Site: www.whi.org/datasets
Updated 5/16/22
Country: United States
Study design: Clinical trial and observational cohort with repeated measurements over time
Participant age range: Women aged 50-79 years at recruitment
Number of participants at baseline: 161,808
Year of initial enrollment: 1993-1998
Number of data collection waves: ~11 among various sub-cohorts
Measures of well-being:
- Positive psychological well-being (overall /multidimensional)
- Optimism
- Social support / integration / cohesion
Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times well-being was assessed): Moderate
Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): Moderate
Measures of physical health:
- Self-rated / questionnaire-based health
- Measured anthropometrics, e.g., weight
- Adjudicated health outcomes
Access Information:
This dataset is available to all researchers.
Researchers must submit an application to access this data.
There are no fees required to access this dataset.
Notable citation:
Tindle H, Chang Y, Kuller L, Manson J, Robinson J, Rosal M, Siegle G & Matthews K. (2009). Optimism, cynical hostility, and incident coronary heart disease and mortality in the Women’s Health Initiative. Circulation, 2009(120), 656-662.