Kungsholmen Project (KP)
The KP is a study on elderly people living in a parish of Stockholm, Sweden. The study uses a longitudinal approach with the principal purpose of determining the natural history of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The study population consists of all inhabitants of the Kungsholmen area in Stockholm, aged 75 years and above in October, 1987, who were born in 1912 or before. People living in institutions were included. The total number of participants at baseline was 2,368, consisting of 568 males and 1,800 females.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
2,368 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 75 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
≤ 1912 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1987
Primary Institutions
Karolinska Institute (Karolinska Institutet, KI)
Stockholm Gerontology Research Center (Stiftelsen Stockholms Läns Äldrecentrum)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Foundation Dementia (Stiftelsen Silviahemmet)
Gun and Bertil Stohne's Foundation (Gun och Bertil Stohnes stiftelse)
Stiftelsen för Gamla Tjänarinnor
Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv, hälsa och välfärd, FORTE)
Åke Wibergs Foundation
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)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
