Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study - Pre 1945 cohort (CRELES Pre 1945)
CRELES Pre-1945 is a survey of the health and life-course experiences of ageing Costa Ricans. The study recruited a nationally representative sample of elderly Costa Ricans who were at least 60 years old at baseline. Participants were from all over Costa Rica, including rural areas and more urban areas such as the Capital, San Jose. At baseline, the sample consisted of over 2,800 participants of socioeconomic and educational backgrounds.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
2,827 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 60 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Costa Ricans aged 60 years and older in 2005.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2005
Primary Institutions
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
University of Costa Rica (Universidad de Costa Rica, UCR)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- 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)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
