Principal Investigator
Kenji Narazaki, PhD
Professor
Center for Liberal Arts
Fukuoka Institute of Technology
3-30-1 Wajiro-higashi, Higashi-ku,
Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan
e-mail: narazaki@fit.ac.jp
Data Contact
Chen Sanmei, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Global Health Nursing
Department of Health Sciences
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University, Japan
e-mail: chens@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Summary
Setting: | Sasaguri, Japan |
Start Date: | 2011 |
End Date: | Ongoing |
Participants: | 2629 individuals aged 65+ years |
Assessment Schedule: | 2 years (and annual assessment of care needs cost and mortality) |
Measures: |
(1) Cognitive function tests (MoCA and MMSE); (2) Broad range of sociodemographic, lifestyle and cardiac, physical and mental health factors |