Kinmen Neurological Disorders Survey (KINDS)
KINDS aimed to conduct a comprehensive survey of neurologic and psychiatric disorders including dementia, essential tremor, stroke, depression, and Parkinson’s disease. At baseline, almost 4,000 participants aged 50 years and older on Kinmen Island, Taiwan completed neurological examinations. Subsets of participants have been followed up until 1997.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
3,915 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 50 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1993
Primary Institutions
Taipei Veterans General Hospital (台北榮民總醫院)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Science and Technology Council (國家科學及技術委員會, NSTC)
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
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Mortality data
Engagement
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