Bruneck Study
The Bruneck Study is a prospective community-based study of over 900 inhabitants in the Italian town of Bruneck. The study was launched in summer 1990, with an age- and sex-stratified sample of participants selected for inclusion from the official population register using a computer-based random number generator. Further recruitment commenced in 2015 to extend inclusion to all Bruneck inhabitants aged 65 and over.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
934 (participants)
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
1990
Primary Institutions
Medical University of Innsbruck (Medizinische Universität Innsbruck)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Pustertaler Verein zur Vorbeugung von Herz- und Hirngefässerkrankungen
South Tyrolean Health Service (Südtiroler Sanitätsbetrieb)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
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