Ageing Trajectories of Health: Longitudinal Opportunities and Synergies
The objective of the ATHLOS Project is to achieve a better understanding of ageing by identifying patterns of healthy ageing pathways or trajectories, the determinants of those patterns, the critical points in time when changes in trajectories are produced, and to propose timely clinical and public health interventions to optimize healthy ageing. Moreover, a new definition of 'old age' based on many characteristics rather than just the classical chronological definition of age will be used for calculating projections in each specific population and guide policy recommendations. To do so, the Consortium will create a harmonised dataset with over 341,000 individuals collated from existing longitudinal studies of ageing and including information on physical and mental health, biomarkers, life style habits, social environment and participation, among others.
ATHLOS is a five-year project funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement number 635316.
The Consortium is coordinated by Dr Josep Maria Haro (Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu) and consists of 14 partners from 11 European countries.
Overview
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Relevant Papers
Sanchez-Niubo A, Egea-Cortés L, Olaya B, Caballero FF, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Prina M, Bobak M, Arndt H, Tobiasz-Adamczyk B, Pająk A, Leonardi M, Koupil I, Panagiotakos D, Tamosiunas A, Scherbov S, Sanderson W, Koskinen S, Chatterji S, Haro JM, ATHLOS Consortium. Cohort Profile: The Ageing Trajectories of Health - Longitudinal Opportunities and Synergies (ATHLOS) project. Int J Epidemiol. 2019;48(4):1052-1053i. PUBMED 31329885
Harmonization Initiatives
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Individual Studies
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Participating Networks
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Areas of Information Collected
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics 14
- Death 13
- Lifestyle and behaviours 13
- Physical measures and assessments 14
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history 9
- Laboratory measures 7
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations 13
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments 12
- Diseases 14
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values 14
- Symptoms and signs 12
- Preschool, school and work life 9
- Medication and supplements 12
- Social environment and relationships 11
- Non-pharmacological interventions 11
- Physical environment 11
- Health and community care services utilization 12
- Administrative information 14