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Participating in the Urimon study
Participation in the Urimon study involves completing a short questionnaire about your current health periodically. In addition, you will periodically fill two small tubes of morning urine using the urine kit provided by us. You will receive this urine kit through your mailbox and then return it to us free of charge via a PostNL mailbox. Participation lasts for 2 years, after this period you can extend your participation. You can read the detailed procedure of the study below.
Participating in the Urimon study is free of charge. The costs of processing your material at the laboratory will not be deducted from your deductible.
Would you like to take part in the Urimon study? Click here to request more information or to register yourself.
Would you like to get involved as a GP, pharmacist, patient association or medical specialist? Then leave a message via the contact form and we will contact you as soon as possible.
Methodology
Urimon, a new form of health monitoring in primary care
Step 1:
If you are in a stable health condition and are between 45 and 75 years of age or if you have a higher risk of certain diseases and are between 30 and 75 years of age, you can participate in the Urimon study. You can register for this at www.urimon.nl/en/register. You will then receive an e-mail with an information letter and the informed consent forms. Once you have read all the information and decide to participate in the study, you will digitally complete the informed consent forms and digitally sign both documents. You can also print and sign the consent forms from the email and then send them to Stibion via email or regular mail.
Step 2:
After signing both informed consent forms, you will fill in your address. To this address we will send the starter kit with the first urine tubes. You will also fill in your GP information and create a username and password. You will automatically proceed to and complete the first questionnaire afterwards.
Step 3:
Fill the urine tubes with morning urine. Fill in the date of urine collection.
For further instructions on how to collect urine, see the document Instructions for collecting a urine sample.
Step 4:
You will complete a new questionnaire online every 4 months. You will receive reminders for this via email and text message each time you need to complete a questionnaire.
The next step is to send back the urine mailbox package. Put the filled urine tubes back in the mailbox return package and send it back to us for free. We will send a new kit with new urine tubes after 4 months.
Urimon cooperates with various GP practices, pharmacies, patient associations, laboratories and medical specialists/researchers in hospitals throughout the Netherlands. If your GP, pharmacy, patient association or medical specialist does not work together with Urimon, that is not a problem. You can still participate in the Urimon study! All participants in the Netherlands can send their urine samples by post in the designated mailbox package.
The free Urimon app
Download the free Urimon app for your smartphone or tablet here. Through the Urimon app, you can easily and quickly fill in the questionnaire and adjust your personal information.
