Victoria Longitudinal Study

Overview

Acronym
VLS
Website
VLS
Investigators
Dr. Roger A. Dixon
University of Alberta
Dr. Stuart W.S. MacDonald
University of Victoria
Contacts
Dr. Stuart W.S. MacDonald
University of Victoria

General Design

Study design
Cohort
Start - End Year
1986 -
General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
Recruitment Target
  • Individuals
Number of Participants
1,598
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
705
Supplementary Information

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other

Marker Paper

http://www.ualberta.ca/~vlslab

Supplementary Information

Timeline

Populations

VLS - Sample 1

Selection Criteria

Minimum age
55
Maximum age
85
Countries
  • Canada
Canadian Provinces
  • British Columbia
Territory
Victoria

Sources of Recruitment

General Population
  • Volunteer enrolment

Sample Size

Number of Participants
484
Supplementary information about number of participants

Data Collection Events

# Name Data sources Data sources - Biosamples Start End
0 VLS - Sample 1 - Wave 1
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
1986 1987
1 VLS - Sample 1 - Wave 2
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
1989 1990
2 VLS - Sample 1 - Wave 3
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
1992 1993
3 VLS - Sample 1 - Wave 4
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
1995 1995
4 VLS - Sample 1 - Wave 5
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
1998 1999
5 VLS - Sample 1 - Wave 6
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
2002 2003
6 VLS - Sample 1 - Wave 7
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
2005 2006
7 VLS - Sample 1 - Wave 8
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
2008 2009
VLS - Sample 2

Selection Criteria

Minimum age
55
Maximum age
85
Countries
  • Canada
Canadian Provinces
  • British Columbia
Territory
Victoria

Sources of Recruitment

General Population
  • Volunteer enrolment

Sample Size

Number of Participants
530
Supplementary information about number of participants

Data Collection Events

# Name Data sources Data sources - Biosamples Start End
0 VLS - S2 - Wave 1
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
1993 1993
1 VLS - S2 - Wave 2
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
1996 1996
2 VLS - S2 - Wave 3
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
1999 2000
3 VLS - S2 - Wave 4
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
2003 2004
4 VLS - S2 - Wave 5
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
2006 2007
VLS - Sample 3

Selection Criteria

Minimum age
55
Maximum age
85
Countries
  • Canada
Canadian Provinces
  • British Columbia
Territory
Victoria

Sources of Recruitment

General Population
  • Volunteer enrolment

Sample Size

Number of Participants
580
Supplementary information about number of participants

Data Collection Events

# Name Data sources Data sources - Biosamples Start End
0 VLS - S3 - Wave 1
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
2001 2002
1 VLS - S3 - Wave 2
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
2004 2005
2 VLS - S3 - Wave 3
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
2007 2008

Participating Studies

Acronym Name Study design Countries

Harmonization Initiatives Included

Acronym Name

Datasets

Name Data Collection Events Variables

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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