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Interview

Each participant completes a comprehensive personal interview during their examination visit. Trained staff conduct these interviews using a standardized script to collect data on socio-economic status, demographics, medical history, and medication use. This information provides essential context for interpreting physical and biological data.

General Health

  • Allergies
    • Example for generated data:
      • Age at diagnosis

Sociodemographics

  • Socioeconomic status
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Family and household
      • Employment and occupation
      • Occupational classification
      • Socio-economic indicators
      • Education
      • Language skills
      • Income and resources

Use of Medical Services

  • Medication recording
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Cardiovascular medication
      • Neurological medication
      • Diabetes treatment
      • Lipid-lowering medication
  • Surgeries
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Sterilization, hip/knee prothesis, breast surgery, removal of organs – with age at surgery

Digestive and Metabolic Diseases

  • Gastrointestinal and liver diseases
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Gastric/duodenal ulcer, heartburn or reflux, Crohn’s disease, liver cirrhosis, gastritis, irritable bowel syndrome, sprue disease, fatty liver, pancreatitis, gallstones – with age of diagnosis
  • Kidney diseases
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Creatinine and cystatin C-based eGFR values
      • Age of diagnosis

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases

  • Cardiovascular diseases
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Heart attack, angina pectoris, heart failure, arrhythmias, peripheral arterial disease, hypertension, thrombosis – with age at diagnosis
  • Metabolic diseases
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Diabetes, dyslipidemia, gout/uric acid disorders, thyroid diseases – with age at diagnosis
      • Diabetes treatment
  • Relevant operations (derived data)
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Cardiovascular interventions
      • Peripheral vascular interventions
      • Thyroid/parathyroid surgery

Infectious Diseases

  • Infectious diseases
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Tuberculosis, HIV, Hepatitis B/C – with age at diagnosis
  • COVID-19
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Infection history
      • Diagnostic tests
      • Medical treatment
      • Acute & Long COVID symptoms
      • Vaccination history
      • Psychosocial impact

Respiratory diseases

  • Examples for generated data:
    • COPD, bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, fibrosis, sleep apnoea – with age of diagnosis

Neurological and Psychiatric Conditions

  • Neurological diseases
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Strokes, seizure, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy – with time since diagnosis
  • Headaches
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Migraine, tension headache, unclassified headache – according HIS criteria

Musculoskeletal Disorders

  • Examples for generated data:
    • Osteoporosis, osteoarthritis of hip/knee/finger joints, carpal tunnel syndrome – with age of diagnosis

Cancer

  • Examples for generated data:
    • Age at cancer diagnosis
    • Family history of colorectal cancer

Women’s Health

  • Examples for generated data:
    • Menstrual history
    • Contraceptive use
    • Hormone replacement therapy
    • Gynecological diagnoses
    • HPV vaccination

Rare Diseases

  • Examples for generated data:
    • Autoimmune diseases (e.g. Systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, fibromyalgia)
    • Neurological conditions (e.g. tinnitus, MS)
    • Urological conditions (Stones in the kidney, ureter or bladder)

Senses (Vision & Hearing)

  • Eye diseases
    • Examples for generated data:
      • Cataract, glaucoma, macular degeneration

Skin Diseases

  • Examples for generated data:
    • Atopic eczema, psoriasis – with age of diagnosis

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