National Social Life, Health, and Ageing Project (NSHAP)
NSHAP investigates the intersection between healthy ageing and social and intimate relationships. From 2005 to 2006, the project recruited individuals aged 57 to 84 years who resided in any of the 50 states in the United States of America. Participants were of various ethnicities: African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, and White. At baseline, over 3,000 participants were included in the cohort. As of 2024, the study has collected four rounds of data in 2005-2006, 2010-2011, 2016, and the COVID-19 study in 2020-2021. During wave 3 in 2015-2016, individuals born between 1948 and 1965 were added to the study.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
3,005 (participants)
Age at first data collection
57 - 84 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1920 - 1947 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2005
Primary Institutions
University of Chicago
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Wearable devices
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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