8 Waves: 1996-present
Wave 1: 1996-1998
Wave 2 – Wave 5: 2001-2018, (2022…)
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90+
90+
Quantitative and qualitative
Mailed surveys, face-to-face interviews, narrative life story interviews
Cohort comparative and longitudinal
Structured surveys, register data, face-to-face interviews, performance tests
Health and functioning in the oldest-old and their time trends; Formal and informal care, services; Very old age as a stage of life; subjective experiences of long life; Biology of longevity, especially aging of the immune system
Trends, predictors and associated factors of health, functioning, quality of life and service needs of the increasing oldest-old population
Medicine
Social Science
Prof. Marja Jylhä, marja.jylha@tuni.fi
Dr. Linda Enroth linda.enroth@tuni.fi
https://www.tuni.fi/en/research/vitality-90
Jylhävä J, Kotipelto T, Raitala A, Jylhä M, Hervonen A, Hurme M. Ageing is associated with quantitative and qualitative changes in circulating cell-free DNA: The Vitality 90+ Study. Mech Ageing Dev 132:20-26, 2011, epub ahead of printing doi:10.1016/j.mad.2010.11.00
Tiainen K, Luukkaala T, Hervonen A, Jylhä M. Predictors of mortality in men and women aged 90 years and older: nine-year follow-up. Age & Ageing 42:468-475, 2013. doi:10.1093/ageing/aft030t PubMed
Raitanen J, Stenholm S, Tiainen K, Jylhä M, Nevalainen J. Longitudinal change in physical functioning and dropout due to death among the oldest old: a comparison of three methods of analysis. European Journal of Ageing 17 (2): 207-216, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s10433-019-00533-x
Enroth L, Raitanen J, Halonen P, Tiainen K, Jylhä M. Trends of Physical Functioning, Morbidity and Disability-free Life Expectancy among the Oldest Old: Six Repeated Cross-sectional Surveys between 2001 and 2018 in the Vitality 90+ Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci: glaa144, 2020. doi:10.1093/gerona/glaa144