# Enhancing ADRD Research in NHATS: Sampling design to expand representation of the Hispanic population

> **NIH NIH U01** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $240,844

## Abstract

Abstract
The overarching aim of this supplement is to design and prepare a replenishment sample to the National Health
and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) with a Hispanic `add-on' sample in order to meet the analytic aims of studying
ADRD care needs and consequences in the Hispanic population. As the Hispanic population living in the United
States grows and ages, understanding the epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
(ADRD), including care needs and consequences as well as ADRD prevalence and trends, are high priority
scientific aims. NHATS interviews a sample of over 8,000 older adults annually in order to (1) promote scientific
inquiry into late-life disability trends and dynamics, their antecedents and correlates, and disparities therein and
(2) to advance study of the social and economic consequences of late-life disability for individuals, families, and
society. The NHATS sample is replenished periodically; the first replenishment was fielded in 2015 and a second
replenishment is planned for 2021 (a one-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Because the NHATS
sample is national in scope and is drawn from the Medicare enrollment file such that each enrollee has a known
probability of selection, NHATS has the potential to provide important insights into ADRD for the Hispanic older
population. Moreover, its supplemental National Study of Caregiving, which interviews family and unpaid
caregivers of NHATS participants, could provide important insights into how Hispanic families' experiences differ
when caring for an older relative with ADRD. The planned replenishment of NHATS in 2021 gives us the
opportunity to design a sample that has expanded representation of the Hispanic population in NHATS by
increasing the NHATS sample. The specific aims of this supplement are to: 1) Design a replenishment sample
for NHATS that will include an add-on Hispanic supplement; and 2) Draw the NHATS replenishment sample,
including Hispanic add-on, for fieldwork to begin in 2021, and document sampling activities in a technical paper.
A future application will request funds to interview the add-on sample and caregivers generated by the sample.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10151716
- **Project number:** 3U01AG032947-12S1
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** VICKI A. FREEDMAN
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $240,844
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2008-09-30 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10151716

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10151716, Enhancing ADRD Research in NHATS: Sampling design to expand representation of the Hispanic population (3U01AG032947-12S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-31 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10151716. Licensed CC0.

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