Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr. med. Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, MPH
Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health (ISAP)
University of Leipzig
Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55
04103 Leipzig
Germany
Email: steffi.riedel-heller@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Data Contact
Dr. Tobias Luck
Email: tobias.luck@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Summary
| Setting: | Leipzig, Germany |
| Start Date: | 1997 |
| End Date: | 2014 |
| Participants: | 1265 individuals aged 75+ years |
| Assessment Schedule: | Baseline and 5 follow-up assessments with 1.5-year intervals and a 6th (long-term) after 8 years. |
| Measures: | (1) Neuropsychiatric assessments of dementia, MCI and cognitive decline as well as depression; (2) Broad range of socio-demographic and lifestyle factors, risk and protective factors for cognitive deficits and dementia, comorbidity
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Further Information
- Riedel-Heller SG, Busse A, Aurich C, Matschinger H, Angermeyer MC. Prevalence of dementia accrding to DSM-III-R and ICD-10: results of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA75+) Part 1. Br J Psychiatry. 2001 Sep; 179:250-4.
- Riedel-Heller SG, Busse A, Aurich C, Matschinger H, Angermeyer MC. Prevalence of dementia accrding to DSM-III-R and ICD-10: results of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA75+) Part 2. Br J Psychiatry. 2001 Sep; 179:255-60.
