Federal Health Survey

The Federal Health Survey (abbr .: BGS98 , Eng .: survey - survey , screening ) was from October 1997 to March 1999 by Robert Koch Institute conducted survey on the health of the German population on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health . The aim was to collect and provide reliable information on the state of health of the population in Germany by means of a representative study.

7,124 people between the ages of 18 and 79 were interviewed and their height, weight and blood pressure were measured, and their blood and urine were examined. The data was collected on site in 120 cities and municipalities across Germany. Foreigners living in Germany were also taken into account, provided that the persons involved had sufficient language skills to answer the questions. The GNHIES98 was intended to provide meaningful data for federal health reporting and for comparisons at European level. In addition, the information was important for dealing with questions in epidemiological research. The BGS98 dataset can be used as a public use file for scientific purposes . Use can be requested from the Robert Koch Institute.

GNHIES98 was preceded by three national health surveys (NUS) in the years 1984–86, 1987–89 and 1990–91. Naturally, these only took into account the area of what was then the Federal Republic of Germany, so in 1992 a health survey East (OW91) was added in order to collect reliable data on the state of health of the population in the new federal states. With GNHIES98, representative study data on the health status of the adult population were available for the whole of Germany for the first time.

From 2008 to 2012, the Robert Koch Institute carried out a follow-up survey to the Federal Health Survey, the " Study on Adult Health in Germany " (DEGS). DEGS is part of the health monitoring of the Robert Koch Institute, which also includes the “ Study on the Health of Children and Adolescents in Germany ” (KiGGS) and the “Health in Germany News” (GEDA) study.

Publications

BM Kurth et al: The Federal Health Survey - component of health surveillance in Germany (= contributions to federal health reporting ). Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89606-135-6 ( online [PDF; accessed on September 11, 2012]).

A. Schulze, T. Lampert: Federal Health Survey: Social Differences in Smoking Behavior and in Passive Smoke Exposure in Germany (= contributions to federal health reporting ). Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89606-161-5 ( online [PDF; accessed on September 11, 2012]).

H. Knopf, HU Melchert: Federal Health Survey: Drug Use (= contributions to federal health reporting ). Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89606-147-X ( online [PDF; accessed on September 11, 2012]).

M. Burger, G. Mensink: Federal Health Survey: Alcohol (= contributions to federal health reporting ). Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89606-142-9 ( online [PDF; accessed on September 11, 2012]).

G. Mensink: Federal Health Survey: Physical Activity (= contributions to federal health reporting ). Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89606-139-9 ( online [PDF; accessed on September 11, 2012]).

Web links

Robert Koch Institute: Overview of the nationwide representative health surveys
Health Service (Thieme Verlag magazine), special issue December 1999 with reports on BGS 98
Website of the study on adult health in Germany (DEGS)
The health of adults in Germany. DEGS information brochure 2012 with results from the examination survey

Individual evidence

^ Information from the Robert Koch Institute on GNHIES98. Retrieved September 11, 2012 .
↑ W. Thefeld, H. Stolzenberg, BM Bellach: Federal Health Survey: Response, selection of participants and non-responder analysis . In: Healthcare . tape 61 , S2. Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89606-135-6 , p. 57–61 ( online [PDF; accessed September 11, 2012]).
↑ Information on Public Use Files at the Robert Koch Institute. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 1, 2012 ; Retrieved September 11, 2012 .
↑ BM Kurth et al.: The Federal Health Survey: Component of health surveillance in Germany (= contributions to federal health reporting ). 2003 ( online [PDF; accessed September 11, 2012]).
↑ Information on the website of the DEGS study on GNHIES98. Retrieved September 11, 2012 .
↑ BM Kurth: The RKI health monitoring - what it contains and how it can be used . In: Public Health Forum . Vol. 20, No. 3 , 2012, p. 4.e1–4.e3 , doi : 10.1016 / j.phf.2012.06.001 ( online [accessed on September 11, 2012]).

[1] Information from the Robert Koch Institute on GNHIES98. Retrieved September 11, 2012 .

[2] W. Thefeld, H. Stolzenberg, BM Bellach: Federal Health Survey: Response, selection of participants and non-responder analysis . In: Healthcare . tape 61 , S2. Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89606-135-6 , p. 57–61 ( online [PDF; accessed September 11, 2012]).

[3] Information on Public Use Files at the Robert Koch Institute. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 1, 2012 ; Retrieved September 11, 2012 .

[4] BM Kurth et al.: The Federal Health Survey: Component of health surveillance in Germany (= contributions to federal health reporting ). 2003 ( online [PDF; accessed September 11, 2012]).

[5] Information on the website of the DEGS study on GNHIES98. Retrieved September 11, 2012 .

[6] BM Kurth: The RKI health monitoring - what it contains and how it can be used . In: Public Health Forum . Vol. 20, No. 3 , 2012, p. 4.e1–4.e3 , doi : 10.1016 / j.phf.2012.06.001 ( online [accessed on September 11, 2012]).