The Maracaibo Aging Study: Population and Methodological Issues
| Autor: | Tulio Sulbarán, Egle Silva, Gladys E. Maestre, Luis Falque, Aldrin E. Molero, María P. Gamero, Raquel Zambrano, Gloria Pino-Ramirez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Gerontology Aging Epidemiology MEDLINE Multidisciplinary study Nutritional Status Pilot Projects Comorbidity Neuropsychological Tests Formal education Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Longitudinal Studies Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Aged Demography Aged 80 and over business.industry Routine laboratory Middle Aged Venezuela medicine.disease Health Surveys Cardiovascular Diseases Population study Dementia Female Neurology (clinical) Neuropsychological testing Cognition Disorders business |
| Zdroj: | Neuroepidemiology. 21:194-201 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0208 0251-5350 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000059524 |
| Popis: | The Maracaibo Aging Study is a longitudinal, population-based, one-step multidisciplinary study of age-related diseases, with a particular focus on memory-related disorders, among subjects over 55 years living in a neighborhood of the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Three phases were scheduled for this study. First, a door-to-door survey was conducted in order to build a registry and to obtain general and sociodemographic characteristics. During the second phase, information regarding changes in the abilities of the subjects was collected. The third phase consisted of a full neuropsychiatric examination, cardiovascular evaluation, nutritional assessment, neuropsychological testing, routine laboratory tests and genetic analysis. 3,657 subjects were surveyed between January and August, 1998. There were more women than men, and the average number of years of formal education was low, particularly among women. The limitations and strengths of the study are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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