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Research services
- data collection & statistical services
Data collection services
The
Busselton Health Study Testing facility houses core infrastructure
suitable for large-scale epidemiological studies or smaller focused
research projects.
Our multi-skilled
research staff have skills in:
- Community promotion of your study
- Participant recruitment, scheduling and liason
- Questionnaire design, formatting and administration including on-site electronic archiving, verification and data extraction
- Phlebotomy (including venepuncture), specimen
labeling, processing, and shipping
- Bioassays by PathWest laboratories in Busselton and
Perth
- Anthropometry (Height, Weight, BMI, % Body Fat,
Skinfold, Waist, Hip and Neck measures)
- Bone Densitometry & Body Composition studies
(GE Lunar Prodigy)
- Respiratory
testing (Spirometry, Methacholine Challenges, Bronchodilator
Challenges, Forced Oscillation Technique, Exhaled Nitric Oxide, Sleep
Apnoea screening)
- Skin Prick testing (Atopy)
- Cardiovascular testing (Blood Pressure, Carotid
Ultrasound & Bruits, Ankle-Brachial Index, Pulse Wave
Velocity, ECG)
- Cognitive assessments
- Physical and mobility assessments
- Visual acuity, Retinal Photography, Tonometry and
Refraction assessments
- Audiometry and Tympanometry
- Other testing upon request
All
data are collected according to strict protocols and world best
practice & guidelines. We invite you to contact a
BPMRI-affiliated researcher to discuss the feasability of conducting
your research project using the Busselton dataset and infrastructure. A
list of affiliated researchers can be found here.
Database and statistical services
The School of
Population Health at The University of Western Australia also
provides the following services associated with the
Busselton Health Study database:
- Provision
of detailed information on the contents of the database and assistance
with determining the feasibility of a research project using data from
the database
- Assistance
with the preparation of a research design, data analysis plan and
proposal for access to data to be submitted to the BPMRI
- Extraction and provision of specified data from
the database following approval from the BPMRI
- Advice on statistical
methods relevant to the analysis of data from the database
- Statistical
analyses of data from the database for approved projects
Please visit our data access page for information on application guidelines and fees or contact the Chair of the BPMRI Scientific Commitee
Professor Matthew
Knuiman
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