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Aging in Puerto Rico: Longitudinal Follow-Up of the PREHCO Study

Award Number: R01AG064769
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2026

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Aging in Puerto Rico: Longitudinal Follow-Up of the PREHCO Study - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT In the past decade, Puerto Rico has experienced rapid population aging, financial collapse, mass outward migration of younger people, and then Hurricane Maria. Now is an ideal time to build on the only population- based cohort of older adults in Puerto Rico, unique in having data on health and function prior to these major events. Households across Puerto Rico were visited to identify the first island-wide sample of adults age 60+ years for the Puerto Rican Elderly: Health Conditions (PREHCO) study. A wide range of measures relevant to health and aging, including in-home testing of cognitive and physical function, was collected at baseline (2002/2003) and four years later (2006/2007). We propose to gather two new waves of data related to aging, stress and health in a sample of approximately 1,000 PREHCO survivors. The current project will a) extend PREHCO follow-up to between 16 and 20 years after baseline; b) examine life course predictors of major aging outcomes, namely cognitive impairment, disability, and mortality; c) collect data on hurricane-related stressors and mental health; d) add hair cortisol as a marker of chronic hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis activation; and e) add cognitive and proxy informant measures that align with the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Our project will enable the following specific aims: Aim 1. Examine longitudinal life course biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive health, cortisol levels, mental health, disability, and mortality 16-20 years after baseline. Aim 2. Examine cross-sectional associations between stressors, resilience-enhancing factors, perceived stress, cortisol, and health, as well as changes in health two years later. Aim 3. Increase utility of PREHCO for cross-cultural comparisons. Puerto Rico is an important part of the U.S. that has largely been omitted from U.S. population-based studies of aging. PREHCO participants are now age 76+ years and given accelerating mortality rates for this age group, our proposal to gather two new time points of follow-up data for PREHCO represents a time-limited opportunity to add to our knowledge about aging, stress, and health in an understudied and potentially vulnerable population.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2023	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH STREET	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	000	5	12/19/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $596,316 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH ST	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	000	5	4/27/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$596,316
														Subtotal = $596,316

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $760,781 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH ST	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	001	4	5/23/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$132,844
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH ST	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	002	4	5/24/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$19,479
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH ST	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	000	4	5/17/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$608,458
														Subtotal = $760,781

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $808,991 )
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH ST	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	000	3	4/12/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$664,022
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH ST	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	001	3	4/19/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$144,969
														Subtotal = $808,991

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $653,862 )
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH ST	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	002	2	8/11/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$38,958
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH ST	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	001	2	4/17/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$614,904
2020	2019	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH ST	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	000	1	3/3/2020	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $653,862

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $699,618 )
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	701 S 20TH ST	BIRMINGHAM	AL	35294	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	000	1	8/29/2019	NEW	$699,618
														Subtotal = $699,618

Grand Total All Awards = $3,519,568

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Aging in Puerto Rico: Longitudinal Follow-Up of the PREHCO Study

Award Number: R01AG064769

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2026

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