Cohort profile: Norwegian survey of health and ageing (NORSE).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Norwegian Survey of Health and Ageing (NORSE) was set up to provide internationally comparable data on ageing in Norway, which includes measured intrinsic capacity and cognitive function.

Participants

NORSE is a population-based health examination study of seniors aged 60+ from the 1921-1958 birth cohorts in the former Norwegian county of Oppland, interviewed and examined during 2017-19 (N = 957, 16% response rate). NORSE is to some extent based on the SHARE-questionnaire ( share-project.org ), which includes work-related information, self-assessed and retrospective health, and expectations on longevity, quality of life, volunteering activities, consumption, and financial arrangements. In addition, several objective measures of intrinsic and cognitive capacity ar

SUBMITTER: Strand BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8653560 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature