Sasaguri Genkimon Study

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

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