A Nurse Cohort Study in Xiamen, China
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Conditions studied: Hypertension
In brief
The Nurse Cohort Study Xiamen (NCSX) is an open-ended prospective cohort study with very broad research aims. The primary objectives of the NCSX is planned to examine genetic, epigenetic, biological, psychological, social, lifestyle and other environmental factors of nurses in relation to incidence and progression of the common chronic diseases, such as hypertension, ischemic heart disease, stroke, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and some cancers, which are emerging with economic development in Xiamen, China. Specifically, we intend to test whether empirically driven hypothesis and emerging risk factors mainly developed in response to observations in economically developed Western societies apply in a population living in a rapid changing lifestyle in China now.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03799653
- Run by
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
- People needed
- 10000
- Starts
- 2019-03-20
- Expected to finish
- 2028-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-11-03
Who can join
Age: 20 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Registered nurses of public hospitals in Xiamen, China;
- aged 20 years or over;
- Working in the public hospitals for at least 1 year;
- Signed the informed consent and agreed to participate in the study;
- Assuming not moved out of Xiamen for at least 5 years;
You may not qualify if…
- who are unambulatory;
- who are receiving treatment modalities, which , if omitted, may result in immediate life threatening risk such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy for cancer, or dialysis for renal failure.
Where it is running
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University — Xiamen, Fujian, China (enrolling)
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