A comparison between the self-report of chronic cardiovascular diseases with health insurance data: insights from the population-based LIFE-Adult study
The use of German health insurance data is a feasible method for verifying population-based self-reported diagnoses. The sensitivity varied among the self-reported diseases compared with the health insurance data, whereas the specificity was continuously high. The verification of self-reported diagnoses using health insurance data as an additional data source may be considered in future population-based assessments to reduce misclassification error of self-reported data.
Authors
- Lars Greulich
- Tina Stegmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9678-6196)
- Stefan Bassler
- Nigar Reyes
- Matthias Reusche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7395-7255)
- Markus Loeffler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0424-9933)
- Maryam Yahiaoui‐Doktor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3321-1598)
- Melissa G. Collier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9486-8123)
- Katharina Czech
- Samira Zeynalova
- Anja Martin
- Ute Enders
- Peter Worringen
Institutions
- Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (DE)
- University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
- IKK Classic (DE)
- Life University (US)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- Leipzig University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-025-01606-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- European Commission
- Deutsche Herzstiftung
- Universität Leipzig
- Freistaat Sachsen
- European Regional Development Fund