Components | Measurements |
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In-home interview | Â |
   Socioeconomic status | Marital status, composition of household, achieved education, current and past working activity, self-assessment of economic status |
   Functional capacity | Unintentional weight loss, vision and hearing, basic and instrumental activities of daily living |
   Behaviours | Smoking, alcohol use, walking |
   Well-being | Philadelphia Geriatric Center (PGC) Morale Scale |
   Mental health | World Health Organization (WHO)-5 Well-being Index |
   Cognitive function | Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) |
   Social cognition | Sense of control |
   Social intelligence/life knowledge | Wisdom |
   Social relations | Social networks, social support, negative interaction, companionship, reciprocity |
   Social activities | Content and number of social activities |
   Social care | Usage and degree of long-term care insurance |
   Usage of electrical home appliances | Microwave oven, washing machine, cell phone, personal computer, video game |
Self-administered questionnaire | Â |
   Habitual dietary intake | 46-item semiquantified food frequency questionnaire |
   Health-related QOL | WHO Quality of Life Instrument-Older Adults Module (WHOQOL-old) |
   Personality | NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) |
Medical/dental Examination | Â |
   Chronic conditions | Medical history and medication |
   Falls | Falls in past 6 months |
   General pain | Visual analogue scale (VAS) |
   Health behaviors | Physical and cognitive activity, bowel habit |
   Physical examination | Resting blood pressure, heart rate, auscultation for the heart and the lung, detecting pitting ankle edema |
   Anthropometrical measurement | Weight, height, demi-span, waist, hip, calf circumference, skinfold thickness of triceps, subscapular, suprailiac, and medial calf |
   Physical function | Timed up-and-go test, chair standing, one-leg standing, grip strength |
   Electrocardiogram (ECG) | Twelve-lead ECG and 3-minute heart rate variability |
   Carotid atherosclerosis | B-mode carotid ultrasonography |
   Bone mineral density | Calcaneal quantitative ultrasonic measurement |
   Dental examination | Tooth count, degree of mouth cleaning, periodontal disease |
   Oral function | Bite force, masticatory function, 15-item food acceptance |
   Oral health-related QOL | General oral health assessment index (GOHAI) |
   Blood analysis | Non-fasting blood test and DNA sampling |
   Saliva analysis | Production and component of saliva |
   Urine analysis | Urine sample from the first morning boid (collected at home) |