National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project

描述(由申请人提供)：国家社会生活、健康和老龄化项目(NSHAP)的主要目标是建立一个创新的、高质量的数据集，供研究老年人社会过程与健康之间的关系的研究人员使用。第一波收集了2005/6年度3,005名年龄在57-85岁的具有全国代表性的社区成年人的问卷和生物测量数据。我们建议在NSHAP中收集第二波数据，以获得关于社会网络和社会支持、婚姻和同居关系、态度、自我报告的健康和行为以及身体功能和健康的尖端生物测量的数据。第二波的关键贡献将是使轨迹分析成为可能；向学者社区提供这种基础广泛的纵向数据集将使人们能够检查老年人的健康轨迹，并为随着个人年龄的增长减少发病率和预防残疾和功能障碍的新方法提供信息。我们建议在受访者初次采访四年后重新访问他们。使用这些数据，我们可以描述和模拟健康、幸福、社会网络、社会参与和社会背景方面的变化分布。在每一种情况下，我们都将检查整个样本和由性别、种族/民族和社会经济地位等关键社会人口特征定义的子组内的分布。我们还建议通过访问配偶/同居的浪漫伴侣来扩大样本。这些数据将使我们能够通过检查一个人的特征和行为对另一个人的健康的影响，来表征婚姻和浪漫关系对健康的影响。我们还将分析伙伴关系本身，并评估伙伴关系的特征，如支持、亲密和虐待，与每个伙伴的健康之间的关系。总而言之，我们将探索我们的首要假设，即拥有强大功能亲密关系的老年人将比那些关系较弱或完全缺乏这种关系的老年人表现出更积极(或更少消极)的健康轨迹。公共卫生相关性：我们建议收集国家社会生活、健康和老龄化项目(NSHAP)的第二波数据，以获得关于社会网络和社会支持、婚姻和同居关系、态度、自我报告的健康和行为以及身体功能和健康的尖端生物测量的数据。第二波的关键贡献将是使轨迹分析成为可能；向学者社区提供这种基础广泛的纵向数据集将使人们能够检查老年人的健康轨迹，并为随着个人年龄的增长减少发病率和预防残疾和功能障碍的新方法提供信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) is to establish an innovative, high-quality dataset for use by researchers studying the relationships between social processes and health among older adults. Wave I obtained questionnaire and biomeasure data on a nationally-representative sample of 3,005 community-dwelling adults ages 57-85 in 2005/6. We propose to collect a second wave in NSHAP to obtain data on social networks and social support, marital and cohabitational relationships, attitudes, self-reported health and behavior, and cutting-edge biomeasures of physical function and health. The crucial contribution of Wave II will be in enabling analyses of trajectories; the availability to the community of scholars of such a broad-based, longitudinal data set will permit an examination of the health trajectories of older adults and inform new approaches to reducing morbidity and preventing disability and dysfunction as individuals age. We propose to revisit respondents four years after their initial interview. Using these data, we can describe and model the distribution of changes in health, well-being, social networks, social participation and social context. In each case, we shall examine the distributions both for the entire sample and within subgroups defined by key sociodemographic characteristics such as gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. We also propose to augment the sample by interviewing the spouse/cohabitating romantic partner. These data will allow us to characterize the impact of marital and romantic relationships on health by examining the effects of one person's characteristics and behaviors on the health of the other. We will also analyze the partnerships themselves, and assess the relationship between characteristics of the partnership, such as support, closeness and mistreatment, and the health of each of the partners. In sum, we will explore our overarching hypothesis that older adults with strong functioning intimate relationships will show more positive (or less negative) health trajectories that those who have weaker relationships or lack such relationships altogether. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: We propose to collect a second wave of the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) to obtain data on social networks and social support, marital and cohabitational relationships, attitudes, self-reported health and behavior, and cutting-edge biomeasures of physical function and health. The crucial contribution of Wave II will be in enabling analyses of trajectories; the availability to the community of scholars of such a broad-based, longitudinal data set will permit an examination of the health trajectories of older adults and inform new approaches to reducing morbidity and preventing disability and dysfunction as individuals age.