In older age, physical and cognitive capabilities play an important role for independent living. For this reason, the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1) included the Timed Up and Go test (TUG) ...

The first wave of the “German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults” (DEGS1, 2008–2011) allows for up-to-date, representative prevalence estimates of known diabetes amongst the 18- to 79-year-old resident ...

The first wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults, 2008–2011 (DEGS1), assesses current medicine use among participating adults aged 18–79 years in the 7 days prior to the medical examination ...

High blood pressure is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. It is a main determinant of morbidity and mortality in Germany. In the German Health Interview and ...

Health behaviour change programmes to promote healthy behaviours are aimed at, among other things, counteracting the emergence of widespread non-communicable diseases. Which population groups use these programmes? This ...

Interview and laboratory data from the first wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1) from 2008–2011 were used to provide current estimates of the prevalence of dyslipidemia which are ...

The purpose of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS) is to repeatedly obtain representative nationwide health data for adults aged 18–79 years living in Germany. The first wave (DEGS1) was ...

In the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1), data on the prevalence of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease were collected from 2008–2011 in a representative population-based sample ...

In the German Health Interview and Examination Survey (DEGS1), data on the prevalence of physician-diagnosed stroke were collected from 2008 to 2011 in a representative population-based sample of 5,901 adults aged 40–79 ...