A Prospective Nurse Cohort Study in Xiamen, China
ConditionHypertension
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age20+
SponsorThe First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
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;
Disqualifiers
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.
Trial population
* Registered nurses in public hospitals in Xiamen, China; * Aged 20 years or over and living in Xiamen for at least 1 year and will not move out of Xiamen for at least 5 years;
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
No intervention
Other interventionThis is a prospective observational study, and there is no intervention.
Treatment groups
10,000 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Nurses1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Incidence rate
The incidence rates of common chronic diseases, such as hypertension, The stroke, CKD and cancers
Time frame
2019.1.21-2024.12.31Secondary outcomes
1
Mortality
All-cause and cause-specific mortality
Time frame
2019.1.21-2024.12.31Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov