The Longitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study (LUCAS): study protocol and participation in the first decade.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We present concept, study protocol and selected baseline data of the Longitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study (LUCAS) in Germany. LUCAS is a long-running cohort study of community-dwelling seniors complemented by specific studies of geriatric patients or diseases. Aims were to (1) Describe individual ageing trajectories in a metropolitan setting, documenting changes in functional status, the onset of frailty, disability and need of care; (2) Find determinants of healthy ageing; (3) Assess long-term effects of specific health promotion interventions; (4) Produce results for health care planning for fit, pre-frail, frail and disabled elderly persons; (5) Set up a framework for embedded studies to investigate various hypotheses in specific subgroups of elderly.

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SUBMITTER: Dapp U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3674861 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature