Kungsholmen Project was conducted between 1987 and 2000. It was a population study on aging with about 2500 people participating. The project, run by the Stockholm Gerontology Research Center in collaboration with the Karolinska Institute, is now completed, but data from the Kungsholmen Project is still used in research. Those who were invited to participate in the project were residents of Kungsholmen parish in 1987 and born in 1912 or earlier, hence the project name. The aim was to identify risk factors for various diseases was one of the primary goals of Kungsholmen Project. Another was to identify factors that lead to successful aging.

On each examination, five times with at least three years apart, the participants met a nurse, a doctor and a psychologist. The nurse collected social data and measured the functional capacity, blood pressure and took blood samples. A relative or other close person was involved in a so-called kin interview. The medical examination consisted of a major medical and neurological examination. The psychologist performed various memory tests.

At the baseline examination, conducted 1987-89, 1810 participants born in 1912 or earlier attended. These were then followed up every three years; 1991-93, 1994-96, 1997-98 and 1999-2000.
This dataset contains variables from phase I, II, III, IV, V and VI.

At the follow-up 1991-93, two new cohorts were examined.
One was a cohort of participants born 1902 or earlier. The other was a cohort of participants born 1915.
The participants from both cohorts were followed until 2000.
This dataset contains variables from phase III, IV, V and VI. Show less..

Data contains personal data

Yes

Sensitive personal data

Yes

Type of personal data

Pseudonymised data

Code key exists

Yes

Language

Swedish

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Individual/Patient

Population

Persons residing in Kungsholmen parish in 1987 and born in 1912 or earlier; 1902 or earlier, and in 1915.

Study design

Observational study

Cohort study

Cohort study: Prospective

Sampling procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Time period(s) investigated

1987 – 2000

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Stockholm County

Geographic description: Kungsholmen församling i Stockholm

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Stockholm Gerontology Research Center

Ethics Review

Stockholm - Ref. 87:148

Topic and keywords

Research area

Medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Neurology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Geriatrics (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Public health, global health, social medicine and epidemiology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Other medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Gerontology, specialising in medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Medicinal drugs, Social environment, Public health, Activities of daily living, Blood pressure, Blood specimen collection, Data collection, Dementia, Nursing care, Memory, Longitudinal studies, Population surveillance, Risk factors, Mortality, Marital status, Cause of death, Epidemiology, Cognition, Retention, psychology, Disease, Health services for the aged, Cognitive dysfunction, Well-being, Near- national e-infrastructure for aging research

Publications

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