Study on the health of adults in Germany

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The study on the health of adults in Germany ( DEGS ) is a data collection carried out by the Robert Koch Institute since 2008 on the state of health of adults living in Germany. The study continues the Federal Health Survey (BGS98) of the Robert Koch Institute.

Like the “ Study on the Health of Children and Adolescents in Germany ” (KiGGS) and the “ Health in Germany Current ” (GEDA) study, DEGS is part of the health monitoring of the Robert Koch Institute, which the institute has carried out on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Health performs. The health monitoring data is incorporated into federal health reporting at the Robert Koch Institute. They complement existing data sources and are a basis for the development of health policy objectives and measures.

DEGS study concept

The aim of DEGS is to collect representative health data nationwide in several survey waves with which the current health situation of 18 to 79 year old adults in Germany can be described. The data collected can also be used to reveal changes (trends) in the health situation over time. By repeatedly including study persons, it should be determined how health-related factors (e.g. risk behavior, living conditions) influence health development over the life course. The study is thus designed as a combination of a cross-sectional study and a longitudinal study . The data is always collected with the help of surveys and, in individual survey waves, additionally through medical measurements. General recurring subject areas are

  • Health status,
  • subjective health and health-related quality of life,
  • Health behavior,
  • Living and environmental conditions as well
  • health care.

DEGS1

The Robert Koch Institute conducted the first wave of studies (DEGS1) from November 2008 to December 2011. A total of 8,152 women and men took part in DEGS1. 3,959 of the participants in the 1998 Federal Health Survey also took part in DEGS1. Additional focal points were the areas

The survey program comprised written surveys, a computer-assisted medical interview, a drug interview, laboratory tests of blood and urine samples, measurements of height, weight, waist and hip circumference, blood pressure and pulse, and thyroid volume. In 18 to 64 year olds, physical fitness was determined using an endurance test on a bicycle ergometer. People aged 65 and over completed various tests for physical and one for mental functioning.

DEGS2

The second wave of surveys (DEGS2) is scheduled to begin at the end of 2018.

Data

The health monitoring data are available to the scientific public as public use files . The DEGS1 data appeared in 2013 in the form of a basic publication and fact sheets. The data from BGS98 can be requested from the Robert Koch Institute for use.

Publications

  • Study on the health of adults in Germany - results from the first wave of surveys (DEGS1) . In: Federal Health Gazette . Vol. 56, edition 5/6, 2013 ( degs-studie.de [accessed on May 30, 2013]).
  • BM Kurth: First results from the "Study on Adult Health in Germany" (DEGS) . In: Federal Health Gazette . 2012, doi : 10.1007 / s00103-011-1504-5 ( rki.de [PDF; accessed on September 10, 2012]).
  • C Scheidt-Nave et al .: German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS) - design, objectives and implementation of the first data collection wave. In: BMC Public Health , 2012, No. 12, p. 730, full text as of 09/2012
  • Adult health in Germany (PDF) DEGS information brochure 2012 with results from the examination survey

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ DEGS health study: Germany is so sick . Spiegel Online ; Retrieved September 10, 2012
  2. ^ BM Kurth, C Lange, P Kamtsiuris, H Hölling: Health monitoring at the RKI - state of affairs and perspectives . In: Federal Health Gazette . tape 52 , no. 5 , 2009, p. 557-570 ( rki.de [PDF; 772 kB ; accessed on September 10, 2012]).
  3. ↑ A Gößwald, M Lange, P Kamtsiuris, BM Kurth: DEGS: Study on the health of adults in Germany. Nationwide cross-sectional and longitudinal study as part of the health monitoring of the Robert Koch Institute . In: Federal Health Gazette . tape 55 , no. 6-7 , 2012, pp. 775–780 ( rki.de [PDF; accessed September 10, 2012]).
  4. ↑ First results of the DEGS study. Robert Koch Institute
  5. ↑ Frank Jacobi, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen a . a .: Mental disorders in the general population . In: The neurologist . tape 85 , no. 1 , 2014, p. 77-87 , doi : 10.1007 / s00115-013-3961-y ( psychologische-hochschule.de [PDF]).
  6. ↑ BM Kurth et al .: DEGS - Study on Adult Health in Germany. Project description . Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-89606-199-7 ( rki.de [PDF; accessed on September 10, 2012]).
  7. ^ Robert Koch Institute: DEGS - Study on Adult Health in Germany: DEGS at a Glance. Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
  8. ^ Robert Koch Institute: DEGS - Study on Adult Health in Germany: DEGS1 - Results. Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Information on public use files ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Robert Koch Institute @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rki.de