The challenge of comprehensively mapping children's health in a nation-wide health survey: design of the German KiGGS-Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

From May 2003 to May 2006, the Robert Koch Institute conducted the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). Aim of this first nationwide interview and examination survey was to collect comprehensive data on the health status of children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years.

Methods/design

Participants were enrolled in two steps: first, 167 study locations (sample points) were chosen; second, subjects were randomly selected from the official registers of local residents. The survey involved questionnaires filled in by parents and parallel questionnaires for children aged 11 years and older, physical examinations and tests, and a computer assisted personal interview performed by study physicians. A wide range of blood and ur

SUBMITTER: Kurth BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2442072 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature