National Health Interview Survey in Taiwan

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02843360

Acronym

NHIS

Enrollment

23296

Registered

2016-07-25

Start date

2013-05-31

Completion date

2014-02-28

Last updated

2016-07-27

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Conditions

Public Health

Keywords

public health

Brief summary

The major elements of the survey were sampling, questionnaire design, field survey and database construction. This survey incorporated the multistage stratified sampling scheme. Questionnaires include health status, utilization of health care, health behaviors, quality of life, and social economic status.

Detailed description

This survey took a representative sample from each county and municipality in Taiwan using a stratified multi-stage systematic sampling procedure. Within each county/municipality (stratum), samples were selected with probability proportional to population size. Questionnaire design was based on the needs of the Department of Health and Welfare and the public health professionals. Due to different age has different health problems, the questionnaires were divided into 3 parts: under 12, 23-64, and 65+ years. The response rate was 75% in 2013.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All the selected samples were to be interviewed.

Exclusion criteria

* severely ill or too frail to answer; * having cognitive problems; * having hearing or speaking problems; or * dementia.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Health Status of the General Population	1 year	Survey on the general health of the nation in a specific time

Outcome results