Harmonization Protocol / CHPT_GENERIC_DS

• Canada

Victoria, Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Ottawa, Montreal, Sherbrooke, Halifax, and St. John’s.

The exclusion criteria are as follows:

Individuals who are unable to respond in either French or English.

Cognitively impaired individuals at the time of recruitment.

The CLSA furthermore uses the same exclusion criteria as the Statistics Canada Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging 4.2:

• Residents of the three territories.
• Full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
• Individuals living in long-term care institutions (i.e., those providing 24-hour nursing care) will be excluded at baseline. However, those living in households and transitional housing arrangements (e.g., seniors’ residences, in which only minimal care is provided) will be included. CLSA cohort participants who become institutionalized during the course of the study will continue to be followed either through personal or proxy interview.
• Persons living on reserves and other Aboriginal settlements. However, individuals who are of First Nations descent who live outside reserves are included in the study.

• General population

• Selected sample
• Random digit dialing

30,000 is the target number of Comprehensive participants with samples, to be reached in 2015.

• Canada

Language: Individuals who are able to respond in either French or English.

Exclusion criteria: The CLSA uses the same exclusion criteria as the Statistics Canada Canadian Community Health Survey – Healthy Aging. Excluded from the study are:

• Residents of the three territories
• Full-time members of the Canadian Forces
• Individuals living in long-term care institutions (i.e., those providing 24-hour nursing care) will be excluded at baseline. However, those living in households and transitional housing arrangements (e.g., seniors’ residences, in which only minimal care is provided) will be included. CLSA cohort participants who become institutionalized during the course of the study will continue to be followed either through personal or proxy interview.
• Persons living on reserves and other Aboriginal settlements. However, individuals who are of First Nations descent who live outside reserves are included in the study.
• Individuals with cognitive impairment at baseline

• General population
• Participants from existing studies

• Selected sample
• Random digit dialing

• Statistics Canada Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) – Healthy Aging 4.2

• Netherlands

Three Northern provinces: Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe

• Severe psychiatric or physical illness are excluded

• General population

• Volunteer enrolment

155000 participants as of 19 Sept 2013