Enno Nowossadeck, Fabian Tetzlaff, Juliane Tetzlaff, Benjamin Barnes, Jens Hoebel
{"title":"Socioeconomic differences in return to work after oncological rehabilitation: An analysis using data from German Pension Insurance.","authors":"Enno Nowossadeck, Fabian Tetzlaff, Juliane Tetzlaff, Benjamin Barnes, Jens Hoebel","doi":"10.25646/14443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25646/14443","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>When employed people cannot return to work after cancer treatment, loss of income and social contacts are among the potentially precarious consequences of the disease. This article examines whether people from socioeconomically disadvantaged groups are less likely to return to work after oncological rehabilitation than people from more advantaged groups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data source was the Scientific Use File 'Completed rehabilitation in the insurance history' of German Pension Insurance for 2014 - 2021. The analysis considered formal educational attainment, occupational skill level and income before rehabilitation as socioeconomic characteristics. Successful return to work was defined as being in employment for at least 50 % of weekly working hours 24 months after rehabilitation. Cox proportional hazards regression models, stratified by sex, were fitted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two years after rehabilitation, 67.2 % of people with cancer were in employment (women 70.0 %, men 63.4 %). In particular, people with lower incomes were less likely to return to work than people with higher incomes, even after controlling for other variables such as age and region of residence.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There are socioeconomic inequalities in return to work following oncological rehabilitation, particularly to the disadvantage of people in low-income groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":73767,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health monitoring","volume":"11 ","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13626025/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149119735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ten years Journal of Health Monitoring: Familiarity as a strength, openness as a responsibility.","authors":"Oliver Razum, Joseph Kuhn, Dagmar Starke","doi":"10.25646/14462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25646/14462","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73767,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health monitoring","volume":"11 ","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13626026/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149119805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander Rommel, Ronny Kuhnert, Anke-Christine Saß
{"title":"Accidents at work among employed persons in Germany: Results from the 2024 'Health in Germany' panel.","authors":"Alexander Rommel, Ronny Kuhnert, Anke-Christine Saß","doi":"10.25646/14402","DOIUrl":"10.25646/14402","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Accidents at work can result in injuries, health care utilisation, incapacity to work and long-term consequences. Population surveys complement statistics on notifiable work-related accidents, among other things by also capturing less severe accidents at work.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The authors analysed data from the 2024 'Health in Germany' panel. Restricted to the most recent unintentional injury requiring medical treatment, the indicator describes the occurrence of an accident at work among employed persons aged 18 to 70 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Based on the indicator, 'most recent unintentional injury', 2.4 % of employed persons experience an accident at work within a 12-month period. Men are more affected than women. Accidents at work are more common among younger men and men with low education.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Population surveys also capture minor unintentional injuries and can identify important starting points for injury prevention. Efforts to prevent accidents at work should focus particularly on occupations frequently performed by younger men and socioeconomically disadvantaged people, such as manual and low-skilled service occupations.</p>","PeriodicalId":73767,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health monitoring","volume":"11 ","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13604029/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149042640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daria Kozica, Anja Viehmann, Jonas Weidtmann, Brigitte Borrmann
{"title":"Subjective sleep quality in association with psychosocial resources and stressors in Germany - an exploratory data analysis of the NRW Health Survey 2024.","authors":"Daria Kozica, Anja Viehmann, Jonas Weidtmann, Brigitte Borrmann","doi":"10.25646/14373","DOIUrl":"10.25646/14373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To date, numerous factors that affect sleep quality and duration have been identified, including physical and mental health conditions. However, there is an urgent need for effective approaches to counteract the rising prevalence of poor sleep quality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>As part of a representative population survey (NRW Health Survey 2024), data were collected from 2,002 adults in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, on sleep quality, health status, substance use, and individual resources and stressors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Poor sleep quality affected 36.9 % of the participants. In the logistic model, positive associations were observed between subjectively poor sleep quality and, among other factors, being female, depression/depressive moods, and increased levels of loneliness. A sense of autonomy and competence appear to be protective factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Associations between poor sleep quality and depression, and between psychosocial resources and stressors, suggest that mental health is a key factor in determining the underlying causes of poor sleep quality. Possible interactions should also be taken into account. In particular, strengthening psychosocial resources should be given greater attention at all levels of prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":73767,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health monitoring","volume":"11 ","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13604028/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149042543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Which population groups are more likely to get too little sleep? Results of the 'German Health Update' (GEDA 2023).","authors":"Natali Kaufholdová, Almut Richter, Anke-Christine Saß, Anja Schienkiewitz","doi":"10.25646/14309","DOIUrl":"10.25646/14309","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Short sleep duration is associated with an increased health risk.