Health and Memory Study (HMS)
The HMS is a database of participants with dementia based in Norway. The HMS includes two panels: the 'hospital dementia panel' of 920 patients referred to memory clinics of Nord-Trøndelag and the 'nursing home dementia panel' of 620 patients residing in nursing homes in Nord-Trøndelag. Data for each have been collected via questionnaires and examinations between 1995-2010 and 2010-2011, respectively. These data may be linked to the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (the HUNT study), which consists of three large population based health surveys that took place in 1984-1986 (HUNT1), 1995-1997 (HUNT2) and 2006-2008 (HUNT3).
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
1,540 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1995 (Hospital dementia panel)
2010 (Nursing home dementia panel)
Primary Institutions
Innlandet Hospital Trust
Nord-Trøndelag County
Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust (Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF)
Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS)
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet, FHI, NIPH)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Innlandet Hospital Trust
Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet, FHI, NIPH)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, NTNU)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- Computerized tomography (CT)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Education data
- Employer data
- Existing research data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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