Research infrastructure The national resarch infrastructure NEAR facilitates the use of databases from major population longitudinal studies on aging and health in Sweden
The National E-infrastructure for Aging Research (NEAR) was founded in 2018.
It promotes and supports aging research by facilitating the use of longitudinal populationbased data from renowned Swedish cohort studies on aging and health. NEAR’s mission is to support high-quality aging research by providing big health data while maintaining the same quality and richness as in single population-based studies.
NEAR aims to:
NEAR's ultimate goal is to identify sustainable intervention strategies for better health and develop more effective care for the older population.
NEAR operates through a collaboration among eight Swedish universities including Karolinska Institutet, University of Gothenburg, Lund University, Umeå University, Jönköping University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Uppsala University and Stockholm University.. It encompasses 15 databases containing comprehensive biomedical, clinical, social, and psychological health data from around 90,000 older adults followed for 12 to 52 years.
NEAR collaborates with the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe-Sweden (SHARE-Sweden) from the CORS infrastructure that is hosted by Umeå University
Please visit the NEAR platform for more details about the studies and variables included and the NEAR website for more information about how to apply for NEAR data.
