ongitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study, Subproject 1: Ageing of the longitudinal cohort in the metropolitan region of Hamburg
- Conditions
- ICF Carrying out daily routine (d230)R54Senility
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005136
- Lead Sponsor
- Albertinen-Haus,Zentrum für Geriatrie und Gerontologie,Wissenschaftliche Einrichtung an der Universität Hamburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 3326
Inclusion Criteria
Year 2000: patients 60 + years in participating general practices (GP) in Hamburg. Year 2007 (re-recruitment for 7 year follow-up): all participants in the cohort from 2000 who were still alive (=LUCAS longitudinal cohort).
Exclusion Criteria
Study start in 2000:
• patients needing help in basic activities of daily life,
• patients obtaining nursing care according to the German long-term care insurance (Pflegeversicherung I-III),
• patients with cognitive impairment,
• patients with terminal disease and/or
• patients unable to understand German.
Exclusion criteria LUCAS start (2007):
• lost to follow-up or not willing to continue participation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mortality after 7, 9, 11 years using data from the Central Registry Office Hamburg (Fachamt Einwohnerwesen).<br>Disability after 7, 9, 11 years using data from the Medical Insurance<br>Company (Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Nord)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional decline after 7, 9, 11 years with geriatric questionnaire.<br>Frailty after 7, 9, 11 years with geriatric questionnaire.<br><br>