French National Alzheimer Database (BNA)
The BNA was created in 2009 and registers all medical acts performed by memory units and independent specialists throughout France. It aims to monitor trends and related risk factors in Alzheimer's Disease. The information collected in the BNA consists of a limited set of data concerning demographic, diagnostic, and clinical details defined by national consensus. At the end of 2012, the BNA included 84% (n = 357) of all French memory units, contained over 340,000 patients and more than 800,000 medical acts.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
341,498 (participants as of 2012)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2009
Primary Institutions
Minister of Health and Access to Healthcare (Ministère de la Santé et de l’Accès aux Soins)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Directorate General of Health Care Provision (Direction générale de l'Offre de soins, DGOS)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
