European project on osteoarthritis: Design of a six-cohort study on the personal and societal burden of osteoarthritis in an older European population
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Van Der Pas, Suzan; Castell Alcalá, María Victoria; Cooper, Cyrus C.; Denkinger, Michael Dieter; Dennison, Elaine M.; Edwards, Mark H.; Herbolsheimer, Florian; Limongi, Federica; Lips, Paul J A; Maggi, Stefania; Nåsell, Hans; Nikolaus, Thorsten H.; Otero, Ángel; Pedersen, Nancy Lee; Peter, Richard; Sánchez-Martínez, Mercedes; Schaap, Laura A.; Zambon, Sabina; Van Schoor, Natasja M.; Deeg, Dorly Jh HEntity
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BioMed CentralDate
2013-04-22Citation
10.1186/1471-2474-14-138
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 14 (2013): 138
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1471-2474DOI
10.1186/1471-2474-14-138Funded by
The Indicators for Monitoring COPD and Asthma - Activity and Function in the Elderly in Ulm study (IMCA - ActiFE) is supported by the European Union (No.: 2005121) and the Ministry of Science, Baden-Württemberg. The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is financially supported by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports. The ProVA study was funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, by the University of Padova, by Azienda Unità Locale Socio Sanitaria 15 and 18 of the Veneto Region, and by a grant from the Regione Veneto (Ricerca Sanitaria Finalizzata 156/03). The Hertfordshire Cohort Study was supported by the Medical Research Council, UK. The Peñagrande study was partially supported by the National Fund for Health Research (Fondo de Investigaciones en Salud) of Spain (project numbers FIS PI 05/1898); FIS RETICEF RD06/0013/1013 and FIS PS09/02143Project
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Osteoarthritis; Functional impairment; Loss of independence in older persons; MedicinaRights
© 2013 van der Pas et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.Abstract
Background: Osteoarthritis (OA), the most common form of arthritis, is a major contributor to functional
impairment and loss of independence in older persons. The European Project on OSteoArthritis (EPOSA) is a
collaborative study involving six European cohort studies on ageing. This project focuses on the personal and
societal burden and its determinants of osteoarthritis. This paper describes the design of the project, and presents
some descriptive analyses on selected variables across countries.
Methods/design: EPOSA is an observational study including pre-harmonized data from European cohort studies
(Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) on older community-dwelling persons
aged 65 to 85 years. In total, 2942 persons were included in the baseline study with a mean age of 74.2 years
(SD 5.1), just over half were women (51,9%). The baseline assessment was conducted by a face-to-face interview
followed by a clinical examination. Measures included physical, cognitive, psychological and social functioning,
lifestyle behaviour, physical environment, wellbeing and care utilisation. The clinical examination included
anthropometry, muscle strength, physical performance and OA exam. A follow-up assessment was performed
12–18 months after baseline.
Discussion: The EPOSA study is the first population-based study including a clinical examination of OA, using preharmonized
data across European countries. The EPOSA study provides a unique opportunity to study the
determinants and consequences of OA in general populations of older persons, including both care-seeking and
non care-seeking persons
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Google Scholar:Van Der Pas, Suzan
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Castell Alcalá, María Victoria
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Cooper, Cyrus C.
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Denkinger, Michael Dieter
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Dennison, Elaine M.
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Edwards, Mark H.
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Herbolsheimer, Florian
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Limongi, Federica
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Lips, Paul J A
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Maggi, Stefania
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Nåsell, Hans
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Nikolaus, Thorsten H.
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Otero, Ángel
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Pedersen, Nancy Lee
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Peter, Richard
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Sánchez-Martínez, Mercedes
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Schaap, Laura A.
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Zambon, Sabina
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Van Schoor, Natasja M.
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Deeg, Dorly Jh H
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