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National Institute on Aging

Description & Citation--Study No. 4248

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:4248
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04248
 
Title:ACTIVE (Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly), 1999-2001 [United States]
 
Alternate Title:ACTIVE, 1999-2001
 
Principal Investigator(s):Sharon Tennstedt, New England Research Institutes
 
  John Morris, Hebrew Senior Life-Boston
 
  Frederick Unverzagt, Indiana University
 
  George Rebok, Johns Hopkins University
 
  Sherry Willis, Pennsylvania State University
 
  Karlene Ball, University of Alabama-Birmingham
 
  Michael Marsiske, University of Florida
 
Funding Agency:United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging
 
  National Institute of Nursing Research
 
Bibliographic Citation:Tennstedt, Sharon, John Morris, Frederick Unverzagt, George Rebok, Sherry Willis, Karlene Ball, and Michael Marsiske. ACTIVE (Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly), 1999-2001 [United States] [Computer file]. ICPSR04248-v3. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-08-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04248
 

Scope of Study

Summary:ACTIVE (Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly), 1999-2001 [United States] was a multisite randomized controlled trial conducted at six field sites with New England Research Institutes (NERI) as the coordinating center. The field sites included the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged in Boston, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Florida/Wayne State University (Detroit). The primary aim of the trial was to test the effects of three distinct cognitive interventions -- previously found to be successful in improving elders' performance on basic measures of cognition under laboratory or small-scale field conditions -- on measures of cognitively demanding daily activities. Trainings consisted of an initial series of ten group sessions followed by four-session booster trainings at one and three years. The three cognitive interventions focused on memory, executive reasoning, and speed of processing. The design included a no-contact control group. Participants were assessed at baseline, immediately after training, and annually thereafter. A total of 2,832 older adults were enrolled in the trial, and 2,802 were included in the analytical sample. Twenty-six percent of the participants were African American.
 
Subject Term(s):Activities of Daily Living, aging, aging population, cognitive functioning, cognitive processes, everyday life, independent living, living conditions, mental health, older adults, quality of life
 
Geographic Coverage:Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, United States
 
Time Period:1999 - 2001
 
Date(s) of Collection:1999 - 2001
 
Unit of Observation:individual
 
Universe:Persons 65 and older who were noninstitutionalized, but were at risk of loss of functional independence.
 
Data Type:observational data
 
Data Collection Notes:

The following is a list of acronyms used in the titles of many of the 34 data parts in this collection:

  1. AN1 -- 1st Annual Post-Test
  2. AN2 -- 2nd Annual Post-Test
  3. AVLT -- Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
  4. BL AVLT -- Baseline Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
  5. CRT -- Complex Reaction Time
  6. EPT -- Everyday Problems Test
  7. HVLT -- Hopkins Verbal Learning Test
  8. OTDL -- Observed Tasks of Daily Living
  9. PAN1 -- 1st Annual Post-Test
  10. PT -- Post-Test
  11. PT AVLT -- Post-Test Baseline Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
  12. Rivermead -- Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test
  13. UFOV -- Useful Field of Vision
 
 

The Rey AVLT used in this data collection is a subset of the full Rey test.

 
 

Only a particular subset of the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test was used for ACTIVE.

 

Methodology

Sample:The sample consisted of 2,832 persons aged 65 to 94 recruited from 6 metropolitan areas in the United States. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) recruited participants from residents of Jefferson County, Alabama, who were licensed to drive or who possessed nondriver ID cards issued through the Alabama Department of Public Safety, and they recruited from UAB eye clinics. The Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged (HRCA) in Boston, Massachusetts, recruited from congregate and senior housing sites, senior centers, and a registry of volunteers for aging research at the Harvard Cooperative Program on Aging. Indiana University recruited clients of the Community Centers of Indianapolis and through local churches and senior organizations. Johns Hopkins University recruited from senior centers, churches, senior housing, and senior organizations in the Baltimore, Maryland, metropolitan area and in Cumberland, Maryland. Pennsylvania State University recruited from the enrollment files of a state-funded pharmaceutical assistance program for low-income elders, called PACE. And Wayne State University recruited from community organizations, churches, and senior housing in metropolitan Detroit, as well as from state of Michigan driver registration lists. The study design also included a no-contact control group.
 
