The Kunshan Elderly Health Study

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Cognitive Impairment; Sarcopenia; Diabetes Mellitus; Cardiovascular Diseases; Depression; Cancer; Frailty
• Interventions: Other: No intervention

• Registration Number: NCT05141565
• Lead Sponsor: Soochow University

Brief Summary

The Kunshan Elderly Health Study (KEHS) is a community-based prospective cohort study of chronic disease, mortality and associated factors among elderly adults in Kunshan, Eastern China.

Detailed Description

The Kunshan Elderly Health Study (KEHS) is a project organized by the Soochow University, in collaboration with the Kunshan \& Suzhou Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was primarily designed to assess risk factors (nutritional, metabolic, lifestyle, etc.) for chronic diseases and mortality among community residents aged 65 years and above, and explore effective intervention measures, so as to ultimately reduce the burden of disease and promote healthy aging. In addition, findings of this study would contribute to further understanding of pathogenesis of the chronic diseases and provide new ideas for precise prevention, drug development and risk prediction.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-05-17
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-20
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-02
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-22
• Primary Completion: 2032-12-31
• Study Completion: 2032-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5945

Inclusion Criteria

• Locally registered-residents in Kunshan
• Aged 65 years or above
• Voluntary agreement to participate in the study (with written informed consent)

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with stroke, coronary heart disease or cancer
• Patients with severe physical or mental illness
• People unable to complete the survey

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
The Kunshan Elderly Health Study (KEHS)	No intervention	Community-based observational cohort.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mortality	Trough study completion, an average of 10 years	Total and cause-specific mortality
Incidence of chronic diseases	Trough study completion, an average of 10 years	Chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, etc. will be identified by chronic disease registries and active follow-up

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kunshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention; 🇨🇳 Kunshan, Jiangsu, China