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Canberra Longitudinal Study

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Start Year
1990
End Year
2002
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Investigators Contacts
  • Prof. Helen Christensen
    Black Dog Institute
  • Prof. Andrew MacKinnon
    University of Melbourne
  • Prof. Scott Henderson
    Australian National University
  • Prof. Anthony Jorm
    University of Melbourne
  • Ailsa Korten
    Australian National University
  • Ruth Scott
    Australian National University
  • Prof. Colleen Doyle
    Australian Catholic University
  • Dr. Philip Batterham
    Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University

Design

Study design
Cohort
Follow Up

The study commenced in 1990, with subsequent waves in 1994, 1998 and 2002.

Supplementary Information

Marker Paper

Christensen H, Mackinnon A, Jorm AF, Korten A, Jacomb P, Hofer SM, Henderson F. 2004. The Canberra Longitudinal Study: Design, aims, methodology, outcomes, and recent empirical investigations. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition; 11, 169‑195.

Recruitment

Recruitment Target
  • Individuals

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
1,045
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
0

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other
Yes
No
Not applicable
Don't know

Timeline

Populations

Selection Criteria
Minimum age
70
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • Australia
Territory

Canberra/Queanbeyan region

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • Specific population
Specific Population
  • Other specific population :

    Living in nursing homes

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
100
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 CLS - wave 1

Baseline assessments comprised of The Canberra Interview for the Elderly (CIE) which records diagnoses of dementia and contains the MMSE, National Adult Reading Test (a test of ...

 1990-07 1990-09
1 CLS - wave 2

First follow-up of participants. Same methods as the baseline assessments.

 1994-06 1995-01
2 CLS - wave 3

Second follow-up of participants. Same methods as the baseline assessments.

 1998-07 1998-12
3 CLS - wave 4

Third follow-up of participants. Same methods as the baseline assessments.

 2002-01 2002-12
Selection Criteria
Minimum age
70
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • Australia
Territory

Canberra/Queanbeyan region

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • General population
General Population
  • Selected sample
Supplementary Information

Participants were randomly selected from the Canberra and Queanbeyan electoral rolls.

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
896
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 CLS - wave 1

Baseline assessments comprised of The Canberra Interview for the Elderly (CIE) which records diagnoses of dementia and contains the MMSE, National Adult Reading Test (a test of ...

 1990-07 1990-09
1 CLS - wave 2

First follow-up of participants. Same methods as the baseline assessments.

 1994-06 1995-01
2 CLS - wave 3

Second follow-up of participants. Same methods as the baseline assessments.

 1998-07 1998-12
3 CLS - wave 4

Third follow-up of participants. Same methods as the baseline assessments.

 2002-01 2002-12

Classifications

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and behaviours
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Diseases
Symptoms and signs
Medication and supplements
Non-pharmacological interventions
Health and community care services utilization
Death
Physical measures and assessments
Laboratory measures
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Preschool, school and work life
Social environment and relationships
Physical environment
Administrative information
Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Other psychological measures and assessments
Life events
Beliefs and values
Perception of health
Quality of life
Life course development
Functional limitations
Other perception of health, quality of life and functional limitation-related information

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics

Age/birthdate
Sex/gender
Marital/partner status
Family and household structure
Education
Residence
Birthplace
Citizenship and immigrant status
Language
Labour force and retirement
Income, possessions, and benefits

Lifestyle and behaviours

Tobacco
Alcohol
Physical activity
Sleep
Leisure activities
Other and unspecified lifestyle information

Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations

Perception of health
Quality of life
Functional limitations
Use of assistive devices

Diseases

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98)
Diseases without precise specification or falling into multiple categories

Symptoms and signs

Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)
Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
Symptoms and signs involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29)
Symptoms and signs involving the urinary system (R30-R39)
Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour (R40-R46)
Symptoms and signs involving speech and voice (R47-R49)
General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Symptoms related to multiple categories

Medication and supplements

Medication and supplement intake

Non-pharmacological interventions

Physical therapy interventions
Cognitive, psychological and sensory interventions
Other and unspecified non-pharmacological interventions

Health and community care services utilization

Visits to health professionals
Hospitalizations
Community and social care
Other health and community care

Death

Vital status
Cause of death

Physical measures and assessments

Anthropometry
Circulation and respiration
Muscles, skeleton and mobility
Sensory and pain

Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments

Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions

Life events, life plans, beliefs and values

Life events
Beliefs and values

Social environment and relationships

Social network
Social participation
Social support
Other social environment characteristics

Physical environment

Housing characteristics

Administrative information

Identifiers
Date and time-related information
Questionnaire and interview-related information
Physical and cognitive measure and biosample-related information
Data and sample collection center-related information
Other administrative information

Cognitive functioning

Choice Reaction Time Task
Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly
Memory-for-Designs Test
Mini-Mental State Examination
National Adult Reading Test
Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (Cognitive Impairment Scale)
Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test
Symbol-Letters Modalities Test
Simple Reaction Time Task
Verbal Fluency
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Information)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Similarities)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Digit Symbol Test)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Vocabulary)

Personality

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
NEO Personality Inventory

Psychological distress and emotions

Goldberg Anxiety and Depression Scales (Anxiety)
Goldberg Anxiety and Depression Scales (Depression)

Beliefs and values

Locus of Control Behaviour Scale

Functional limitations

Activities of Daily Living
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living