Data Source:cognitive assessment tests
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Some instruments administered as part of this study may contain contents from copyrighted instruments. Reproductions of the instruments are provided solely as documentation for the analysis of the data associated with this collection. Please contact the data producers for information on permissions to use the instruments for other purposes.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2005-10-11
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2009-08-06.
 
  2009-08-06 - This is the update of the previously archived ACTIVE study, Limited Access from Baseline to Second Annual. The current submission is for Third Annual and Fifth Annual assessments. New datasets include: Forms 706a, 706b, 713, 714, 803, 804, 813, and 814. The following datasets have been updated and include Annual 3 and 5 data: Forms 5, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 411, 422, 611a, 611b, 612, 613, 614, 615a, 615b, 616, 617, 619, and 717. The Analysis dataset (analydat) has data from baseline to Annual 5.
 
  2008-09-29 - New datasets added are Forms 5, 411, 510, 616, 618 and 619. Updated datasets are Forms 2, 4, 700, 705 and 610.
 
  2006-05-02 - Additional Principal Investigators were added. No other changes were made.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Form 2 Screener
  • DS2: Form 3 Baseline Individual Assessment, Part 1
  • DS3: Form 4 Baseline Individual Assessment, Part 2
  • DS4: Form 310 HVLT Intrusion/Perseveration Errors
  • DS5: Form 311 Word Series
  • DS6: Form 312 HVLT Recognition
  • DS7: Form 313 UFOV
  • DS8: Form 314 CRT
  • DS9: Form 410 PT Individual Assessment
  • DS10: Form 411 Digit Symbol Substitution and Digit Symbol Copy Data Coding Form
  • DS11: Form 415 AN1 Individual Assessment, Part 1
  • DS12: Form 420 AN1 Individual Assessment, Part 2
  • DS13: Form 422 OTDL
  • DS14: Form 5 Take-Home
  • DS15: Form 510 Post-Test Take-Home
  • DS16: Form 611a AN3 AVLT
  • DS17: Form 611b AN5 AVLT
  • DS18: Form 611c AN1 AVLT
  • DS19: Form 611d AN2 AVLT
  • DS20: Form 612 Letter Series
  • DS21: Form 613 AVLT Recognition
  • DS22: Form 614 Letter Series
  • DS23: Form 615a AN3 Rivermead
  • DS24: Form 615b AN5 Rivermead
  • DS25: Form 616 Vocabulary
  • DS26: Form 617 EPT
  • DS27: Form 618 Medication Audit
  • DS28: Form 619 AVLT Intrusion/Perseveration Errors
  • DS29: Form 700 AN1 Abbreviated Battery
  • DS30: Form 705 AN2 Abbreviated Battery
  • DS31: Form 706a AN3 Abbreviated Battery
  • DS32: Form 706b AN5 Abbreviated Battery
  • DS33: Form 710 AN1 and AN2 Abbreviated Battery, Level 2
  • DS34: Form 713 AN3 Abbreviated Battery, Level 2
  • DS35: Form 714 AN5 Abbreviated Battery, Level 2
  • DS36: Form 717 Take-Home EPT
  • DS37: Form 800 AN2 Individual Assessment, Part 1
  • DS38: Form 803 AN3 Individual Assessment, Part 1
  • DS39: Form 804 AN5 Individual Assessment, Part 1
  • DS40: Form 810 AN2 Individual Assessment, Part 2
  • DS41: Form 813 AN3 Individual Assessment, Part 2
  • DS42: Form 814 AN5 Individual Assessment, Part 2
  • DS43: Analysis Dataset