Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Laura Fratiglioni - Karolinska Institutet, Institutionen för Neurobiologi, Vårdvetenskap och Samhälle
Description
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.
Language
Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Stockholm Gerontology Research Center
Data contains personal data
Yes
Sensitive personal data
Yes
Type of personal data
Pseudonymised data
Code key exists
Yes
Ethics Review
Stockholm - Ref. 87:148
Unit of analysis
Population
Persons born 1912 or earlier
Study design
Observational study
Cohort study
Cohort study: Prospective
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1987-10-31 – 2000-12-31
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden, Stockholm County
Research area
Medical and Health Sciences, Neurology, Geriatrics, Health Sciences, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Other Medical and Health Sciences, Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 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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Contact
Maria Wahlberg
Description
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.
For details go to http://www.kungsholmenprojct.se
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Laura Fratiglioni - Karolinska Institutet, Institutionen för Neurobiologi, Vårdvetenskap och Samhälle
Time period(s) investigated
1987 – 2000
Description
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.
For details go to http://www.kungsholmenprojct.se
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Laura Fratiglioni - Karolinska Institutet, Institutionen för Neurobiologi, Vårdvetenskap och Samhälle
Time period(s) investigated
1991-01-01 – 2000-01-01
Description
At the follow-up 1991-93 a new cohort born 1902 or erlier was examined. The participants were followed untill 2000.This dataset contains variables from phase III, IV, V and VI.
For details go to http://www.kungsholmenprojct.se
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Laura Fratiglioni - Karolinska Institutet, Institutionen för Neurobiologi, Vårdvetenskap och Samhälle
Time period(s) investigated
1991-01-01 – 2000-01-01