Indian Study of Healthy Ageing (ISHA - Barshi)
ISHA - Barshi recruited individuals from the 362 villages and three towns of Warshi, Bhum, and Paranda in the Barshi locality in Solapur District of Maharashtra State in western India. Eligible participants were between 30 and 69 years old and residents of the study area. At baseline, the cohort considered of over 219,000 participants in 119,387 households.
Study design
Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
219,888 (participants)
Age at first data collection
30 - 69 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2015
Primary Institutions
Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR)
Health Data Research United Kingdom (HDRUK)
Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)
Tata Memorial Centre (टाटा मेमोरियल हॉस्पिटल, TMC)
University of Bristol
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Center for Global Health Research (CGHR)
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Tata Memorial Centre
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
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