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FRéLE: Fragilité, une étude longitudinale de ses expressions [Frailty, a longitudinal study of its expressions]

FRéLE: Fragilité, une étude longitudinale de ses expressions [Frailty, a longitudinal study of its expressions]

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Start Year
2010
End Year
2013
Supplementary Information

Béland F, Michel H, La fragilité des personnes âgées : définitions, controverses et perspectives d’action, Rennes, Presses de l’EHESP, 2013.

Béland F, Michel H, Explorer la fragilité : d’un syndrome gériatrique à une notion polymorphe? Pp 7-30 in Béland F, Michel H, La fragilité des personnes âgées : définitions, controverses et perspectives d’action, Rennes, Presses de l’EHESP, 2013.

Galand C Béland F, Fletcher J, FRéLE : une étude québécois sur la fragilité, pp177-204, in Béland F, Michel H, La fragilité des personnes âgées : définitions, controverses et perspectives d’action, Rennes, Presses de l’EHESP, 2013.

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Investigators Contacts
  • Dr. Pierrette Gaudreau
    University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre
  • Dr. Howard Bergman
    Université McGil
  • Dr. René Verreault
    Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement
  • Dr. Christina Wolfson
    McGill University
  • Dr. Marie-Jeanne Kergoat
    Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal
  • Dr. Hélène Payette
    Research Center on Aging, Health and Social Services Centre — University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke (CSSS-IUGS)
  • Dr. Louise Demers
    Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal
  • Dr. Réjean Hébert
    Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke
  • Dr. Johanne Desrosiers
    Université de Sherbrooke
  • Dr. François Béland
    Université de Montréal
  • Dr. José A. Morais
    McGill University Health Centre
  • Dr. Bryna Shatenstein
    Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal Research Centre
  • Dr. Tamàs Fülöp
    Université de Sherbrooke
  • Dr. Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui
    Université de Montréal Public Health Research Institute (IRSPUM)
  • Claude Galand
    Jewish General Hospital

Design

Study design
Cohort
Follow Up

Three year longitudinal study (T0, T1, and T2), with face-to face measurement at a 1-year interval, and six-month phone interview (T0.5, T1.5)

Marker Paper

Galand, C., Béland, F., & Fletcher, J. (2012). FRÉLE: Fragilité, une étude longitudinale de ses expressions. Rapport descriptif sur les données obtenues durant les entrevues face-à-face au temps « TO ». Publications Solidage.

Recruitment

Sources of Recruitment
  • Individuals

Number of participants

Number of participants
1,643
Number of participants with biosamples

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Data
Biosamples
Other

Timeline

Older adults

Selection Criteria
Minimum age
65
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • Canada
Territory

Montréal, Sherbrooke, Victioriaville

Other criteria

Living at home or apartment

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • General population
General Population
  • Selected sample
Supplementary Information

Number of participants

Number of participants
1,643
Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 T0 2010-02 2010-08
0 T1 2011-02 2011-08
0 T2 2012-02 2012-08

Classifications

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and health behaviours
Health status and functional limitations
Diseases
Symptoms and signs
Medication and supplements
Non-pharmacological interventions
Health and community care utilization
Reproduction
Birth, infancy and childhood
End of life
Physical measures
Cognition, personality and other psychological measures
Laboratory measures
Social environment
Physical environment
Administrative information

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics

Age/birthdate
Sex/gender
Marital/partner status
Education
Birth place
Citizenship and immigrant status
Ethnicity, race and religion
Language
Residence
Family and household structure
Labour force and retirement
Income, possessions, and benefits

Lifestyle and health behaviours

Tobacco
Alcohol
Nutrition
Physical activity
Sleep

Health status and functional limitations

Quality of life
Functional activities
Use of assistive devices
Other information about health status

Diseases

Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
Nervous system (G00-G99)
Eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
Circulatory system (I00-I99)
Respiratory system (J00-J99)
Digestive system (K00-K93)
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Diseases without precise specification or related to multiple categories

Symptoms and signs

Digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
Urinary system (R30-R39)

Medication and supplements

Medication and supplements

Physical measures

Anthropometry
Muscles, skeleton and mobility

Cognition, personality and other psychological measures

Cognitive functioning
Psychological distress and emotions
Personality

Social environment

Social network
Social participation
Social support
Life events and plans
Other social environment characteristics

Administrative information

Physical and cognitive measures and biosample related information
Data and sample collection center characteristics
Other administrative information