John U, Greiner B, Hensel E, Lüdemann J, Piek M, Sauer S, Adam C, Born G, Alte D, Greiser E, Haertel U, Hense H W, Haerting J, Willich S, Kessler C
Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Greifswald.
Soz Praventivmed. 2001;46(3):186-94. doi: 10.1007/BF01324255.
The reason for the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) is the lack of epidemiological studies with a broad range of health indicators. Furthermore, in Germany there is a need for studies that take into account the particular situation of life after the reunification. One objective of SHIP is to provide prevalence estimates on a broad range of diseases, risk and health factors for a defined region in the former GDR.
A sample of 7008 women and men aged 20 to 79 years in a north-east region of Germany, 4900 expected participants. The sample was drawn in two steps: First, 32 communities in the region were selected. Second, within the communities a simple random sample was drawn from residence registries, stratified by gender and age. The data collection and instruments include four parts: oral health examination, medical examination, health-related interview, and a health- and risk-factor-related questionnaire. The oral health examination includes the teeth, periodontium, oral mucosa, craniomandibular system, and prosthodontics. The medical examination includes blood pressure measurements, electrocardiography, echocardiography, carotid, thyroid and liver ultrasounds, neurological screening, blood and urine sampling. The computer-aided health-related interview includes cardiovascular symptoms, utilisation of medical services, health-related behaviours, and socioeconomic variables. The self-administered questionnaire comprises housing conditions, social network, work conditions, subjective well-being and individual consequences from the German reunification.
波美拉尼亚地区健康研究（SHIP）开展的原因是缺乏涵盖广泛健康指标的流行病学研究。此外，在德国，需要开展考虑到统一后特殊生活状况的研究。SHIP的目标之一是提供前东德特定地区多种疾病、风险和健康因素的患病率估计。
在德国东北部地区抽取了7008名年龄在20至79岁之间的男女作为样本，预期参与者为4900人。样本分两步抽取：首先，选取该地区的32个社区。其次，在社区内从居民登记册中按性别和年龄分层抽取简单随机样本。数据收集及工具包括四个部分：口腔健康检查、医学检查、健康相关访谈以及一份与健康和风险因素相关的问卷。口腔健康检查包括牙齿、牙周组织、口腔黏膜、颅下颌系统和口腔修复学方面的检查。医学检查包括血压测量、心电图、超声心动图、颈动脉、甲状腺和肝脏超声检查、神经学筛查、血液和尿液采样。计算机辅助的健康相关访谈包括心血管症状、医疗服务利用情况、健康相关行为以及社会经济变量。自填式问卷包括住房条件、社会网络、工作条件、主观幸福感以及德国统一带来的个人影响。
