Epidemiol Health.
2014;36:e2014003. 10.4178/epih/e2014003.
The Korean Social Life, Health and Aging Project-Health Examination Cohort
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- 1Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hckim@yuhs.ac
- 2Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Etiology Research Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Institute of Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Sociology, Yonsei University College of Social Sciences, Seoul, Korea.
- 5Department of Clinical Nursing Science, Yonsei University College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea.
- 6Division of Silver Industry, Kangnam University, Yongin, Korea.
- KMID: 2380547
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2014003
Abstract
- The Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP) is a population-based longitudinal study of health determinants among elderly Koreans. The target population of the KSHAP are people aged 60 years or older and their spouses living in a rural community of Korea. A complete enumeration survey was conducted in the first wave of the KSHAP on 94.7% (814 of 860) of the target population between December 2011 and July 2012. The KSHAP-Health Examination (KSHAP-HE) cohort consists of 698 people who completed additional health examinations at a public health center (n=533) or at their home (n=165). Face-to-face questionnaires were used to interview participants on their demographics, social network characteristics, medical history, health behaviors, cognitive function, and depression symptoms. Health center examinations included anthropometric measures, body impedance analysis, resting blood pressure measurement, radial artery tonometry, bone densitometry, the timed up-and-go test, and fasting blood analysis. However, only anthropometric measures, blood pressure measurement, and non-fasting blood analysis were available for home health examinations. Collaboration is encouraged and access to the KSHAP baseline data will be available via the website of the Korean Social Science Data Archive (http://www.kossda.or.kr).
MeSH Terms
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Aged
Aging*
Archives
Blood Pressure
Body Weights and Measures
Cohort Studies*
Cooperative Behavior
Demography
Densitometry
Depression
Electric Impedance
Fasting
Health Behavior
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Korea
Longitudinal Studies
Manometry
Public Health
Radial Artery
Rural Population
Social Determinants of Health
Social Sciences
Spouses
Surveys and Questionnaires
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