Registro Campania Salute Network for the Treatment of Hypertension and Correlated Diseases (RCSN)
CSN is an open registry of individuals with hypertension from all over Italy. Beginning in 1998, the registry recruited patients aged 18 to 85 years who had been diagnosed with hypertension from 23 hypertension clinics and 60 general practitioners in the Campania region of southern Italy. As of 2016, the study included over 15,000 patients. Participants are seen once a year and followed up through administrative data linkage.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
15,000 (participants, as of 2016)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
18 - 85 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1998
Primary Institutions
University of Naples Federico II (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
University of Naples Federico II (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- 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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