Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study

Overview

Acronym
VA NAS
Website
VA NAS
Investigators
Dr. Avron Spiro III
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Dr. Carolyn Aldwin
Oregon State University
Dr. David Olson
University of Alberta
Contacts
Dr. Avron Spiro III
Veterans Administration Medical Center

General Design

Study design
Cohort
Start - End Year
1963 -
General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
Recruitment Target
  • Individuals
Number of Participants
2,280
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
2,280

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other

Marker Paper

Bell B, Rose CL, Damon H. The Normative Aging Study: an interdisciplinary and longitudinal study of health and aging. Aging and Human Development, 1972; 3: 5-17.

Supplementary Information

Timeline

Population

NAS population

Selection Criteria

Gender
Men only
Countries
  • United States of America
Territory

Boston area

Health Status

Sample Size

Number of Participants
2,280
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
2,280

Data Collection Events

# Name Data sources Data sources - Biosamples Start End
0 NAS - Psychosocial Domain - Phase I
  • Questionnaires
1963 1970
1 NAS - Biomedical Domain
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
1963 2014
2 NAS - Health Behavior Domain
  • Questionnaires
1973 2014
3 NAS - Psychosocial Domain - Phase II
  • Questionnaires
1975 1980
4 NAS - Psychosocial Domain - Phase III
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
1985 2014
5 NAS - Psychosocial Domain - Phase IV
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
1987 2014

Participating Studies

Acronym Name Study design Countries

Harmonization Initiatives Included

Acronym Name

Datasets

Name Data Collection Events Variables

Areas of Information Collected

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Death
Lifestyle and behaviours
Physical measures and assessments
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Laboratory measures
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Diseases
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Symptoms and signs
Preschool, school and work life
Medication and supplements
Social environment and relationships
Non-pharmacological interventions
Physical environment
Health and community care services utilization
Administrative information

Variables Content Summary

Areas of Information Collected
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected

Networks

Acronym Name Harmonization Initiatives Individual Studies
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