The Korean Social Life, Health and Aging Project-Health Examination Cohort.
- Author:
Ju Mi LEE
1
;
Won Joon LEE
;
Hyeon Chang KIM
;
Wungrak CHOI
;
Jina LEE
;
Kiho SUNG
;
Sang Hui CHU
;
Yeong Ran PARK
;
Yoosik YOUM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Cohort studies; Social determinants of health; Aged; Rural population; Korea
- MeSH: 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
- From:Epidemiology and Health 2014;36(1):e2014003-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- 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).