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data are based on a Germany-wide, representative telephone survey of adults conducted as part of the Health Monitoring Programme (GEDA). A sleep duration of less than seven hours per night (over the past four weeks) is defined as 'short'.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Short sleep duration is observed on weekdays among 39.6 % of the adult population. Men are more likely than women to have short sleep duration, particularly men aged 45 to 64 years (53.0 %). At weekends, the proportion is significantly lower, particularly among 18- to 29-year-olds. Among those aged 65 years and older, however, there are barely any differences between weekdays and weekends.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A significant proportion of the population experiences short sleep duration, which underlines the high public health relevance of this issue. Addressing this requires individual and societal preventive measures to promote healthy sleep patterns.</p>","PeriodicalId":73767,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health monitoring","volume":"11 ","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13505452/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148820475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Krause, Dario Kruschinsky, Zvonimir Kolobaric, Franziska Prütz
{"title":"Prevalence and trends in self-reported hearing difficulties among adults in Germany: Results from the GEDA study.","authors":"Laura Krause, Dario Kruschinsky, Zvonimir Kolobaric, Franziska Prütz","doi":"10.25646/14328","DOIUrl":"10.25646/14328","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hearing is a fundamental ability for participating in everyday life. Hearing loss can substantially impair physical, emotional and social well-being and lead to social isolation. This study examines the prevalence, associated characteristics and trends in self-reported hearing difficulties among adults in Germany.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data source is the nationwide German Health Update (GEDA) study. Based on GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS, self-reported hearing difficulties are recounted by sociodemographic, health-related and healthcare-related characteristics. GEDA waves from 2009 onwards are used to describe temporal trends.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS, 5.4 % of adults reported using a hearing aid and 0.5 % were deaf. Almost one third (32.5 %) reported hearing difficulties, with men affected more often than women. The prevalence of hearing loss increased markedly with age. Hearing loss was more common among people with lower social support, poorer self-rated general health, depressive symptoms and utilisation of outpatient medical services. Between 2009 and 2019, the proportion of people using a hearing aid increased significantly.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Hearing loss is widespread. National studies indicate underprovision of hearing aids. Hearing aids can improve well-being and quality of life and reduce the risk of dementia and depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":73767,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health monitoring","volume":"11 ","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13505446/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148820495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socio-spatial differences in overweight and obesity among preschoolers: An overview using data from the school entry examination.","authors":"Charlotte Kühnelt, Anne Starker, Noreen Augel, Christin Dilger, Gabriele Morlock, Kristin Mühlenbruch, Sylke Oberwöhrmann, Jörg Rech, Steffen Schüle, Almuth Spröwitz, Anja Schienkiewitz","doi":"10.25646/14294","DOIUrl":"10.25646/14294","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>School entry examinations (SEE) conducted by the federal states provide measurement data on the height and weight of preschool-aged children. Prevalence rates for overweight and obesity are available for Health Reporting and can be linked to other factors at the aggregate level. This article describes the prevalence of overweight and obesity among preschool children based on aggregated data from SEE, differentiated by two socio-spatial indicators.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In the AdiRaum 2.0 project, aggregated SEE data on overweight and obesity from the 2006 - 2024 school entry years were compiled from 13 federal states (where available). As an example, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children starting school in 2019 was linked to the degree of urbanisation and socioeconomic deprivation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data from 4,269,299 children aged 4 to 7 years were collected. Between 2006 - 2024, the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) ranged from 8.6 % to 13.4 %, and the prevalence of obesity ranged from 3.7 % to 5.9 %. In 2019, children from districts with high socioeconomic deprivation were more frequently affected by obesity than children from other districts.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The analyses confirm that high socioeconomic deprivation is a key risk factor for overweight and obesity already in childhood. Aggregated SEE data on preschool-aged children are suitable for this analysis. Prevention efforts should address and reduce health inequalities in childhood at the environmental level.</p>","PeriodicalId":73767,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health monitoring","volume":"11 ","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13377576/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148581252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timo Schmitz, Inge Kirchberger, Philip Raake, Jakob Linseisen, Christa Meisinger
