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The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of Parkinson’s disease and other degenerative / vascular parkinsonian disorders in a defined geographical area in the North-East of Scotland and to describe the long-term prognosis of patients and carers in an incident cohort compared to age-sex matched community controls.
Ascertainment:
- Referrals from GPs
- Referrals from hospital consultants
- Hand-searching referral letters (neurology & DOME)
- Electronic searching (GP, hospital discharge data)
- Screening over 65 and over 75’s
Annual follow-up plus linked to death register.
Last update – 08/03/2017
Types Neurodegenerative disease-specific cohort
Participant Types At-risk diagnosis
Countries United Kingdom
Genders Male and Female
Sample sizes 0 to 4,999
Ages 60 to 100
Brain related measures Cognitive function|Mental health|Neurological
Funtional rating Caregiver|Individual physiological|Individual psychological
Anthropometric Blood pressure|Height|Weight
Physical
Biological samples Blood
Genotyping Gene screening
Brain imaging
Brain banking Consent for brain donation
Lifestyle Alcohol|Smoking
Socio-economic Education|Ethnic group|Family circumstances|Housing and accommodation|Marital status|Occupation and employment|Unpaid care
Health service utilisation Formal health and social care service utilisation including private care
Institute names Aberdeen University
Current Sample Sizes 0 to 4,999
age at recruitment 72
last updated
recruitment period 2006-09
estimated current sample size number value
cohort acronym PINE
start date 2006-09
pi Dr Carl Counsell
website http://www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/research/chronic-disease/neurology-253.php
contact details Institute of Applied Health Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
abstract The aim of the study is to determine the incidence of Parkinsons disease and other parkinsonian disorders in a defined geographical area. PINE began in 2006 recruiting 1210 participants with a mean age of 72.
funders Parkinsons UK|NHS Grampian Endowments|NHS Grampian Research and Development dept|BMA award, RS Macdonald Trust|BUPA Foundation.
contact email [email protected]
contact phone number
estimated current sample size
sample sizes 1185