Bevölkerungsbezogenes Gesundheitsmonitoring in Bayern mit computerassistierten Telefoninterviews

Abstract

From June 1999 until May 2000, 2051 computer-assisted telephone interviews concerning health and health related behaviours were assessed in Bavarian households. The aim of the study was the evaluation of the validity and representativity of this data by a comparison of selected variables from the Bavarian Mikrozensus-survey 1999. The distribution patterns of the marital status, the size of the households, the gainful employment, the household-netto-income, the school qualification and of the smoking status correspond well with those of the Mikrozensus 1999. As often found in questionnaire based surveys, a disproportionately high rate of participation of highly educated persons was observed. This led to an effect only in terms of a too small rate of persons with a low household-netto-income. Within the study, two different designs were compared. The commitment of the telephone numbers to a gender for an equal quotation of men and women led to an under-representation of single-households and therefore also of unmarried persons, but it had no effect on the other characteristics. The results of this study show, that the method of computer assisted-telephone interviews is a valid and cheap basis for the establishment of an exhaustive health surveillance system in Germany.

The Use of Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) in 1 001 German Adults: Results of a Population-Based Telephone Survey

“…Advantages of CATI are time management both for the participants and for the initiators of the study, in the interview management, within the complexity of the questionnaire and within the data quality achieved. Like common in surveys, participants of the present CATI-study showed a shift to higher social classes as refl ected by a higher school graduation [12,14] . The socio-economic characteristics of the participants indicate that members of higher social classes are more likely to participate.…”

“…We achieved a response of 47 % . International studies describe response rates ranging from 23 % [11] , to 57 % [12] and up to 67 % or 60 % [6] . Causes for this divergence are to be found in regional variances.…”

Evaluation des Gesundheitsmonitorings in Bayern mit computer-assistierten Telefoninterviews (CATI) durch den Vergleich mit dem Bundes-Gesundheitssurvey 1998 des Robert Koch-Instituts

“…Da ein Vergleich demografischer Merkmale bereits an anderer Stelle mit dem Mikrozensus 1999 vorgenommen wurde [10], soll der entsprechende Vergleich mit den Daten des Bundes-Gesundheitssurveys im Folgenden nur skizziert werden.…”

“…Ziel war die Überprüfung der Übereinstimmung der Ergebnisse beider Erhebungen. Ergänzend erfolgte die Evaluation der Datenrepräsentativität durch einen Vergleich ins-besondere demografischer Merkmale mit dem Mikrozensus 1999 [10]. Dabei zeigte sich, dass das Verteilungsmuster des Familienstandes, der Haushaltsgröße, der Erwerbstätigkeit, des Haushaltsnettoeinkommens sowie des Schulabschlusses gut mit denen des Mikrozensus übereinstimmte.…”