Table 2.
New measurements in the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP)
| Measures | Instruments |
|---|---|
| Questionnaires | |
| Frailty Sleep Incontinence Knee osteoarthritis Nutrition Dental Traditional Medicine |
The Simple “FRAIL” Questionnaire Screening Tool (53, 54) The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (55) The 3 incontinent questions (3IQ) (56, 57) American College of Rheumatology criteria for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis (58) Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (SQFFQ) Persian version of the General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI)(59) Mojahedi's ten-item Mizaj questionnaire (60) |
| Examinations | |
| Eye Dental Balance Gait |
Complete Eye Examination by Ophthalmologists By dental specialists Tandem gait, semi tandem 3-meter walk |
| Blood tests | |
| Routine biochemistry and Haematology | ALP, ALT,AST, Albumin, CRP |
| Samples | |
| Nail Hair Saliva |
Nails of both hands (so that one week passes from the last nail clipping) Hair samples from occipital region were cut as close to the scalp as possible. (1cm2) Unstimulated saliva(1-3ml) |