CUHK Brain Health Longitudinal Study

Launched by CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG · Jul 9, 2018

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ClinConnect Summary

The CUHK Brain Health Longitudinal Study is a research project aimed at understanding brain health over time, particularly in people who have experienced strokes or are at high risk for brain diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s. The study will gather information through medical records, questionnaires, and phone interviews to identify factors that may lead to these conditions. By doing this, researchers hope to find effective ways to help people maintain and improve their brain health.

Adults aged 18 and older are eligible to participate, especially those who either have a diagnosed neurological or psychiatric condition, are at high risk due to family history or other medical findings, or are simply interested in learning about ways to protect their brain health. Participants will need to be willing to complete health questionnaires and stay involved in the study over time. There are no specific exclusions, so if you meet the criteria, you may join the study and contribute to important research that could benefit many individuals in the future.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Adult ≥ 18 years of age
• 2. Fulfilling criteria for membership in one of these three groups:
• • Red group: established diagnosis of one or more neurological and/or psychiatric conditions
• • Yellow group: high-risk to develop one or more neurological and/or psychiatric conditions
• • 1. family history (first degree relative) one or more neurological and/or psychiatric conditions
• • 2. examination, imaging or laboratory findings consistent with pre-symptomatic stages of one or more neurological and/or psychiatric disorders
• • Green group: not meeting criteria for Red or Yellow groups, but interested in longitudinal research on maintenance and/or improvement of brain health
• • 3. Subject provides informed consent by signing and dating the written informed consent form
• • 4. Subject is willing to answer health questionnaires and be followed longitudinally
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • None