The Kungsholmen project - Kungsholmen born 1915
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Contact
Maria Wahlberg
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Laura Fratiglioni - Karolinska Institutet, Institutionen för Neurobiologi, Vårdvetenskap och Samhälle
Research principal
Stockholm Gerontology Research Center Foundation
- Stockholm Gerontology Research Center
Description
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.
Survey every three years
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.
Aim:
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.
Survey every three years
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.
Aim:
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.
At the follow-up 1991-93 a new cohort born 1915 was examined. 123 participants were followed until 2000.
This dataset contains variables from phase III, IV, V and VI.
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Data contains personal data
Yes
Sensitive personal data
Yes
Type of personal data
Pseudonymised data
Code key exists
Yes
Language
Unit of analysis
Population
Persons born 1912 or earlier
Study design
Observational study
Cohort study
Cohort study: Prospective
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1991-01-01 – 2000-01-01
Data format / data structure
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden, Stockholm County
Geographic description: Kungsholmen församling i Stockholm
Responsible department/unit
Stockholm Gerontology Research Center
Ethics Review
Stockholm - Ref. 87:148
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
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