Principal Investigator
Oscar H. Del Brutto, MD
School of Medicine, Universidad Espíritu Santo—Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Email: oscardelbrutto@hotmail.com
Data Contact
Oscar H. Del Brutto, MD
Email: oscardelbrutto@hotmail.com
Summary
| Setting: | Atahualpa, a rural village in coastal Ecuador |
| Start Date: | June 2012 |
| End Date: | Ongoing |
| Participants: | 933 individuals aged 40+ years at baseline |
| Assessment Schedule: | Baseline and annual follow-up surveys |
| Measures: | (1) Depression; (2) Sleep quality; (3) Cardiovascular risk factors; (4) Dietary oily fish intake; (5) Dental exam; (6) CT and MRI, including FLAIR scans; (7) MoCA; (8) COVID-19 |
Further Information
Del Brutto et al. Key findings from the Atahualpa Project: what should we learn? Expert Rev Neurother. 2018: 18;5-8.
Del Brutto et al. Clinical and neuroimaging risk factors for cognitive decline in community‐dwelling older adults living in rural Ecuador. A population‐based prospective cohort study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019: 34;447-452. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6372307/
