Overview
The Health Examination Survey 2018-2019 of the CUORE Project is coordinated by the Department of Cardiovascular, Endocrine-metabolic Diseases and Aging of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità
The objectives of the survey, addressed to the general adult population (35-74 years), are to:
- estimate the distribution of risk factors (arterial blood pressure, heart rate, weight, height, body mass index, waist and hips circumference);
- study the distribution of life habits (physical activity, smoking habits, diet, alcohol consumption);
- estimate the prevalence of conditions at risk (arterial hypertension, overweight and obesity, smoking habits);
- evaluate the temporal trend of risk factors distribution (arterial blood pressure, heart rate, weight, height, body mass index, waist circumference and hips);
- evaluate the temporal trend of life habits distribution (physical activity, smoking habits, diet, alcohol consumption);
- evaluate the temporal trend of the prevalence of conditions at risk (arterial hypertension, overweight and obesity, smoking habits);
- monitor national lifestyles campaigns, in particular estimate the average daily consumption of sodium, potassium and iodine per capita, as a result of the “Guadagnare Salute” program of the Ministry of Health;
- evaluate physical performance, attention and memory in the elderly population (65-74 years);
- study the degree of health literacy;
The survey is conducted in several Italian regions, between North, Central and South; in each region, a sample of 200 people is enrolled, stratified by gender and age group, randomly extracted from the general population residing in a selected municipality. For each age group (35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74) and sex, 25 people are drawn.
Public funding (not provided on a regular basis). The survey is promoted and funded by the Ministry of Health - National Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CCM) for activities related to the CCM 2017 project - Central Actions Area - entitled "Monitoring of average daily sodium consumption in the population Italian ".
Demographics
Dataset
Queryable data system is available at http://www.cuore.iss.it/eng/survey/cuoredata
Data sharing is bound to a scientific request approval
Contact
Department of Cardiovascular, Endocrine-metabolic Diseases and Aging, Istituto Superiore di Sanità-ISS, Via Giano della Bella 34, 00161, Rome, Italy