The Kungsholmen Project

The Kungsholmen Project is a longitudinal population-based study on ageing and dementia, carried out by the Stockholm Gerontology Research Center in collaboration with Aging Research Center (ARC), Karolinska Institutet.

The project, which started in 1987, has gathered a 12-year long database and offers information on aging from a multidisciplinary perspective. All persons that were born before 1913 and lived in the Kungsholmen district of Stockholm, were invited to participate (a total of 2368 persons on October 1st, 1987, including both community-dwelling and institutionalized persons). Later, the research additionally included all 90+ old subjects living in the St. Göran parish, an adjacent geographical area. The baseline phase and four follow-ups have been completed, with the last phase concluding in the summer of 2000. Time 1 was the only measurement occasion when a two-phase study design was adopted, with an extensive clinical examination performed after a screening phase. At every other occasion, all participants were interviewed by nurses, clinically examined by physicians, and assessed by psychologists.

Types General population-based cohort
Participant Types No diagnosis
Countries Sweden
Genders Male and Female
Sample sizes 0 to 4,999
Ages 60 to 100
Brain related measures
Funtional rating Caregiver|Individual physiological|Individual psychological
Anthropometric Blood pressure|Height|Weight
Physical Cardiovascular|Hearing and Vision|Musculoskeletal|Respiratory
Biological samples Blood
Genotyping Gene screening
Brain imaging
Brain banking
Lifestyle Alcohol|Dietary habits|Physical activity|Smoking
Socio-economic Education|Family circumstances|Housing and accommodation|Informal support|Martial status|Occupation and employment|Unpaid care
Health service utilisation Formal health and social care service utilisation including private care
Institute names Stockholm Gerontology Research Center
Current Sample Sizes 0 to 4,999

age at recruitment > 75
last updated
recruitment period 1st October 1987
estimated current sample size number value
cohort acronym
start date 1st October 1987
pi Bengt Winblad
website http://www.kungsholmenproject.se/
contact details Aging Research Center
Gävlegatan 16, SE-113 30 Stockholm
Sweden
abstract  The Kungsholmen Project is a longitudinal population-based study on ageing and dementia. The project, which started in 1987, has gathered a 12-year long database and offers information on aging from a multidisciplinary perspective.
funders  Stockholm Gerontology Research Center in collaboration with Aging Research Center (ARC)
contact email [email protected]PI Email: [email protected]
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estimated current sample size
sample sizes 2,368