Bushehr Elderly Health Program (BEH)
The BEH program is a population-based prospective cohort study being conducted in Bushehr, a southern province of Iran, focused on musculoskeletal disorders and cognitive impairment in the elderly. A total of 3,000 older people aged 60 years and over participated in the first stage in March 2013 and October 2014; then 2,772 were eligible to participate in the second stage, which started 2.5 years later in September 2015. The main follow-up assessments of risk factors are carried out every 5 years for three consecutive periods (a total of 15 years of follow-up).
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
3,000 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 60 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2013
Primary Institutions
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences (دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بوشهر, BPUMS)
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران, TUMS)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences (دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بوشهر, BPUMS)
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران, TUMS)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
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