EPOSA is a collaborative study, including pre-harmonized data from six ongoing cohort studies on older community-dwelling persons aged 65 to 85 years. The six cohort studies are from six European countries and include: the Activity and Function in the Elderly in Ulm study (Germany), the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (the Netherlands), the Penagrande study (Spain), the Swedish Twin Register (Sweden), and the Hertfordhsire Cohort Study (United Kingdom). In Italy, a new sample was drawn with recruitment procedures and age/sex distributions similar to those in the other studies. The study is representative of older adults in the community.
The EPOSA project provides the opportunity to study both persons with mild and severe osteoarthritis, and those seeking care and not seeking care. The study design and data collection of the EPOSA study are described in detail in Van der Pas et al (2013).
You can find more information on the EPOSA website.
Contact person APH: Dorly Deeg
Contact: Fill out the contact form on the EPOSA website.