HEALTH DISEASE STATUS IN THE BLSA--CLINICAL HEALTH EVALUATION

健康评估是巴尔的摩老龄化纵向研究（BLSA）的核心组成部分，被许多研究者用来描述每个参与者的健康状况。所有BLSA参与者在每次访问时都由执业护士和医师助理完成，他们负责管理和/或审查所有问卷的准确性。评价包括人口调查问卷；调查个人健康状况的健康调查表；药物清单及其使用性质；一般体格检查，女性盆腔检查；以及诊断清单的制定。健康评估还为一些研究方案提供健康筛查。该股继续处理筛选和研究方案；为研究人员进行研究提供技术支持；并努力减少和/或防止潜在的不良后果或其他问题。作为我们质量保证计划的一部分，我们将继续评估新的BLSA研究健康问卷的价值。在最近对BLSA调查员的调查中，我们发现基本上评估的所有部分都至少由一名调查员使用。我们的调查问卷也在不断改进。我们目前正在制定一项较短的健康评估，以减少健康评估所需的时间。这将有助于允许继续扩大BLSA。

The health evaluation is a central component of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) that is used by many investigators to characterize the health status of each participant. It is completed on all BLSA participants at each of their visits by nurse practitioners and physician assistants who administer and/or review all questionnaires for accuracy. The evaluation includes a demographic questionnaire; a health questionnaire that surveys the health status of the individual; a listing of medications and the nature of their usage; a general physical examination, and for the women a pelvic examination; and the development of a diagnostic list. The health evaluation also provides health screening for a number of research protocols. The unit continues to handle screening and research protocols; provided technical support to investigators in the development of research studies; and worked to minimize and/or prevent potential adverse outcomes or other problems. As part of our quality assurance program we continue to assess the value of the new health questionnaire for BLSA research. In a recent survey of BLSA investigators, we found that essentially all parts of the evaluation are used by at least one investigator. Continued improvements have been made to our questionnaires. We are currently in the process of developing a shorter health evaluation that will decrease the time required for the health evaluation. This will aide in allowing for continued expansion of the BLSA.