Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN): Cross-Sectional Screener Dataset, [United States], 1995-1997

This collection includes screener data collected as part of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), which is a multi-site longitudinal, epidemiologic study which began in 1994 and was designed to examine the health of women during their middle years. The study examines the physical, biological, psychological, and social changes during this transitional period. The goal of SWAN's research is to help scientists, health care providers, and women learn how mid-life experiences affect health and quality of life during aging. This data includes questions about doctor visits, medical conditions, medications, treatments, medical procedures, relationships, smoking, and menopause related information such as age at pre-, peri- and post-menopause, self-attitudes, feelings, and common physical problems associated with menopause. Also included in the data are background characteristics (age, race, occupation, education, marital status, and family size). The SWAN study is co-sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health. The screener dataset contains information from 16,142 women who responded to the SWAN cross-sectional screening interview during the period from 11/1/1995 through 12/1/1997 from the 7 clinical sites participating in the SWAN longitudinal study. The sites include Boston, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oakland and Los Angeles, California, Detroit, Michigan, Newark, New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois. SWAN participants represent five racial/ethnic groups and a variety of backgrounds and cultures.

本数据集收录了全美女性健康跨生命周期研究（Study of Women's Health Across the Nation，SWAN）的筛查数据。该研究是一项始于1994年的多中心纵向流行病学研究，旨在考察女性中年阶段的健康状况，聚焦于此过渡时期内女性的躯体、生物学、心理及社会层面的变化。SWAN的研究目标是帮助科研人员、医疗服务提供者及女性群体了解中年时期的经历如何影响衰老过程中的健康与生活质量。本数据集涵盖的调研内容包括就诊情况、疾病状况、用药情况、治疗方案、医疗操作、人际关系、吸烟行为，以及与绝经相关的信息：如绝经前、围绝经期、绝经后的年龄节点，自我认知态度、情绪状态，以及绝经相关的常见躯体不适。数据集同时收录了受试者的背景特征信息，包括年龄、种族、职业、受教育程度、婚姻状况及家庭规模。本项SWAN研究由美国国家衰老研究所（National Institute on Aging, NIA）、美国国家护理研究所（National Institute of Nursing Research, NINR）、美国国立卫生研究院（National Institutes of Health, NIH）以及美国国立卫生研究院女性健康研究办公室联合资助。本筛查数据集包含16142名女性的信息，这些受试者于1995年11月1日至1997年12月1日期间，参与了SWAN纵向研究旗下7个临床中心的横断面筛查访谈并完成应答。这7个临床中心分别位于马萨诸塞州波士顿市、宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡市、加利福尼亚州奥克兰市与洛杉矶市、密歇根州底特律市、新泽西州纽瓦克市以及伊利诺伊州芝加哥市。SWAN的研究受试者覆盖5个种族/族群类别，兼具多样的社会背景与文化特质。

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背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集是'全国女性健康研究（SWAN）'的横断面筛查部分，覆盖1995年至1997年，收集了16,142名美国中年女性（40-55岁）的健康数据，重点关注更年期过渡期的生理、心理和社会变化。数据来自七个临床地点，代表五个种族/民族群体，内容包括医疗访问、健康状况、药物使用、更年期信息及背景特征，采用纵向面板设计，通过面对面和电话访谈收集，响应率为46.6%。