Principal Investigator
Professor Kenichi Meguro
Department of Geriatric Behavioral Neurology,
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine,
2-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku,
980-8575 Sendai,
Japan
Email: kenichi.meguro.e6@tohoku.ac.jp
Data Contact
Kenichi Meguro
Email: kenichi.meguro.e6@tohoku.ac.jp
Summary
| Setting: | Kurihara, northern Japan |
| Start Date: | 2008 |
| End Date: | 2013 |
| Participants: | 590 individuals aged 75-95 years |
| Assessment Schedule: | Baseline and follow-up between 3 and 5 years later |
| Measures: | Baseline measures included the CDR and dementia diagnosis, neurobehavioural testing, and MRI. Cognitive tests were the MMSE, Trail Making Test A, and the Digit Symbol Substitution Test. The follow-up measure was diagnosis of dementia using the AD8 Dementia Screening Interview |
Further Information
- Kumai et al. Neuroepidemiologic and Neurobehavioral Characteristics of Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome in an Old-Old Population: The Kurihara Project. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord Extra 2016;6:176–182.
