For participants
Invited participants will receive a letter in the mail with
- information about the survey
- a web address to a digital questionnaire. Participants over 70 years will receive the questionnaire on paper
- information about the time and place for a physical examination.
If the scheduled time does not suit you, you can come anytime during our opening hours.
See opening hours and when we will come to your municipality.
Participation is voluntary. If you do not want to participate, you do not need to do anything. We will send two letters and a reminder via SMS. After that, we will not send anything else.
For more information and questions about the survey, you can call or send an SMS to +47 406 49 469, or email saminor@uit.no. Telephone hours weekdays 10:00–14:00.
Everyone who participates in the survey is entered into a draw for great prizes such as bicycles, fitness watches and more. We will announce the draw on our website and contact the winner. Your privacy will of course be protected.
This is how the survey is conducted
- you fill out a questionnaire, digitally or on paper
- you attend a physical examination at our field station in the municipality.
The examination lasts approximately 30–45 minutes.
The additional examination for those aged 70–79 takes approximately 30 minutes.
This takes place during the physical examination
- we measure your height, weight, waist and hip circumference, blood pressure, lung function, resting heart rate, heart rhythm (ECG) and grip strength.
- Participants over 70 are also invited to take tests of balance and memory, concentration and attention.
- we measure lung capacity (spirometry) on some selected participants
- we ask some participants to wear an activity monitor on their body for a week
- you provide a blood sample, urine sample and hair sample.
This is what you will learn about yourself
- After the examination, you will receive answers to your measurements and to some analyses of the blood samples (long-term blood sugar and blood percentage). It may contain interesting information about your own health and you will take the measurements home with you. If any of the measurements indicate a need for medical follow-up, you will be advised to contact a doctor. You can also opt out of receiving test results.
Your information and samples are stored securely at the Arctic University of Norway UiT, and all employees are bound by confidentiality. Information and samples are processed without name and personal identification number, or other directly identifiable information. This means that it is not possible to identify you in the results of the study. The information collected is used for health research. Research projects that wish to use information from SAMINOR must apply for access. More about the processing and storage of your information can be found under privacy and consent. Send tilbakemelding
Your contribution is important
By participating, you contribute important information for use in health research. It can tell you something about the health situation of the population in the area where you live, such as your municipality. It is useful knowledge for municipalities, county authorities, the Sami Parliament and health authorities, who can use it to initiate health promotion measures or improve health services. The more people who participate, the better knowledge and research results we get. Are you curious about where we have already been and what we have experienced? Read our travel blogs here.
