German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults

Overview
Alternative title
Studie zur Gesundheit Erwachsener in Deutschland
Acronym
DEGS
Type of information
Survey/interview data
URL of the data source
https://www.degs-studie.de/english/home.html
Description

DEGS (Studie zur Gesundheit Erwachsener in Deutschland / German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults) was designed to regularly provide nationally representative data which make it possible to describe the current health status of different subgroups of the adult general population in each wave (cross-sectional analyses) and to identify health trends by comparing age-adjusted prevalences across different time points (trend analyses). DEGS derives its health data from personal interviews, physical examinations and analyses of blood and urine samples. The first DEGS wave of data collection (DEGS1) extended from November 2008 to December 2011. The study will be continued with an adapted concept that is currently under revision.

Funding

DEGS is funded by the Federal Ministry of Health and the. Robert Koch Institute.

Free keywords
Adults
Health Monitoring
Health Examination Survey
Topics
Determinants of health » Individual characteristics and behaviours » Behaviours;
Determinants of health » Individual characteristics and behaviours » Individual characteristics;
Determinants of health » Physical and social environment » Physical environment;
Determinants of health » Physical and social environment » Social environment;
Determinants of health » Socioeconomic and demographic factors » Demographic factors;
Determinants of health » Socioeconomic and demographic factors » Socioeconomic factors;
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Accidents & injuries;
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases;
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Disability;
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases;
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Self-reported health status;
Health status » Wellbeing;
Health systems » Health resources and activities » Care utilisation;
Health systems » Health resources and activities » Pharmaceutical sales & consumption;
Health systems » Health system performance » Access
Country(ies):
GEO coverage
Nuts 1
Target Population
General population
Age range
From 18 years to 79 years
Sex
Both
Data Collection Period
Language(s)
German
Level of aggregation
Individual
Terms of data access - URL
ttps://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Health_Monitoring/Public_Use_Files/application/application_node.html
Terms of data access

The data from surveys conducted by the Robert Koch Institute is available to use by the scientific community on application as Public Use Files. Each Public Use File is comprised of the respective data record along with documentation and a description of the study, sample survey documents, code plan and user instructions (in German only). The data records can be requested upon application from the Research Data Centre (Robert Koch Institute, MF4). Additional data may be made available within the framework of cooperation agreements and jointly evaluated where appropriate.

Click on the link below for more information regarding the Public Use Files:
https://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Health_Monitoring/Public_Use_Files/information/information_node.html

Linkage possible
No
Data Owner(s)
ROBERT KOCH-INSTITUT
Contact name
MF4 - Forschungsdatenzentrum
Contact e-mail
fdz@rki.de
Contact phone number
+49 (0) 30-18754-3200
Contact info (address)

Robert Koch-Institut
MF4 - Forschungsdatenzentrum
Nordufer 20
13353 Berlin, Germany

Updated on 28 September 2022