SuperAging Canada Research

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A Physiologic and Behavioural Basis for SuperAging

Compared to typically aging adults, SuperAgers exhibit increased social engagement, higher ratings of positive interactions with others, and higher levels of physical activity compared to cognitively average older Controls of a similar age.

Collectively, these data suggest there is both a physiologic and a behavioural basis for SuperAging. SuperAging at Home researchers analyze physiological and behavioural markers, collected continuously using wearable mechano-acoustic biosensors, within the home environment, over extended time periods. These data complement self-report logs of behaviour. Additional data collected as part of the main SuperAging Research Initiative is integrated with the biosensor data collected for the SuperAging at Home Study to address the study objectives.

Participants in the SuperAging at Home Study are recruited from the SuperAging Research Initiative. Each North American SuperAging study site provides infrastructure for the study including recruiting and consenting participants, distributing biosensor packages to participants, uploading data to a central storage site when biosensors are returned, and supporting study visit logistics.

The SuperAging at Home Study is overseen by investigators at Western University (lead site), the University of Waterloo, and Sunnybrook Research Institute.