Rockwood K, Wolfson C, McDowell I
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Canada.
Int Psychogeriatr. 2001;13 Supp 1:233-7. doi: 10.1017/s1041610202008177.
The Canadian Study of Health and Aging was a large, multidisciplinary, national core study--with a number of "add-on" investigations--of the epidemiology of dementia and the health of older people. This structure was a fiscally prudent way to balance between mandated and investigator-initiated inquiry. In hindsight, several important features of the study would be repeated. Future studies might profitably consider a longer funding period for analysis, and a more strategic approach to in-depth, supplementary studies.
加拿大健康与老龄化研究是一项大规模、多学科的全国性核心研究，并进行了多项“附加”调查，旨在研究痴呆症的流行病学以及老年人的健康状况。这种架构是在规定研究内容和研究人员自主发起的研究之间取得平衡的一种财政上审慎的方式。事后看来，该研究的几个重要特征值得借鉴。未来的研究不妨考虑延长分析阶段的资金资助期限，并采用更具策略性的方法进行深入的补充研究。
