title: Herpes zoster incidence in Germany - an indirect validation study for self-reported disease data from pretest studies of the population-based German National Cohort
creator: Caputo, Mahrrouz
creator: Horn, Johannes
creator: Karch, André
creator: Akmatov, Manas K.
creator: Becher, Heiko
creator: Braun, Bettina
creator: Brenner, Hermann
creator: Castell, Stefanie
creator: Fischer, Beate
creator: Giani, Guido
creator: Günther, Kathrin
creator: Hoffmann, Barbara
creator: Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
creator: Keil, Thomas
creator: Klüppelholz, Birgit
creator: Krist, Lilian
creator: Leitzmann, Michael F.
creator: Lieb, Wolfgang
creator: Linseisen, Jakob
creator: Meisinger, Christa
creator: Moebus, Susanne
creator: Obi, Nadia
creator: Pischon, Tobias
creator: Schipf, Sabine
creator: Schmidt, Börge
creator: Sievers, Claudia
creator: Steinbrecher, Astrid
creator: Völzke, Henry
creator: Mikolajczyk, Rafael
subject: ddc-610
subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine
description: Background: Until now, herpes zoster (HZ)-related disease burden in Germany has been estimated based on health insurance data and clinical findings. However, the validity of self-reported HZ is unclear. This study investigated the validity of self-reported herpes zoster (HZ) and its complication postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) using data from the pretest studies of the German National Cohort (GNC) in comparison with estimates based on health insurance data.    Methods: Data of 4751 participants aged between 20 and 69 years from two pretest studies of the GNC carried out in 2011 and 2012 were used. Based on self-reports of physician-diagnosed HZ and PHN, age- and sex-specific HZ incidence rates and PHN proportions were estimated. For comparison, estimates based on statutory health insurance data from the German population were considered.    Results: Eleven percent (95%-CI, 10.4 to 12.3, n = 539) of the participants reported at least one HZ episode in their lifetime. Our estimated age-specific HZ incidence rates were lower than previous estimates based on statutory health insurance data. The PHN proportion in participants older than 50 years was 5.9% (1.9 to 13.9%), which was in line with estimates based on health insurance data.    Conclusion: As age- and sex-specific patterns were comparable with that in health insurance data, self-reported diagnosis of HZ seems to be a valid instrument for overall disease trends. Possible reasons for observed differences in incidence rates are recall bias in self-reported data or overestimation in health insurance data.
publisher: BioMed Central ; Springer
date: 2019
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/26011/1/12879_2019_Article_3691.pdf
identifier: DOI:
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-260117
identifier:   Caputo, Mahrrouz ; Horn, Johannes ; Karch, André ; Akmatov, Manas K. ; Becher, Heiko ; Braun, Bettina ; Brenner, Hermann ; Castell, Stefanie ; Fischer, Beate ; Giani, Guido ; Günther, Kathrin ; Hoffmann, Barbara ; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz ; Keil, Thomas ; Klüppelholz, Birgit ; Krist, Lilian ; Leitzmann, Michael F. ; Lieb, Wolfgang ; Linseisen, Jakob ; Meisinger, Christa ; Moebus, Susanne ; Obi, Nadia ; Pischon, Tobias ; Schipf, Sabine ; Schmidt, Börge ; Sievers, Claudia ; Steinbrecher, Astrid ; Völzke, Henry ; Mikolajczyk, Rafael  (2019) Herpes zoster incidence in Germany - an indirect validation study for self-reported disease data from pretest studies of the population-based German National Cohort.  BMC Infectious Diseases, 19 (99).  pp. 1-8.  ISSN 1471-2334     
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language: eng