
Introduction to the Canadian Study of Health and Aging
The Canadian Study of Health and
Aging (CSHA) is a population-based, cohort study of the epidemiology
of dementia in Canada. It involved 10,263 participants aged
65 or over, and a team of over 60 investigators (clinicians,
epidemiologists, social scientists, psychologists and others)
collaborated in 18 study centres across Canada. Data were
collected at 5-yearly intervals: CSHA-1 in 1991, CSHA-2 in
1996, and CSHA-3 in 2001.
The objectives
focussed on the epidemiology of dementia, and provided estimates
of prevalence, incidence and risk factors, and examined patterns
of caring for people with dementia. Numerous additional objectives
were included, such as studies of frailty and physical disability,
healthy aging, health care utilization and a wide range of
methodological topics.
|