Life Style and Food Habits Questionnaire in the Portuguese Population Aged 55 or More

Completed

• Conditions: Age Related Macular Degeneration
• Interventions: Behavioral: Life style and food habits questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT01715870
• Lead Sponsor: Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image

Brief Summary

The study population will be selected from the "Epidemiological study on the prevalence of Age related Macular Degeneration in Portugal" (Protocol N. CC-01-2009) where retinal photographic grading (current gold standard for AMD assessment) was performed to confirm AMD diagnostic. This study provides a population-based sample in which precise and contemporary information on the frequency of nutritional and lifestyle risk factors will be collected, enabling to evaluate whether the separate and/or joint effects of these factors, if found significant, are likely to have a major public health impact in terms of AMD.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-10-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-10-25
• Study First Posted: 2012-10-29
• Study Start: 2012-12
• Primary Completion: 2014-04
• Study Completion: 2014-04
• Status Verified: 2015-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-10-07
• Last Update Posted: 2015-10-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2000

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects included in the Epidemiologic Study (Protocol N. CC-01-2009). (Subjects aged over 55 years-old included in health care units of Mira or Lousã).
• Written Informed Consent Form signed.

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Population of the "Epidemiological study on AMD".	Life style and food habits questionnaire	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Life style and food habits questionnaire.	2 years	Life style and food habits questionnaire. (This questionnaire assesses life style habits such as physical exercise and smoking habits and quantifies dietary intake.)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AIBILI; 🇵🇹 Coimbra, Portugal