Study overview
Overview
- Study title
- Srinivaspura Aging, Neuro Senescence and COGnition (SANSCOG) Study
- Study link
- https://cbr-iisc.ac.in/sanscog/
- Participants enrolled
- 10,000
- Lead institute
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc) / National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS)
- Principal investigator (PI)
- Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath (IISc)
- Principal investigator profile
- Open profile
- Study design
- Longitudinal
- Location
- Karnataka (Srinivaspura)
- Single / multiple sites
- Single Site
- Key highlights
- SANSCOG study is a first-of-its-kind research project in India and one of the largest, longitudinal studies in the world conducted on the rural, aging population.The study aim to comprehensively evaluate the risk and protective factors associated with cognitive changes during aging using clinical, neurocognitive, and biochemical assessments.
- Reference paper 1
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36577090/
Insights & criteria
Insights
- Socio‑demographic / economic
- Rural Setting
- Recruitment and timeline
- 2018-ongoing
- Keywords
- Aging, Cognitive Health, Old Age, Dementia
Details
Details
- Age group
- ≥45 years
- Gender
- Men & Women
- Scope
- National
- Category
- Adult and Aging Cohort