Title |
German health interview and examination survey for adults (DEGS) - design, objectives and implementation of the first data collection wave
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, September 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-730 |
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Authors |
Christa Scheidt-Nave, Panagiotis Kamtsiuris, Antje Gößwald, Heike Hölling, Michael Lange, Markus A Busch, Stefan Dahm, Rüdiger Dölle, Ute Ellert, Judith Fuchs, Ulfert Hapke, Christin Heidemann, Hildtraud Knopf, Detlef Laussmann, Gert BM Mensink, Hannelore Neuhauser, Almut Richter, Anke-Christine Sass, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Heribert Stolzenberg, Michael Thamm, Bärbel-Maria Kurth |
Abstract |
The German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS) is part of the recently established national health monitoring conducted by the Robert Koch Institute. DEGS combines a nationally representative periodic health survey and a longitudinal study based on follow-up of survey participants. Funding is provided by the German Ministry of Health and supplemented for specific research topics from other sources. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
United States | 1 | 20% |
Brazil | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 168 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 22 | 13% |
Student > Master | 21 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 18 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 10% |
Other | 30 | 17% |
Unknown | 49 | 28% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 18% |
Psychology | 20 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 7% |
Social Sciences | 10 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 4% |
Other | 31 | 18% |
Unknown | 65 | 37% |