SeniorLines

SeniorLines...

Description

Seniorlines examines the added value of hospital treatment for people aged 70 and older. This project describes the health and health conditions of older patients admitted to the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). The data set contains demog...

General Design

Type
Cohort study
Cohort type
Clinical cohort
Data collection type
Prospective
Design
Longitudinal
Design description
Baseline assessment by face-to-face interview, using qualitative and quantitative research methods; (EEN en TWEE) Follow-up assessments three and twelve months after discharge by telephone; Hospital stay was at least two consecutive days. (DRIE) Face-to-face interview, during house visit. Qualitative and quantitative assessments. (physiological measurements)
Start/End data collection
2015 until 2020
Design papers
PID
https://doi.org/10.34760/65266ebe3a2d1

Population

Countries
Netherlands (the)
Regions
Drenthe, Friesland, Groningen
Number of participants
1274
Number of participants with samples
0
Population age groups
Aged (65+ years)

Organisations

Lead organisations

Contributors

Available Data & Samples

Data categories

  • Survey data
  • Medical records
  • Physiological/Biochemical measurements

Areas of information

  • Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
  • Lifestyle and behaviours
  • Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
  • Medication and supplements
  • Non-pharmacological interventions
  • Health and community care services utilization
  • Death
  • Physical measures and assessments
  • Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
  • Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
  • Social environment and relationships
  • Administrative information

Subpopulations

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Collection events

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Publications

Access conditions

time limit: at least untill 2028; after that as long as Prof. Dr. B.C. van Munster is employed in UMCG....

Data access conditions
no restriction
Data use conditions
  • not for profit, non commercial use only
  • collaboration required
  • time limit on use
Data access fee
false
Release type
Closed dataset
Linkage options
Patient electronic health record (only by the Principal Investigator)

Funding & Acknowledgements

Funding
"Eerste geldstroom". (Non-commercial sponsored)
Acknowledgements
This research has been conducted using Seniorlines. [doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02444-y] This is a prospective cohort study which aims to provide a better understanding of the added value of hospital treatment for people of at least 70 years. From 17-12-2015 until 30-1-2017 1225 participants of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) gave informed consent on enrolment. A detailed description of the design, inclusion and exclusion criteria has been described previously.

Documentation