Canberra Longitudinal Study (CLS)
The CLS began in 1990 and investigated factors influencing cognitive decline, dementia, and depression in a community-based sample of elderly people living in or near Canberra, Australia. At baseline, participants were at least 70 years old and living in the Canberra or Queanbeyan area in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). A subset of participants were recruited from nursing homes in the region. To increase the number of very elderly participants, people aged 92 years or more were also recruited. This resulted in a total cohort of 1,135 participants divided between a community sample, a nursing home sample, and a very elderly sample.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
945 (community sample participants)
100 (nursing home sample participants)
90 (very elderly participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 70 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1990
Primary Institutions
Australian National University (ANU)
Links
nceph.anu.edu.au/research/research-projects/canberra-longitudinal-study
maelstrom-research.org/study/cls
neurodegenerationresearch.eu/hu/cohort/canberra-longitudinal-study/
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Australian Rotary Health (ARH)
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
