Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Waves 1-13 (1992-2014)

The Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ALSA) was the centrepiece research activity of the Flinders Centre for Ageing Studies. The ALSA commenced in 1992 with 2087 participants aged 65 years or more. At Baseline, a comprehensive personal interview and assessment of neuropsychological and physiological functions was undertaken at each person's home, supplemented by self-completed questionnaires, biochemistry, and additional clinical studies of physical function. The final wave (Wave 13) of data collection was carried out in 2014. The domains assessed included demography, health, depression, morbid conditions, hospitalisation, hearing and vision difficulties, cognition, gross mobility and physical performance, activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, lifestyle activities, exercise education and income. At the completion of the household interview, participants were left with self-administered questionnaires, which were mailed back in pre- paid envelopes or collected at the time of the clinical assessment. The domains covered by the questionnaires were dental health, sexual activity and psychological measures of self-esteem, morale and perceived control. The individual clinical assessment objectively measured both physical and cognitive functioning. The physical examination included measures of blood pressure, anthropometry, visual acuity, audiometry and physical performance. The cognitive assessment included measures of memory, information processing efficiency, verbal ability and executive function. The clinical assessments were conducted by nurses who received special training in the standard administration of all psychological instruments and the anthropometric measures. Some data have been provided by secondary sources. Participant deaths have been systematically monitored through the government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. From Wave 7 onward, collateral data were gathered from the files of the Health Insurance Commission (HIC). Permission was sought for access to the Health Insurance Commission HIC for purposes of establishing use of medical care and services and expenditure. The information sought from the HIC database included: the number of medical care services, and for each service, the nature of the service, date, charge, and benefit; the number of PBS prescriptions, and for each prescription, the drug prescribed, number of repeats, date, charge, and benefit. Edit July, 2023 - Mastery and Control Scale - Household Interview Data file (Wave 7.sav and Wave 9.sav). See README file for details. The data and syntax have been corrected. The corrected data can be located in the “Wave 9 Mastery only corrected.sav” file and “Wave 7 Mastery only corrected.sav” file (the “Wave 9.sav” and "Wave 7.sav" file will contain the original data, with errors. The syntax for the correction and recodes is located in the “All syntax.sps” file.

澳大利亚纵向老龄化研究（ALSA）是弗林德斯老龄化研究中心的核心研究活动。该研究始于1992年，纳入了2087名65岁及以上的参与者。在基线阶段，研究人员在每个参与者的家中进行了全面的个人访谈和神经心理学及生理功能的评估，辅以自我完成的问卷、生化检测和额外的临床研究，以评估其身体功能。数据收集的最后一波（第13波）于2014年完成。评估的领域包括人口统计、健康、抑郁、疾病状态、住院治疗、听力和视力困难、认知、粗大运动和体能、日常生活活动及工具性日常生活活动、生活方式活动、锻炼教育及收入。在家庭访谈结束后，参与者被留下自我管理的问卷，这些问卷通过预先付费的信封邮寄回来或在临床评估时收集。问卷涉及的领域包括口腔健康、性行为及自尊、士气及感知控制的心理学测量。个体临床评估客观地测量了身体和认知功能。体格检查包括血压、人体测量学、视力、听力及体能测试。认知评估包括记忆、信息处理效率、语言能力和执行功能的测量。临床评估由接受过所有心理工具和人体测量学标准操作特殊培训的护士进行。部分数据来源于次级来源。通过政府出生、死亡和婚姻登记处的系统监测参与者的死亡情况。从第7波开始，从医疗保险委员会（HIC）的文件中收集了补充数据。为确定医疗保健和服务以及支出的使用情况，向医疗保险委员会HIC申请了访问权限。从HIC数据库中获取的信息包括：医疗保健服务的数量，以及每种服务的性质、日期、费用和福利；PBS处方的数量，以及每个处方的药物、重复次数、日期、费用和福利。2023年7月编辑 - 掌握与控制量表 - 家庭访谈数据文件（Wave 7.sav 和 Wave 9.sav）。详情请参阅README文件。数据和语法已纠正。纠正后的数据位于“Wave 9 Mastery only corrected.sav”文件和“Wave 7 Mastery only corrected.sav”文件中（“Wave 9.sav”和"Wave 7.sav"文件将包含原始数据，存在错误。纠正和重编码的语法位于“所有语法.sps”文件中）。