DEGS1 aims to analyze health status, health risks and resources, functional capacity levels, and disability in the German adult population. Prevalence estimates will be obtained and time trends will be analyzed in comparison with data from the GNHIES98. Changes in health status and risk factors over time at the individual level will be studied among DEGS1 participants who already took part in the GNHIES98. Major study objectives include:
(1) To estimate the prevalence of diseases and risk factors with high public health impact and to identify differences according to socio-demographic characteristics, region of residence as well as changes over time;
(2) To analyze data on medication use and health care services utilization with regard to aspects of treatment effectiveness and quality of care;
(3) To investigate the association between mental health, physical health, and health-related behavior;
(4) To study patterns and determinants of co- and multimorbidity in the population 65 years and older in association with functional capacity levels, disability and health-related quality of life;
(5) To analyze allergic sensitization patterns and associations with manifest allergic disease in the population;
(6) To assess nutritional health risks and states of nutritional deficiency based on semiquantitative assessment of dietary habits and serum concentrations of various micronutrients (25-hydroxyvitamin D, vitamin B 12, iron, and ferritin in serum; serum and erythrocyte folate; urinary sodium excretion);
(7) To estimate iodine intake at the population level based on urinary iodine excretion;
(8) To examine individual changes in health status and cardiometabolic risk factors (e. g. body mass index; glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, serum lipids) over time.
(1) To estimate the prevalence of diseases and risk factors with high public health impact and to identify differences according to socio-demographic characteristics, region of residence as well as changes over time;
(2) To analyze data on medication use and health care services utilization with regard to aspects of treatment effectiveness and quality of care;
(3) To investigate the association between mental health, physical health, and health-related behavior;
(4) To study patterns and determinants of co- and multimorbidity in the population 65 years and older in association with functional capacity levels, disability and health-related quality of life;
(5) To analyze allergic sensitization patterns and associations with manifest allergic disease in the population;
(6) To assess nutritional health risks and states of nutritional deficiency based on semiquantitative assessment of dietary habits and serum concentrations of various micronutrients (25-hydroxyvitamin D, vitamin B 12, iron, and ferritin in serum; serum and erythrocyte folate; urinary sodium excretion);
(7) To estimate iodine intake at the population level based on urinary iodine excretion;
(8) To examine individual changes in health status and cardiometabolic risk factors (e. g. body mass index; glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, serum lipids) over time.
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