A Prospective Sociocentric Study of 2 Entire Traditional Korean Villages: The Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP)
Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP) was a multidisciplinary prospective study conducted in South Korea that measured various health biomarkers from blood, hair, and brain magnetic resonance imaging, and we examined their associations with sociocentric (global) social network data of older adults in 2 entire villages (or cohorts). Cohort K included participants aged 60 years or older, and cohort L included participants aged 65 years or older. We performed a baseline survey involving 814 of the 860 individuals (94.7% response rate) in cohort K in 2012 and 947 of the 1,043 individuals (90.8% response rate) in cohort L in 2017. We gathered longitudinal data for 5 waves in cohort K from 2011 to 2019 and 2 waves in cohort L from 2017 to 2022. Here, we describe for the first time the follow-up design of the KSHAP, the changes in social networks, and various biomarkers over a number of years. The data for cohort K are publicly available via the Korean Social Science Data Archive as well as the project website, and the data for cohort L will be shared soon.
Source: American Journal of Epidemiology
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwad190
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Oxford, National Research Foundation, Kangnam University, Kyungpook National University, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, National Research Foundation of Korea, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Awards: G347989614, G3787256516
OpenAlex ID: W4387114553