Study on the health of children and adolescents in Germany

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The study on the health of children and adolescents in Germany ( KiGGS ) is a survey carried out by the Robert Koch Institute since 2003 on the state of health of children and adolescents living in Germany between the ages of 0 and 17 and their health development up to adulthood. KiGGS is - like the Study on Adult Health in Germany (DEGS) and the Health in Germany Current Study (GEDA) - part of the health monitoring that the Robert Koch Institute has been carrying out on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health since 2008 . 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.

KiGGS study concept

The aim of KiGGS is to collect representative health data nationwide in several survey waves, with which the current health situation of 0 to 17-year-old children and adolescents in Germany can be described and changes (trends) over time can be uncovered. By repeatedly including children and adolescents into adulthood (KiGGS cohort ), the aim is to determine how health- relevant factors in childhood and adolescence are related to later adult health. The study is thus designed as a combination of a cross-sectional study and a longitudinal study . The data are collected using surveys and medical measurements. General recurring subject areas are

  • Health status,
  • Health behavior,
  • Living conditions and
  • health care.

KiGGS baseline study

The Robert Koch Institute carried out the KiGGS baseline study from May 2003 to May 2006. A total of 17,641 children and adolescents under the age of 18 were examined for health in 167 study locations and their parents (and adolescents aged 14 and over) were interviewed. The survey program differed according to five age groups. The part of the survey included a health and nutrition questionnaire for parents as well as children and adolescents from the age of 11 and a medical interview. The investigation part consisted of

  • Laboratory tests of blood and urine samples,
  • the determination of visual function,
  • Body measurements (e.g. height and weight),
  • Blood pressure and pulse,
  • a thyroid sonography as well
  • Tests (coordination and reaction tests, neuromotor tests, endurance tests, motor activity).

KiGGS wave 1

From June 2009 to June 2012, the Robert Koch Institute continued the KiGGS study under the title KiGGS Wave 1 as a telephone survey. All participants in the KiGGS baseline study were invited again. In addition, newly selected children under six years of age were included for the first time, as this age range was no longer occupied. The thematic priorities of KiGGS Wave 1 largely corresponded to those of the KiGGS basic survey (part of the survey).

KiGGS wave 2

From September 2014 to August 2017, the Robert Koch Institute continued the KiGGS study under the title KiGGS Wave 2 not only as a questionnaire (like KiGGS Wave 1 ), but also with physical examinations and tests (like in the KiGGS Baseline survey ). The 167 study locations in the baseline study also remained identical. Children and adults from the KiGGS baseline study and the KiGGs wave1 (now 11-29 years old) and a new representative group of children between 0 and 17 years and their parents were interviewed. The core survey was supplemented by additional surveys of sub-samples (module studies: BELLA study : survey on mental well-being and behavior; German environmental health study (GerES ): exposure to environmental influences; EsKiMo study on the nutrition of children and adolescents (6 to 17 years old);  KiESEL study on food consumption by children (6 months to 6 years); MoMo study on physical activity) added. The first results from wave 2 were published in March 2018 in the Journal of Health Monitoring and are freely accessible on the RKI website.

Data

The health monitoring data are available to the scientific public as public use files . The data of the KiGGS basic survey can be requested for use.

Publications

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BM Kurth: The RKI health monitoring - what it contains and how it can be used . In: Public Health Forum . Vol. 20, No. 76 , 2012, p. 4.e1–4.e3 ( sciencedirect.com [accessed September 10, 2012]).
  2. ^ Federal Ministry of Health: Information on health reporting and health monitoring. Retrieved September 10, 2012 .
  3. ^ 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]).
  4. ↑ H. Hölling, R. Schlack, P. Kamtsiuris, H. Butschalowsky, M. Schlaud, BM Kurth: The KiGGS Study - Nationwide representative longitudinal and cross-sectional study on the health of children and adolescents as part of health monitoring at the Robert Koch Institute . In: Federal Health Gazette . tape 55 , no. 6/7 , 2012, p. 836–842 ( rki.de [PDF; accessed June 7, 2020]).
  5. ↑ KiGGS project website: Topics. Retrieved September 10, 2012 .
  6. ↑ KiGGS project website: Results of the KiGGS baseline study. Retrieved September 10, 2012 .
  7. ^ BM Kurth: The challenge of comprehensively mapping children's health in a nation-wide health survey: Design of the German KiGGS-Study . In: BMC Public Health . tape 8 , 2008, p. 196 , doi : 10.1186 / 1471-2458-8-196 .
  8. ^ R. Schlack, H. Hölling, BM Kurth: KiGGS: Child and Adolescent Health Study Wave 1 - project description . In: Contributions to federal health reporting . Robert Koch Institute, 2011 ( rki.de [PDF; accessed on September 10, 2012]).
  9. ↑ KiGGS Wave 2 (2014 to 2017). In: www.rki.de. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Bärbel Maria Kurth: KiGGS Wave 2 - First results from cross-sectional and cohort analyzes. JoHM issue 1/2018. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  11. ↑ Information on Public Use Files at the Robert Koch Institute. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 4, 2012 ; Retrieved September 10, 2012 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rki.de