The design of the 3 pathways
SwiSCI is composed of three complementary pathways that, taken together, will establish a population-based and continuous cohort study.
After recruitment through one of the three pathways, SwiSCI aims to follow-up participants over the life span through a survey in the community every 5 years.
The study design of the SwiSCI cohort study is described in this publication in detail: PDF Download
Tags: Historical cohort, Survey, Inception cohort, Study design