A pilot study to develop a new cohort study in Hokkaido to increase healthy life expectancy

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26670322
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Hygiene and public health
Research Institution	Hokkaido University
Principal Investigator	Tamakoshi Akiko 北海道大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (90236737)
Research Collaborator	UKAWA Shigekazu NAKAMURA Koshi OKADA Emiko SASAKI Sachiko
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords	健康寿命 / コホート研究 / パイロットスタディ
Outline of Final Research Achievements	To develop a new cohort study plan which going to investigate impacts of lifestyles, mental status, hereditary factors, social circumstances and their combinations to health involving about 20,000 participants from a number of towns in Hokkaido, a pilot study in A town was conducted. From its preparing phase, not only executive officers and health professionals, but also residents living in A town participated to make a study plan, and with a co-operative support from officers of A town hall, finally, about 70% and 30% of residents participated in the questionnaire survey and examination survey, respectively.

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