HEALTH DISEASE STATUS IN THE BLSA--CLINICAL HEALTH EVALUATION

工作总结：健康评估是BLSA的核心组成部分 这被许多研究人员用来描述健康状况 每一位参与者。它在所有BLSA参与者身上完成 他们的护理从业者和医生助理的访问 管理和/或审查所有调查问卷以确保准确性。评估 包括一份人口统计调查问卷；一份健康调查问卷 个人的健康状况；药物清单和 使用的性质；一般身体检查，以及对妇女的 骨盆检查；以及诊断清单的制定。健康 评估还为一些研究提供健康筛查 协议。 该股增加了对筛查和研究的正式处理 协议；在开发过程中向调查人员提供技术支持 研究研究；并努力最小化和/或防止潜在的 不良后果或其他问题。作为我们质量保证的一部分 我们继续评估新健康计划的价值 BLSA研究的调查问卷。 在过去的一年里，一份关于雌激素使用情况的问卷 并在更年期后正式添加到主文件中。这个 调查问卷在过去五年中一直在开发中，目前 现在在面试期间直接输入计算机系统。这个 一些调查人员已经使用这些回复来检查 认知方面的雌激素治疗，预防阿尔茨海默病，以及 唾液腺功能。

Summary of Work: The health evaluation is a central component of the BLSA that is used by many investigators to characterize the health status of each participants. 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 has increased formalized handling of 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 have continued to assess the value of the new health questionnaire for BLSA research. Over the past year, a questionnaire regarding the use of estrogen during and following menopause for formalized and added to the masterfile. The questionnaire had been under development for the past five years, and is now entered directly into the computer system during the interview. The responses have been used by several investigators to examine the value of estrogen treatment in cognition, prevention of Alzheimer's disease, and salivary gland function.