Characteristic | Measure | Population |
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Personal characteristics Socioeconomic status |
Ethnicity, sex, age, Living arrangement, Pension status, geographical location | Community dwellers, Care home residents, Māori, Pacific |
Functional status | NEADL | Community dwellers, Māori, Pacific elders |
Cognition |
RUDAS MoCA |
Community dwellers, Pacific elders Care home residents |
Medical history | Menu list of medical diagnoses including: Cardiovascular disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Parkinson’s disease, and all relevant diagnoses. | Community dwellers, Māori, Pacific elders |
Well-being, Quality of life |
SF-36 Physical and mental subscale scores Qual-AD [36] Kaupapa Māori quality of life questionnaire |
Community dwellers, Māori Care home residents Māori |
Physical performance | Short Physical Performance Battery & Timed Up and Go (TUG) [37]. | Community dwellers, Care home residents, Māori, Pacific elders |
Habitual activity |
7 day accelerometry monitoring of physical activity, sedentary behaviour & gait parameters CHAMPS activity questionnaire |
Community dwellers, Māori Community dwellers |
Oral health | Oral-health-related quality of life and self-reported oral health (OHIP-14 + Locker item and items on chewing ability), eating assessment tool (EAT-10; dysphagia), oral health assessment tool (OHAT) [38], summated xerostomia inventory (SXI; dry mouth) [39] | Community dwellers, Care home residents, Māori, Pacific elders |
Social connectedness |
UC UCLA loneliness questionnaire (3 items) [40]; Lubben Social Network Scale [41] | Community dwellers, Pacific elders (UCLA only) |
Nutritional health | SCREEN II as a validated (in NZ) nutrition risk screening tool [42]. | Community dwellers, Māori, Pacific |
Sleep health | Actigraphic sleep monitoring | Community dwellers, care home residents, and Māori identified as ‘problem sleepers’ by self-report and/or standard cut-off scores |
PSQI, rMEQ and the STOP-Bang for sleep disordered breathing [43] Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire [44] Semi-structured sleep interviews |
Community dwellers, Māori, Pacific elders (selected outcomes) Care home residents Care home (staff), Māori Māori |