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Using Blood Test Parameters to Define Biological Age among Older Adults: Association with Morbidity and Mortality Independent of Chronological Age Validated in Two Separate Birth Cohorts

Biomarkers defining biological age are typically laborious or expensive to assess. Instead, in the current study, we identified parameters based on standard laboratory blood tests across metabolic, cardiovascular, inflammatory, and kidney functioning that had been assessed in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE) (n = 384) and Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) (n = 1517). We calculated biological age using those ...

Attitudes Toward Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination in Germany: A Representative Analysis of Data from the Socio-economic Panel for the Year 2021

Adequate immunity to COVID-19 apparently cannot be attained in Germany by voluntary vaccination alone, and therefore the introduction of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination is still under consideration. We present findings on the potential acceptance of such a requirement by the German population, and we report on the reasons given for accepting or rejecting it and how these reasons vary according to population ...

Socio-economic and Demographic Factors Influencing the Spatial Spread of COVID-19 in the USA

As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed in the USA, ‘hotspots’ shifted geographically over time to suburban and rural counties showing a high prevalence of the disease. We analyse population-adjusted confirmed case rates based on daily US county-level variations in COVID-19 confirmed case counts during the first several months of the pandemic (1 March 2020 through 23 May 2020) to evaluate the spatial dependence ...

Finanzierung der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung über einkommensunabhängige Prämien: Auswirkungen einer Einführung eines Pauschalprämienmodells in der Krankenversicherung im Vergleich zum Modell einer Bürgerversicherung ; Gutachten im Auftrag der Bundestagsfraktion des Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

Fact Boxes that Inform Individual Decisions May Contribute to a More Positive Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccinations at the Population Level

ObjectiveFor an effective control of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with vaccines, most people in a population need to be vaccinated. It is thus important to know how to inform the public with reference to individual preferences–while also acknowledging the societal preference to encourage vaccinations. According to the health care standard of informed decision-making, a comparison of the benefits and harms ...

"Gesundheitsprämien" zur Finanzierung des Gesundheitswesens: Endbericht ; Studie im Auftrag der Wirtschaftskammer Österreich und Pharmig (Verband der pharmazeutischen Industrie Österreichs)

Ergebnisse der SARS-CoV-2-Antikörper-Studie „Corona-Monitoring bundesweit – Welle 2“ veröffentlicht

Etwa 90 Prozent der Erwachsenen in Deutschland waren Ende 2021 mindestens einmal geimpft und hatten zudem einen weiteren Antigenkontakt (durch Impfung oder Infektion). Eine dreimalige Impfung oder eine Kombination aus Impfungen und Infektion, was laut Ständiger Impfkommission (STIKO) als guter Schutz vor schweren Erkrankungen gilt, hatte bis zum Dezember rund ein Drittel der über 18-Jährigen. Dies ...

COVID-19 Lockdown Compliance, Financial Stress, and Acceleration in Technology Adoption in Rural Uganda

We examine the medium-term impact of COVID-19 for financial well-being and technology adoption in a low-income country. The analysis is based on regionally representative panel data consisting of 1,975 micro-entrepreneurs from rural Uganda. Using a LASSO approach, we first show that several business characteristics predict longer business shutdown due to COVID-19, including running a service business. ...

The Role of Pre-pandemic Depression for Changes in Depression, Anxiety, and Loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from a Longitudinal Probability Sample of Adults from Germany

Background: The present study aims to delineate the role of preexisting depression for changes in common mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Using mixed-effects linear regression models, we analyzed data on the course of depressive (Patient Health Questionnaire-2) and anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2) symptoms as well as loneliness (three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale) ...

Germany’s Low Sars-Cov-2 Seroprevalence Confirms Effective Containment in 2020: Results of the Nationwide RKI-SOEP Study

Pre-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence data from Germany are scarce outside hotspots, andsocioeconomic disparities remained largely unexplored. The nationwide RKI-SOEP study with 15,122adult participants investigated seroprevalence and testing in a supplementary wave of the Socio-Economic-Panel conducted predominantly in October-November 2020. Self-collected oral-nasalswabs were PCR-positive in 0.4% ...