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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schluter, P J
• Spittlehouse, J K
• Cameron, V A
• Chambers, S
• Gearry, R
• Jamieson, H A
• Kennedy, M
• Lacey, C J
• Murdoch, D R
• Pearson, J
• Porter, R
• Richards, M
• Skidmore, P M L
• Troughton, R
• Vierck, E
• Joyce, P R

Titel

Canterbury Health, Ageing and Life Course (CHALICE) study: rationale, design and methodology

Ist Teil von

• New Zealand medical journal, 2013-05, Vol.126 (1375), p.71-85

Ort / Verlag

New Zealand: Pasifika Medical Association Group (PMAG)

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• New Zealand's ageing population threatens the financial sustainability of our current model of health service delivery. The Canterbury Health, Ageing and Life Course (CHALICE) study aims to develop a comprehensive and flexible database of important determinants of health to inform new models. This paper describes the design, methodology, and first 300 participants of CHALICE. Commencing August 2010, CHALICE is a multidisciplinary prospective random cohort study and biobank of 1,000 Canterbury adults aged 49-51 years at inception, stratified by self-identified Maori (n=200) and non-Maori (n=800) ethnicity. Assessment covers sociodemographic, physical, cognition, mental health, clinical history, family and social, cardiovascular, and lifestyle domains. Detailed follow-up assessment occurs every 5 years, with a brief postal follow-up assessment undertaken annually. For the first 300 participants (44 Maori, 256 non-Maori), the participation rate is 63.7%. Overall, 53.3% of participants are female, 75.3% are living in married or de facto relationships, and 19.0% have university degrees. These sociodemographic profiles are comparable with the 2006 Census, Canterbury region, 50-54 years age group percentages (50.7%, 77.2%, and 14.3%, respectively). CHALICE has been designed to provide quality data that will inform policy development and programme implementation across a broad spectrum of health indicators.