Enquête de Santé Psychologique– Risques, Incidence et Traitement (ESPRIT)
The Esprit Study is a neuropsychiatric cohort study of community-dwelling people aged 65 years and over drawn at random from the electoral rolls of Montpellier in the south of France. Participants were recruited between 1999 and 2001 and have been reassessed at baseline, as well as after 2, 4, 7, 10, 12, and 15 years. The mean age of the whole sample was 73 years, and it comprised 58.5% women and 41.5% men.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,863 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 65 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1999
Primary Institutions
Hôpital La Colombière
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Novartis
Région Languedoc Roussillon (now known as Occitania)
Ongoing?
No
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)
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- None
Engagement
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