Sacramento Area Latino Study on Ageing Series (SALSA)
The SALSA study aims to assess the cognitive, physical, and social functioning within the elderly Latino community of Sacramento, California. Participants included 1,789 individuals aged 60 to 101 years, residing in five areas of Sacramento: Yolo, Sutter, Solano, San Joaquin, and Placer counties, between 1998 and 1999. The study followed up with participants through semi-annual phone calls and home visits every 12 to 15 months over a span of 10 years, from 1998 to 2008, with 1,094 participants remaining by the end of the study.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,789 (participants)
Age at first data collection
60 - 101 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1897 - 1938 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The older Hispanic/Latino population living in the Sacramento area of northern California.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1998
Primary Institutions
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
University of Michigan
Links
icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACDA/series/247
maelstrom-research.org/study/salsa
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Census data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Mortality data
Engagement
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