Principal Investigator
Professor Suzana Shahar
Community Rehabilitation and Aging Research Centre
Faculty of Health Sciences
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz
43000 Kuala Lumpur
Email: suzana.shahar@ukm.edu.my
Data Contact
Suzana Shahar
Email: suzana.shahar@ukm.edu.my
Summary
Setting: | Four states in Malaysia: Johor, Perak, Selangor and Kelantan. |
Start Date: | 2012–3 |
End Date: | Ongoing |
Participants: | 2322 individuals aged 60+ at baseline |
Assessment Schedule: | 18 and 36 months, 5 years |
Measures: | (1) Neuropsychological tests; (2) Broad range of sociodemographic, health, psychosocial and dietary measures; (3) Anthropometric and physical function and fitness; (4) Biospecimens including blood, buccal swab, hair and toenail; (5) Subsample assessed for vision and auditory function. |
Further Information
Shahar et al. Approaches in methodology for population-based longitudinal study on neuroprotective model for healthy longevity (TUA) among Malaysian Older Adults. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2016;28:1089-110.