{"title":"Trends in comorbidities and risk factors of patients with first time acute myocardial infarction between 1985 and 2023 - Results of the Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg.","authors":"Timo Schmitz, Inge Kirchberger, Philip Raake, Jakob Linseisen, Christa Meisinger","doi":"10.25646/14266","DOIUrl":"10.25646/14266","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>For the last 40 years, the Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg recorded all cases of hospitalized acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and prehospital coronary artery disease (CAD) deaths. Obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus and smoking are important risk factors for CAD and AMI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analysed the presence and trends over time of these comorbidities in hospitalized patients with first-time AMI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m²) in male and female AMI patients increased steadily from 1985 onwards until today. For hypertension and hyperlipidemia, there was an increase from 1985 until the early 2000s followed by a subsequent decline until 2023. Similarly, after an increase in the first two decades, the prevalence of diabetes in male AMI patients decreased slightly in recent years. For women, the proportion of patients with known diabetes remained unchanged in the first two decades but decreased since the turn of the millennium. While the number of male AMI patients that were current or former smokers did not vary much over time, there was a substantial increase in female patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The prevalence of important comorbidities in hospitalized AMI patients changed within the past four decades. Especially the steady increase in obesity and smoking in female patients clearly shows that prevention efforts must be intensified to reduce the negative effects not only on coronary but also on cardiovascular and overall health.</p>","PeriodicalId":73767,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health monitoring","volume":"11 ","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13377575/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148581389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"One year after partial legalisation in Germany: Trends in cannabis use among young people between 2008 and 2025.","authors":"Boris Orth, Stephanie Eckhardt, Anika Nitzsche","doi":"10.25646/14268","DOIUrl":"10.25646/14268","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>One year after the partial legalisation of cannabis, the effects on cannabis use among young people in Germany were investigated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Based on twelve representative studies from 2008 to 2025, changes in the 12-month prevalence of cannabis use among 12- to 17-year-old adolescents and 18- to 25-year-old young adults were presented, and trends over time were estimated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among female and male adolescents as well as young women, there was no statistically significant change in the 12-month prevalence of cannabis use between 2023 and 2025. In contrast, a statistically significant increase in consumption was observed among young men. However, this does not represent a new development but rather continues a trend that has been observed in this group since 2008.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>One year after partial legalisation, there was no evidence of an immediate effect on the prevalence of cannabis use among young people in Germany. Further studies should monitor future developments.</p>","PeriodicalId":73767,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health monitoring","volume":"11 ","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13370656/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148458028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susanne Bartig, Stefan Liebig, Carmen Koschollek, Adriana Rocío Cardozo Silva, Louise Biddle
{"title":"Mental health of Ukrainian refugees in Germany compared to other population groups - Results from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey 2023.","authors":"Susanne Bartig, Stefan Liebig, Carmen Koschollek, Adriana Rocío Cardozo Silva, Louise Biddle","doi":"10.25646/14267","DOIUrl":"10.25646/14267","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To date, little is known about the mental health of Ukrainian refugees living in Germany. Therefore, this study aims to describe the prevalence of depressive (DS) and anxiety symptoms (AS) among refugees from Ukraine, identify relevant associated factors, and compare the prevalence of psychological distress across different groups of origin.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The analyses are based on data from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees (2023), supplemented by data from the SOEP main survey. Age-adjusted, weighted prevalences of psychological distress were calculated for non-migrants (n =13,210), non-refugee migrants (n = 4,889), as well as refugees from Ukraine (n = 3,039) and those from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Syria (n = 3,011). To investigate associations between psychological distress and selected social determinants, prevalence ratios were estimated using Poisson regressions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The age-adjusted prevalences of DS (21 %) and AS (13 %) were higher among refugees from Ukraine than among non-migrants and non-refugee migrants. Overall, women reported psychological distress more frequently than men, regardless of experiences of migration or forced displacement. Social integration, experiences of discrimination, and employment were important factors associated with mental health among refugees from all countries of origin included in the study. Among Ukrainians, associations with age, gender, income, and housing satisfaction were also evident, whereas German language proficiency was associated with mental health among refugees from other countries of origin.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results indicate a substantial need for psychosocial support services. Furthermore, post-migration factors were closely associated with psychological distress, with experiences of exclusion and discrimination in particular being linked to poorer mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":73767,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health monitoring","volume":"11 ","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13370657/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148458084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}