Investigation on Implementation of Paragraph 20 SGB V by the Health Insurance Companies

Questions on health and health precautions. Topics: Health-conscious
life; self-classification of personal condition of health; frequency
and subject area of general practitioners visited in the last 12
months; type of complaints; height; weight; smoker or non-smoker;
attempts to quit smoking; daily physical exercise; feelings of stress;
frequency of use of alcohol; evaluation of nutrition habits and
measures to promote health; knowledge of preventive measures to promote
health and health counseling on the part of the health insurance
companies, adult education centers and health offices; interest in such
offerings; personal participation in such programs and designation of
the programs or measures; most important reasons for participation and
stating the organizer of these programs; interest in participation if
one has to pay part of the cost; obstacles to participation; knowledge
and frequency of participation in medical check-ups for early
recognition of cancer and for general health; participation in a health
examination on advice of doctor or as individual decision; result of
check-up; medical measures during this check-up; most important source
of information about opportunity of health examinations; assumed
reasons for non-participation in cancer check-ups; type of one´s own
health insurance.