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Components and sources of the interview used in the baseline survey of the CARLA Study |
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| Topics of interview module |
Source (reference, original study) |
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| Sociodemographic factors: 1. Subject's own education, occupational status, net household income 2. Parental education and occupational status 3. Partner's education and occupational status |
1. Demographic standards for Germany [81] 2. adapted according to [81] 3. adapted according to [81] |
| Utilization of medical services |
Modified from SHIP [49,82] |
| Chronic diseases: own medical history 1. cardiovascular diseases: coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension 2. chest pain 3. intermittent claudication 4. hypercholesterolemia 5. diabetes 6. thyroid disease 7. osteoporosis 8. rheumatoid arthritis 9. chronic diseases 10. cancer Chronic diseases: family history 1. myocardial infarction, stroke, hypertension 2. diabetes 3. cancer Menopausal state and use of hormone replacement therapy |
All adopted from SHIP [49,82] and KORA/MONICA [48,83-85]; Rose questionnaire for chest pain and intermittent claudication [54] |
| Medication use during the preceding 7 days |
IDOM software developed by GSF, based on the GKV medication database for Germany, used in KORA study [55,56] |
| Health related behaviour/lifestyle factors 1. diet/nutritional habits – short qualitative food frequency list 2. alcohol use 3. physical activity 4. smoking |
1. adopted from KORA/MONICA [83,86] 2. adopted from HAPIEE [52] 3. Baecke questionnaire [87], also used in SHIP and ARIC 4. adapted and shortened from smoking questionnaire developed by W. Ahrens, BIPS |
| Social support |
Modified version of Berkman-questionnaire (translation by J. Siegrist used in KORA/MONICA) [48,84,88,89] |
| Unemployment, job insecurity |
Adopted from SHIP [49,82] and HAPIEE [52] |
| Material circumstances |
Adopted from HAPIEE [52] |
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ARIC = Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; BIPS = Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine; CES-D = Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; EPIC = European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; HAPIEE = Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial Factors in Eastern Europe; KORA = Cooperative Health Research in the Augsburg Region; MONICA = Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease; SF 12 = Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire; SHIP = Study of Health in Pomerania | |
Greiser et al. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2005 5:33 doi:10.1186/1471-2261-5-33 |
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