Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Sölve Elmståhl - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Medicine in Malmö. Division of Geriatric Medicine
Laura Fratiglioni - Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Aging Research Center (ARC)
Johan Sanmartin Berglund - Blekinge Institute of Technology, Department of Health
Mårten Lagergren - Stockholm Gerontology Research Center Foundation
Anders Wimo - Karolinska Institutet, Institutionen för Neurobiologi, Vårdvetenskap och Samhälle
Description
The long-term longitudinal study SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care - was launched in 2001 by initiative of the Swedish government in order to answer questions concerning the future needs of care and the best way to meet them. The SNAC-study combines two perspectives: a population part directed at studying the process of aging and the situation in life of the elderly and a care system part aiming at describing and analysing the function of the long-term care system from the perspective of the individual.
The national study SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, includes four participating areas: SNAC-Blekinge, SNAC Kungsholmen, SNAC Nordanstig and SNAC Skåne (GÅS). In all four areas, a research center conducts a population study and a health care system study. (Metadata related to the participating areas can be found under the Related studies tab).
Population study:
The longitudinal study is based on samples of the elderly population followed up through surveys, interviews, questionnaires, etc. The data collection includes information on health, disease, funct
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Institutionen för Neurobiologi, Vårdvetenskap och Samhälle
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2001 – ongoing
Biobank is connected to the study
Yes
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Kungsholmen Parish, Karlskrona Municipality, Osby Municipality, Malmö Municipality, Eslöv Municipality, Ystad Municipality, Hässleholm Municipality, Nordanstig Municipality
Research area
HEALTH, Elderly
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Geriatrics, Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy, Nursing, Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
care of the elderly, aged, ageing, housing for the elderly, pensions, living conditions, mental health, age groups, health services, therapeutics, activities of daily living, physical examination, blood pressure, aged, 80 and over, blood specimen collection, epidemiologic studies, cohort studies, dental care for aged, data collection, health surveys, dementia, population characteristics, frail elderly, hearing, geriatric psychiatry, life style, interview, medicine, heart function tests, electrocardiography, follow-up studies, nursing care, geriatric nursing, memory, longitudinal studies, prospective studies, exercise, population surveillance, vision tests, social sciences, socioeconomic factors, risk factors, middle aged, mortality, marital status, cause of death, surveys and questionnaires, epidemiology, public health, health, health services research, economics, medical, health status, body weight, culture, drug utilization, retention, psychology, organizational innovation, retirement, interpersonal relations, registries, disease, hospitalization, morbidity, delivery of health care, social environment, social conditions, social problems, social support, vision, ocular, quality of life, housing conditions, leisure time activities, height (physiology), weight (physiology), balance, walking test, assistance needs, concentrations capacity, blood count, respiratory function, near - towards a national e-infrastructure for aging research in sweden