UNIversity students’ LIFEstyle behaviours and Mental health cohort (UNILIFE-M): study protocol of a multicentre, prospective cohort study
The study was first approved at a national level in Brazil (CAE:63025822.8.1001.5346). Study sites outside Brazil obtained additional ethics approval from their institutions using the main approval. Results from the UNILIFE-M cohort will be disseminated through scientific publications, presentations at scientific meetings, press releases, the general media and social media.
Authors
- Fabiano A. Gomes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7690-1580)
- Aisling McGrath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3731-9165)
- Keisuke Takano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0406-8654)
- S. Rosenbaum
- Yunxiao Zhang
- Susan Pamela Anaya Torres
- S Haider
- Tim Rohe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9713-3712)
- Pascale Salameh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4780-0772)
- A. O’Neil
- Jolene van der Kaap‐Deeder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1035-3195)
- Johana Soto-Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6982-5447)
- Andréa Camaz Deslandes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5941-9111)
- Stephan Heinzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2325-900X)
- Markus Gerber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6140-8948)
- Débora Tornquist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7363-1669)
- Evan Matthews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1986-2677)
- Anna Katharina Frei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3629-7094)
- Andreas Heißel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9270-7027)
- Felipe Barreto Schuch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5190-4515)
- Dicky Pelupessy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1760-2863)
- Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth
- Megan Teychenne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7293-8255)
- Rhiannon White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5118-6226)
- Matthew J. Savage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2922-3681)
- Daniel Alvarez Pires (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2163-5606)
- Adewale L. Oyeyemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3737-2911)
- Olga Lucia Montoya Hurtado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9540-1581)
- Nexhmedin Morina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2331-9140)
- Nina Heinrichs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8301-5798)
- Marcella L. Woud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4974-505X)
- Idoo Womboh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6214-1115)
- Anu Ruusunen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1169-7478)
- Helena Ferreira Moura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7222-6055)
- Cornelia Weise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5216-1031)
- Louise M. Farrer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5694-4631)
- Javier Bueno‐Antequera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8063-3980)
- Melinda Hutchesson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1851-0661)
- Ana Carolina Guidorizzi Zanetti
- Carlos Cristi‐Montero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9940-507X)
- Jürgen Hoyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1697-6732)
- Eduarda Bitencourt dos Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4697-4930)
- Jonathan Leo Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2404-3278)
- S I Wolf
- Andrea-Catalina Trompetero-González
- Juan Ramiro Nikonov
- Shawn Gow
- Stefany Giacomelo Piccinin
- Fernando Lopes e Silva-Júnior
- Moises Jonathan Magos Chong
- Liye Zou
- Elena Critselis
- Marco Solmi
- Julia Amaral Teixeira
- Jênifer de Oliveira
- Angela Carolina Zambrano Benavides
- Jacob Meyer
- Angel Fonseca da Silva
- Tabassum Rashid
- Maria Eduarda Adornes Guimarães
- Kabir P. Sadarangani
- Tony Santos Meireles
- Renato Sobral Monteiro-Junior
- Thiago Sousa Matias
- Fabianna Resende de Jesus-Moraleida
- Farahdina Bachtiar
- J Deenik
- Milton Enrique Gonzalez Henao
- Lara Carneiro
- Hebasala Sallem
- Se-Sergio Baldew
- Igor Grabovac
- Aline Waclawoscky
- Patrick Ayi Ewah
- Matthew Jenkins
- Rebecca Y M Cheung
- Waleska Reyes-Ferrada
- Eduardo Lucia Caputo
- Aluísio Andrade-Lima
- Souheil Hallit
- Nicole L Galvão-Coelho
- Markus Reichert
- Raquel De Boni
- Danilo R P Silva
- A J Romain
- José Francisco López-Gil
- Alejandro Alselmi
- Jano Ramos-Diaz
Institutions
- Universidad Mayor (CL)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (CL)
- Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (BR)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Universidad Andrés Bello (CL)
- Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (MX)
- Applied Science Private University (JO)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Universidade de Brasília (BR)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Lebanese University (LB)
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- University of Nicosia (CY)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- University of Salzburg (AT)
- University of Basel (CH)
- Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (LB)
- Universidade Federal de Sergipe (BR)
- University of Ioannina (GR)
- TU Dortmund University (DE)
- Bielefeld University (DE)
- United Arab Emirates University (AE)
- Hochschule Bielefeld (DE)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Universidade Federal do Ceará (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (BR)
- Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
- Redeemer's University (NG)
- Brown University (US)
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (DE)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- University of Indonesia (ID)
- Anton de Kom University of Suriname (SR)
- Universidad Autónoma de Chile (CL)
- Universidade Federal do Piauí (BR)
- Universidad Espíritu Santo (EC)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (BR)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (BR)
- University of Calabar (NG)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (BR)
- Kuopio University Hospital (FI)
- MIT University (MK)
- GGz centraal (NL)
- Institut für Psychogerontologie (DE)
- Central Institute of Mental Health (DE)
- Escuela Colombiana de Rehabilitación (CO)
- Universidad de Puebla (MX)
- Universidad Anáhuac (MX)
- Institución Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte (CO)
- Pontificial Catholic University of Valparaiso (CL)
- Emergency Services College (FI)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CN)
- University Center of Brasília (BR)
- Federal Medical Centre (NG)
- Instituto de Neurología de Buenos Aires (AR)
- Universidad de Los Lagos (CL)
- INCLIVA Health Research Institute (ES)
- Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta (ID)
- Private University of the North (PE)
- Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (BR)
- South East Technological University (IE)
- Al Akhawayn University (MA)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- Arizona State University (US)
- Lebanese American University (LB)
- Universidade Federal do Pará (BR)
- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (BR)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (CN)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- University of Reading (GB)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- Waterford Institute of Technology (IE)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Otago (NZ)
- American University in Cairo (EG)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- RMIT University (AU)
- Wuhan Sports University (CN)
- Universidad Católica del Uruguay (UY)
- Hologic (Germany) (DE)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
- Universidad del Rosario (CO)
- Universidad Diego Portales (CL)
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide (ES)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085006
- Primary Topic
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul