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LUCAS
Longitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study
www.geriatrie-forschung.de
[email protected]
Data collection ongoing| Data analysis ongoing
Germany
No
multidimensional dataset using self-administered questionnaires in waves with whole cohort plus multidimensional assessments with randomly selected subgroups
Yes
functional status, nursing care (Pflegestufe), death
Age
Yes – intend to apply for funding
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias| Neurodegenerative disease in general
Yes
Other criteria (only for LUCAS consortium partners until end of funding)
Data made publicly available after a specified time point
No
To enlighten the black box of the ageing process by establishing a longitudinal cohort making use of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) carried out in 2000 with over 3,300 independent senior citizens in the community of Hamburg. Information about pre-clinical markers for healthy ageing vs. the development of functional decline, has been collected multidimensionally in an interdisciplinary process since 2000.
0
1,000-5,000 participants
Longitudinal
Yes
01/12/2000
Data collection ongoing| Data analysis ongoing
Longitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study
Already Possible
Population Cohorts
Germany
Alzheimer’s disease & other dementias|Neurodegenerative disease in general
2016