Northeastern Taiwan Community Medicine Research Cohort
- Conditions
- Cohort Study
- Registration Number
- NCT04839796
- Lead Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
The cohort study on disease prevention and health promotion in the northeastern region of Taiwan is a trial dedicated to large-scale generational research in northeastern Taiwan beginning in the August of 2013. The program aims to develop a comprehensive and integrated approach to disease prevention and community health. The researcher's cohort organizes healthcare outreaches for participants over the age of 20 residing in 64 administrative areas in Keelung city and new Taipei city. The researcher's sessions include a comprehensive health examination, health-related questionnaires, and disease awareness seminars.
Biological samples, questionnaire information, and medical data obtained from researcher's participants are stored in researcher's core laboratory. Depersonalized data and samples are shared with partnering trials approved by the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Institutional review board. The investigators are currently partnered with 18 clinical trials spanning across multiple disciplines such as urology, hepatology, metabolism, physical therapy, and psychology.
- Detailed Description
The cohort study on disease prevention and health promotion in the northeastern region of Taiwan is a trial dedicated to large-scale generational research in northeastern Taiwan beginning in the August of 2013. The program aims to develop a comprehensive and integrated approach to disease prevention and community health. The researcher's cohort organizes healthcare outreaches for participants over the age in Keelung city and new Taipei city. The researcher's sessions include a comprehensive health examination, health-related questionnaires and disease awareness seminars.
Biological samples, questionnaire information, and medical data obtained from the researcher's participants are stored in the researcher's core laboratory. Depersonalized data and samples are shared with partnering trials approved by the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Institutional review board. The investigators are currently partnered with 18 clinical trials spanning across multiple disciplines such as urology, hepatology, metabolism, physical therapy, and psychology.
The investigators are also a member of the national "Establish Multi-omics Database of Smart Healthcare for Obesity Therapeutics involving " joint project and the national "Remote Medical Monitoring System-Linking Healthcare Industrial Ecosystem-Taiwanese Novel Disease Monitoring Solution" initiative.
Introduction: This research is conducted in the form of community health care activities. Through regular community health household activities, community residents' awareness of health is improved, and various pathogenic factors are analyzed to strengthen health education, improve living habits, reduce risk factors, and promote the health of community residents.
Project purpose: In order to promote community fitness, The investigators will conduct long-term community medicine generation research. This research consists of a series of collaborative projects such as chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, metabolic syndrome, depression, dementia, obesity, exercise rehabilitation, etc.
In community health care activities, collect biological samples such as blood, urine, feces, etc., as well as questionnaire data. This project will link participants relevant health data to establish a database for the generation of Keelung Chang Gung community medicine research. These data will be provided for analysis of co-operative plans related to generations of research and long-term tracking of participants health.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20000
- Residing in Keelung city and new Taipei city.
- Mobile health and mental health
- Participating in healthcare outreaches
- Under 20 years old
- Participant without judgment
- Participant has HIV
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Participant died during the observation period. From 2013 Augus to Feb 2021 Investigators keep in touch with participants and invite them to participate in healthcare outreaches every year.
Dementia From 2013 Augus to Feb 2021 The AD8 dementia screening interview is used to detect the early signs of dementia. Using the items in the form to check whether participants have similar symptoms, so as to detect and treat them as soon as possible.
Chronic Kidney Disease From 2013 Augus to Feb 2021 Chronic kidney disease is a type of kidney disease in which there is gradual loss of kidney function over a period of months to years.
Liver cancer From 2013 Augus to Feb 2021 Participant suffers from liver cancer
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Community Medicine Research Center Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Keelung,Taiwan,204
🇨🇳Keelung, Taiwan