ECOHCARE

“The Ecology of Medical Care in Austria”

A telephone survey of the Austrian population for the assessment of the occurrence of any health complaint and the subsequent help seeking behavior with special emphasize on under-served minority groups - migrant population, elder people, and female gender.

Primary Outcome Measures

• The occurrence of any health complaint and the subsequent help seeking behaviour with special emphasis on under-served minority groups.

• The prevalence of depression and GAD will be assessed by the PHQ-2 and GAD-2 respectively.

Secondary Outcome Measures

• The utilization of CAM and a classification scheme for CAM methods in Austria.

• The utilization of health care resources of the Austrian population with respect to Primary, Secondary and Tertiary levels of care.

• The use of case vignettes to calibrate response measures across various ethnic minority groups.

Methods

• Enrollment: 3500

• Study Start Date: February 2010

• Primary Completion Date: October 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

• Eligibility

  • Ages Eligible for Study: 16 Years and older
  • Genders Eligible for Study: Both
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
  • Sampling Method: Probability Sample
  • Study Population The Austrian population 15 years and older .

• Criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria: 15 years and older
  • Exclusion Criteria: younger than 16 years