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Overview of Data
TILDA collects a wide range of data on the health, economic and social aspects of participants' lives through personal interviews, self-completion questionnaires and health assessment measures.
Computer-Aided Personal Interviews & Self-Completion Questionnaires |
Demographic data
- Schooling
- Childhood
- Migration history
Socioeconomic data
- Employment situation & job history
- Pensions
- Education
- Lifelong learning
- ICT
- Household composition
- Sources of income
- Health insurance cover
- Financial & other assets
- House ownership
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General health-related data
- Self-rated health status
- Disease history
- Incontinence
- Sensory function
- Chronic pain
- Cognitive function
- Weight change in last 12 months
- Healthcare utilisation
- Medical screening
- Current medications (including over the counter)
Social support & intergenerational transfers
- Transfers to children
- Transfers to parents
- Difficulties with activities of daily living
- Helpers
- Transport
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Mood and mental situation
- Self-rated mood status
- Life events
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Worry
- Quality of life
- Stress loneliness
- Satisfaction
- Ageing perceptions questionnaire
- Social connectedness
Personal health behaviours
- Alcohol
- Smoking
- Physical activity
- Sleep
*Grip strength and walking speed physical measures are taken during interview-only waves. |
Health Assessment |
Cognition/Neuropsychological
- Mood
- Global cognition
- Attention
- Visual memory
- Processing speed
- Executive function
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Cardiovascular
- Blood pressure
- Heart rate
- Height/Weight
- Hip and waist size
- Heart rate variability
- Pulse wave velocity
- Phasic blood pressure
Strength and Bone Density
- Grip strength
- Heel ultrasound
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Gait, Balance and Sensory
- Timed up and go
- Gait assessment
- Balance
- Visual acuity
- Contrast sensitivity
Macular Degeneration
- Macular pigment optical density
- Retinal photograph
*A venous blood sample is collected. |
