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A China study is following older adults to study risks for disability and dementia

Recruiting · Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing

What this means

Researchers started a study in 2024 in Chinese communities that follows older residents over time. It aims to find risk factors and build a tool to predict disability and dementia. No results have been posted, so it does not yet show what causes these problems or how to prevent them.

Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.

Status
Recruiting
Who can join
Ages 60 and over
Where
1 site

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The science

Registered title
China Healthy Aging Cohort Study
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
observational
Conditions
Age Problem, Disability, Dementia, Death
What is tested
No intervention
Sponsor
Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Ages
60 Years to no maximum
Dates
First posted Jun 25, 2024 · updated Jun 25, 2024

Registry summary

This is a community-based prospective cohort study in China. The study has been initialized in 2024 and included older residents. The goal of this observational study is to explore the risk factors related to disability and dementia in the elderly Chinese community population, and develop a risk prediction model for disability and dementia.

Sites (1)

  • Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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