will be sent out to you.  It will contain the following material:

§         An appointment letter

This confirms your appointment time and date. If for some reason you are unable to make it to your appointment, please ring either Sandy on 8222 7866 or Janet on 8226 6054.

§         Reminder sheet

You will need to fast for 8 hours before your clinic appointment. This means not eating breakfast or drinking anything other than water (ie not orange juice, soft drink, tea or coffee) on the morning of your visit to the clinic. 

Could you please bring with you to the clinic:

o     your Medicare card;

o     your urine sample;

o     your completed questionnaire,

o     medication form; and

o     doctor/secondary contact details forms

from the information pack.

§         Questionnaire

This questionnaire is similar to the one you filled out prior to attending each clinic appointment, and seeks information on a range of general and health-related topics.

§         Doctor Details and Secondary Contact

Information about your doctor is required if you would like a copy of your results from the health assessment to be sent to your local general practitioner, as well as the copy that you will receive. We recommend that you talk to your doctor about your results.

We value your ongoing involvement and would like to be informed of any change of address, telephone number or circumstances.  We ask that you provide secondary contact details in case we lose contact with you in the coming years.  

§         Medications form

Wherever possible, to help with the tests, we ask that you withhold taking any medication at least on the morning or your appointment, or if possible 24 hours before visiting the clinic.

§         Urine jar

You have been asked to provide a urine sample of the first (morning) urination of the day in the yellow container provided in the information pack. Please bring it along in a plastic bag to your appointment.

§         Maps to the clinics

There are signs located around the hospitals to give you directions to the North West Adelaide Health Study clinics. If you have difficulty locating the clinic, please ask one of the staff at the hospital for directions to the clinic.  Click here on the appropriate name to find a street map and clinic location map for both The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Lyell McEwin Hospital.