Preventive health examinations: protocol for a prospective cross-sectional study of German employees aged 45 to 59 years (U45-check).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Early identification of health-related risk factors is of great importance for maintaining workability. Screening examinations can help to detect diseases at an early stage and provide more needs-based recommendations. This study aims (1) to assess the individual need for prevention or rehabilitation based on preventive health examinations compared to a questionnaire survey, (2) to assess the results of the preventive health examinations compared to the Risk Index - Disability Pension (RI-DP), (3) to assess the results of the questionnaire survey compared to the RI-DP, (4) to assess the general health status of the sample (target population > 1,000) in German employees aged 45-59, (5) to identify the most common medical conditions. A further study question aims, and (6) t

SUBMITTER: Kalski L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10291684 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature