NCT03799653Recruiting
A Prospective Nurse Cohort Study in Xiamen, China
A Prospective Cohort Study of Common Chronic Diseases on Nurses in Xiamen, China: Nurse Cohort Study Xiamen (NCSX)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 10000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 8 Jan 2019
- Start date
- Mar 2019
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
- Diseases
- High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT03799653
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 10000
- From Mar 2019 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- 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.
Other
- who are unambulatory;
Who the study is looking for
- 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;
Age in the registry: 20 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The First Affiliated hospital of Xiamen University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Xiamen | China | Recruiting |
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