NICOLA
Cohort type
General population-based cohort
Disease
Participant type
No diagnosis
Profile
The Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA) is a large-scale, public health study involving a representative sample of men and women aged 50 years and over living in Northern Ireland.
The primary objective of NICOLA is to collect longitudinal multidisciplinary data across a wide range of domains to be used for investigation and research relevant to ageing and making Northern Ireland a better place to grow old in.
NICOLA collects extensive information on all aspects of health, social and economic circumstances of ~8500 men and women as they grow older in Northern Ireland over a series of data collection waves approximately every 2-3 years.
Longer term research goals will investigate the determinants of retirement behaviour and economic wellbeing, the impact of cognitive function and sensory disability on decision making, the determinants of disability trajectories, the influence of social participation on these and the interaction of genetic, biological and psychosocial determinants on health and mortality.
There has been one sweep of data collection (2013 2016) and a second is currently underway (2017 – )
Centre for Public Health
Queens University Belfast
Institute of Clinical Sciences Block B
Grosvenor Road
Belfast, BT12 6BJ
Economic and Social Research Council
HSC R&D
OFMDFM (Northern Ireland Government)
MRC
IPH
COE, NI