Help us improve our data: suggest a questionnaire

Our research community plays a key role in shaping the questionnaires we share with participants. Many of our questionnaire topics come directly from researchers.

We're always eager to hear from researchers about how we can expand and improve our data. If you have a suggestion for a new questionnaire topic, please submit it via our questionnaire proposal form.

Proposals should include the following:

• A strong scientific rationale for use in the UK Biobank population (e.g. giving consideration to the age range of the cohort, likely prevalence of the expected exposure/outcome you wish to measure; ability for prospective and repeated evaluation; examples of the range of research questions this measure will uniquely help to address, etc.)
• Published evidence of the validity and reliability of the measure in population-based research settings.
• A detailed specification of the content of the questionnaire and what is expected of the participant (e.g. time taken to complete questionnaire, special requirements or exclusions).
• Results from pilot data, if available.

The decision to implement these proposals is based on scientific merit and will be taken by UK Biobank. Please note that, should such proposals be approved, they will need to be scheduled in with our planned activities. Your input helps us generate richer, more useful data for researchers studying a wide range of health-related topics.

We typically send two questionnaires to participants each year, and our Study Development Group reviews new proposals every six months.