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, 2002Detailed 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, 1999Detailed 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, 2002Detailed 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, 1991Detailed 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.
study References
Börsch-Supan et al. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2013Detailed 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, 2004Detailed 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, 2004Detailed 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, 2004Detailed 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, 2004Detailed 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. 2016SWEOLD
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.
