Perceived need for treatment and non-utilization of outpatient psychotherapy in old age: two cohorts of a nationwide survey.

Beackground: Older adults with mental health problems may benefit from psychotherapy; however, their perceived need for treatment in relation to rates of non-utilization of outpatient psychotherapy as well as the predisposing, enabling, and need factors proposed by Andersen's Model of Health Care Utilization that account for these differences warrant further investigation.

Methods: We used two separate cohorts (2014 and 2019) of a weighted nationwide telephone survey in Germany of German-speaking adults with N = 12,197 participants. Across the two cohorts, 12.

Patients' health literacy in relation to the preference for a general practitioner as the source of health information.

Background: For many patients, the general practitioner (GP) is the most important point of contact for obtaining information about a wide range of health topics. However, patients with different characteristics may seek health information from different sources, such as friends or the internet. The relationship between patient characteristics and preferences for information sources is understudied.

Centenarians Differ in Their Comorbidity Trends During The 6 Years Before Death Compared to Individuals Who Died in Their 80s or 90s.

Background: While compression of morbidity has now been studied in multiple cohorts, we hypothesize that centenarians might also have fewer chronic conditions as well. We assume that individuals who die as centenarians have less comorbidities and have a less steep rise of the number of comorbidities over the final years before death compared to those who died as nonagenarians (90-99 years) or octogenarians (80-89 years of age).

Methods: This German cohort study used health insurance data.

Using Smartphones and Health Apps to Change and Manage Health Behaviors: A Population-Based Survey.

Background: Chronic conditions are an increasing challenge for individuals and the health care system. Smartphones and health apps are potentially promising tools to change health-related behaviors and manage chronic conditions.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore (1) the extent of smartphone and health app use, (2) sociodemographic, medical, and behavioral correlates of smartphone and health app use, and (3) associations of the use of apps and app characteristics with actual health behaviors.

Development and psychometric properties of a health knowledge test on six chronic conditions.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of a health knowledge test on common chronic conditions in the general population.

Methods: Operationalization based on a facet design led to 108 knowledge items on six conditions: cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory diseases, musculoskeletal system conditions, depression, and chronic pain. We refined the items (qualitative study 1; N=20) and selected the items by applying a mixed Rasch model (study 2; N=861).