Databases

Databases

NEAR comprises 15 local databases as shown below. Please visit the NEAR platform for more details about the studies and variables included.

Betula Project

The Betula Project

Principal Investigator L Nyberg

LocationUmeå, northern Sweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicCognitive aging

StatusFinished

Data

Cognitive tests; socioeconomic, health, aging, and personality traits; medical history, self-reported health, living situations, social and family relationships, prior critical life events, lifestyle variables; biological and brain-imaging data.

Objective

To trace memory changes during adult life and old age; to identify risk factors for cognitive decline and early preclinical signs of dementia.

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

GENDER

Ageing in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly

Principal Investigator D Finkel

LocationSweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicTwin study on aging

StatusFinished

Data

Health status, health-related behaviors and attitudes, demographics and psychosocial factors such as social support.

Objective

To study the origins of individual differences of unlike-sex twin pairs born between 1906 and 1925.

study References

Gold et al, 2002

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

H70, H85, H95+ & PPSW

The Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies

Principal Investigator I Skoog

LocationGothenburg, southwestern Sweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicAging

StatusOngoing

Data

Social factors, lifestyle factors, medication use, functional ability, psychological and psychiatric data, somatic data, and data from proxy interviews. Blood samples, dietary examinations, ophthalmological examinations, and audiological examinations. Brain imaging and cerebrospinal fluid.

Objective

To explore interactions between genetic, biological, and psychosocial risk factors and the influence of secular changes in the development of dementia (e.g. Alzheimer Disease and vascular dementia) and other mental disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety, psychosis).

Detailed description on Maelstrom. 

KP

The Kungsholmen Project

Principal Investigator L Fratiglioni, B Winblad

LocationKungsholmen, Stockholm, central Sweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicAging and dementia

StatusFinished

Data

Blood pressure, height, weight, blood samples, cognitive status, physical functioning, family medical history, personal clinical history, retrospective cognitive assessment, clinical examination, occupational life history, caregiver burden, and use of home help and home services, comprehensive assessment of memory and other cognitive functions.

Objective

To expand the knowledge concerning aging and dementing disorders, as well as about the social consequences of dementia.

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

OCTO-Twin

Origin of Variances in the Oldest-Old: Octogenarian Twins

Principal Investigator L Hassing

LocationSweden

Study typeRegistry, longitudinal

TopicTwin study on aging

StatusFinished

Data

Health and functional ability, cognitive functioning, personality, personal control and mental health, interpersonal relationships, and functional ratings.

Objective

To examine whether the relative impact of genetic influences decreases, increases, or remains at the same magnitude for various aspects of bio-behavioral functioning in the old-old.

study References

Johansson et al, 1999

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

SALT

Screening Across the Lifespan Twin Study

Principal Investigator N Pedersen

LocationSweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicTwin study on aging

StatusFinished

Data

Common and complex diseases, biosampling.

Objective

To identify sub-samples for in-depth studies in which further phenotyping and genotyping were performed.

study References

Lichtenstein et al, 2002

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

SATSA

The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging

Principal Investigator N Pedersen

LocationSweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicTwins separated at an early age and reared apart and a matched sample of twins reared together, twin study on aging

StatusFinished

Data

Information on health status, on how the participants were raised, work environment, alcohol consumption, dietary and smoking habits, social support, life events, personality, and attitudes. In-person testing: blood sampling, a health examination (blood pressure, spirometry, and grip strength), interviews, tests of functional capacity, cognitive abilities, and memory. Blood samples have provided clinical chemistry data, genotyping, methylation data, and telomere lengths.

Objective

To study the origins of individual differences in aging and the environmental and genetic factors that are involved.

study References

Pedersen et al, 1991

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

SHARE-Sweden

Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe-Sweden – part of CORS

Principal Investigator G Malmberg

LocationSweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicEconomic, social, health

StatusOngoing

Data

Income security, personal wealth, education; living arrangments, partnership, family, social networks, social support; physical and mental health care, disability, morbidity, mortality. Cognitive measures. Retrospective life histories, biomarkers.

Objective

To analyse the process of population ageing considering the interplay between economic, health, and social factors in shaping older people’s living conditions.

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

SNAC-B

The Swedish National study on Aging and Care – Blekinge

Principal Investigator J Sanmartin Berglund

LocationBlekinge, southern Sweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicAging and health

StatusOngoing

Data

Biomarkers, lifestyle, and medical history over the life course; physical status and mental health status.

Objective

To study quality of life, health complaints, cognitive impairment, oral health, and pain among older people.

study References

Lagergren et al, 2004

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

SNAC-K

The Swedish National study on Aging and Care – Kungsholmen

Principal Investigator L Fratiglioni

LocationKungsholmen, central Sweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicAging and health

StatusOngoing

Data

Biomarkers, brain-imaging data, lifestyle, and medical history over the life course, physical status and mental health status.

Objective

To study quality of life, health complaints, cognitive impairment, oral health, and pain among older people.

study References

Lagergren et al, 2004

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

SNAC-N

The Swedish National study on Aging and Care – Nordanstig

Principal Investigator A Sköldunger

LocationNordanstig, rural area in northern Sweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicAging and health

StatusOngoing

Data

Biomarkers, lifestyle, and medical history over the life course, physical status and mental health status.

Objective

To study quality of life, health complaints, cognitive impairment, oral health, and pain among older people.

study References

Lagergren et al, 2004

Detailed description on Maelstrom

SNAC-S

The Swedish National study on Aging and Care – Skåne

Principal Investigator S Elmståhl

LocationSkåne, southern Sweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicAging and health

StatusOngoing

Data

Biomarkers, lifestyle, and medical history over the life course, physical status and mental health status.

Objective

To study quality of life, health complaints, cognitive impairment, oral health, and pain among older people.

study References

Lagergren et al, 2004

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

SWENIS

Swedish National Inventory of Health and Care

Principal Investigator Anders Sköldunger

LocationSweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicResidential aged-care facilities

StatusOngoing

Data

1. Resident Survey: characteristics, functional and cognitive status, health indicators, HRQoL and thriving.
2. Staff Survey: information on person-centredness and leadership.
3. Facility Survey: organisational variables such as staffing levels, mortality, care and activity content.

Objective

To collect nationally representative data on resident health and quality of life and the characteristics and organisation of care provision in Swedish residential aged care facilities.

study References

Edvardsson et al. 2016

SWEOLD

The Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old

Principal Investigator C Lennartsson, J Fritzell

LocationSweden

Study typeSurvey

TopicEarly- and mid-life factors on late-life health

StatusOngoing

Data

Family and social relations, material living conditions (income and wealth), health, education, working conditions, political life, leisure-time activities, housing conditions, objective tests to measure physical and cognitive function.

Objective

To describe and analyze the living conditions of elderly people in Sweden.

Detailed description on Maelstrom.

TRYBO

Sheltered Housing

Principal Investigator Anders Sköldunger

LocationSweden

Study typeLongitudinal

TopicNew housing models for older adults

StatusOngoing

Data

Family and social relations, living conditions, health, education, socio-economy, leisure-time activities, housing conditions, cognitive function and thriving.

Objective

To study this new form of accommodations with focus on health, thriving and how residents rate their quality of life.

study References

Edvardsson et al. 2016