Medizinische Hochschule Hannover : Publications

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Morbidity compression and its alternatives

(authors who belonged to Medical Sociology at the time of publication are marked in bold)

The book

Geyer S, Eberhard S (2021). Sick later and healthy longer? Morbidity compression and its alternatives. Bern: Hogrefe.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

2022-2025

Mond L, de Zwaan M, Safieddine B, Kahl KG, Stahmeyer JT, Epping J. Incidence of depression in patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases: Case-control study with German health insurance claims data. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2025, 191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112066

Mond L, Geyer S, Tetzlaff J, Weißenborn K, Schneider J, Epping J. More Drugs and Fewer Strokes? Time Trends in CVD Medication and Incidence of Stroke With German Health Insurance Data. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2025;34(1):e70077. https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.70077

Tetzlaff F, Sauerberg M, Grigoriev P, Tetzlaff J, Mühlichen M, Baumert J, Michalski N, Wengler A, Nowossadeck E, Hoebel J. Age-specific and cause-specific mortality contributions to the socioeconomic gap in life expectancy in Germany, 2003-21: an ecological study. The Lancet Public Health. 2024;9(5):e295-e305. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00049-5

Safieddine B, Grasshoff J, Sperlich S, Epping J, Geyer S, Beller J. Type 2 diabetes severity in the workforce: An occupational sector analysis using German claims data. PLoS ONE, 2024, 19(9): e0309725. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309725

Safieddine B, Grasshoff J, Geyer S et al. Type 2 diabetes in the employed population: do rates and trends differ among nine occupational sectors? An analysis using German health insurance claims data. BMC Public Health, 2024, 24:1231. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18705-5

Beller J, Sperlich S, Epping J, Tetzlaff J. Trends in severe functional limitations among working and non-working adults in Germany: Towards an (un)-healthy working life?. Eur J Ageing, 2024, 21:13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-024-00809-x

Beller J, Graßhoff J, Safieddine B. Physical working conditions over time: a repeated cross-sectional study in German employees. J Occup Med Toxicol, 2024, 19:24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-024-00423-8

Nowossadeck S, Nowossadeck E, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J. How has life expectancy without functional limitations developed in Germany? An analysis with data from the German Ageing Survey (DEAS). Federal Health Gazette, Health Research, Health Protection. 2024;67(5):564-71.

Beller, J., Graßhoff, J., & Safieddine, B. (2024). Physical working conditions over time: a repeated cross-sectional study in German employees. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 19, 24. doi. org/10.1186/s12995-024-00423-8

Beller J, Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2024). Socioeconomic differences in limited lung function: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults in Germany. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2024;23(1):138. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02224-1

Tetzlaff J, Epping J, Stahmeyer JT, Liebers F, Hegewald J, Sperlich S, Beller J, Tetzlaff F (2024). The development of working life expectancy without musculoskeletal diseases against the backdrop of extended working lives. Scientific Reports. 2024;14(1):7930. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58650-2

Tetzlaff J, Epping J (2024). Healthier at work for longer? Trends in life years free of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases in SHI data for the employed and general population. Federal Health Gazette - Health Research - Health Protection. 2024;67(5):555-63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-024-03868-8

Beller J, Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2024). Time trends in limited lung function among German middle-aged and older adults. Scientific reports. 2024;14(1):5036. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55624-2

Epping J, Tetzlaff F, Mond L, Tetzlaff J (2024) . Healthy enough to work up to age 67 and beyond? A longitudinal population-based study on time trends in working life expectancy free of cardiovascular diseases based on German health insurance data. BMJ Public Health. 2024;2(1):e000400. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000400

Sperlich S, Beller J, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2024). Widening Educational Inequalities in Physical Health Due to the Obesity Trend?-A Mediation Analysis Using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. International journal of public health. 2024;69:1606932. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2024.1606932

Safieddine B, Trachte F, Sperlich S, Epping J, Lange K, Geyer S (2023). Trends of Antidiabetic and Cardiovascular Diseases Medication Prescriptions in Type 2 Diabetes between 2005 and 2017 - A German Longitudinal Study Based on Claims Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023;20(5):4491. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054491

Geyer S, Tetzlaff J, Sperlich S, Safieddine B, Epping J, Eberhard S, Stahmeyer J, Beller J (2023). Decreasing COPD-related incidences and hospital admissions in a German health insurance population. Scientific Reports. 2023;13(1):21293. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48554-y

Beller J, Epping J, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J (2023). Changes in disability over time among older working-age adults: Which global and specific limitations are increasing in Germany using the SHARE-data from 2004 to 2015? SAGE Open Med. 2023;11: https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121231184012

Tetzlaff F, Nowossadeck E, Epping J, di Lego V, Muszynska-Spielauer M, Beller J, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J (2023). Trends in cancer-free working life expectancy based on health insurance data from Germany-Is the increase as strong as in working life expectancy? PloS one. 2023;18(7):e0288210. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288210

Sidahmed S, Geyer S, Beller J (2023). Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes prevalence: the case of South Africa between 2003 and 2016. BMC Public Health 23, 324 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15186-w

Geyer S, Kuhlmann BG, Beller J, Grasshoff J (2023). The role of school education in time-dependent changes of cognitive abilities in cohorts from midlife to old age. Aging Ment Health. 2023;27(4):729-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2022.2068132

Beller J, Luy M, Giarelli G, Regidor E, Lostao L, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2023). Trends in Activity Limitations From an International Perspective: Differential Changes Between Age Groups Across 30 Countries. J Aging Health. 2023;35(7-8):477-99. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643221141123

Sidahmed S, Geyer S, Beller J (2023). Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes prevalence: the case of Egypt between 2008 and 2015. BMC Public Health 23, 1669 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16606-7

Sperlich S, Beller J, Epping J, Geyer S, Tetzlaff J (2023). Trends of healthy and unhealthy working life expectancy in Germany between 2001 and 2020 at ages 50 and 60: a question of educational level? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2023;77(7):430. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-220345

Tetzlaff J, Luy M, Epping J, Geyer S, Beller J, Stahmeyer J T, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff F (2022). Estimating Trends in Working Life Expectancy based on Health Insurance Data from Germany - Challenges and Advantages. SSM - Population Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101215

Beller J, Kuhlmann BG, Sperlich S, Geyer S (2022). Secular Improvements in Cognitive Aging: Contribution of Education, Health, and Routine Activities. Journal of Aging and Health. 2022;34(6-8):807-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643211065571

Heller C, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff F, Geyer S, Epping J, Beller J, Tetzlaff J (2022). Living longer, working longer: analyzing time trends in working life expectancy in Germany from a health perspective between 2002 and 2018. European Journal of Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-022-00707-0

Tetzlaff F, Hoebel J, Epping J, Geyer S, Golpon H, Tetzlaff J (2022). Time Trends and Income Inequalities in Cancer Incidence and Cancer-Free Life Expectancy - a Cancer Site-Specific Analysis of German Health Insurance Data. Frontiers in Oncology, 12. doi. org/10.3389/fonc.2022.827028

Tübbecke F-M, Epping J, Safieddine B, Sperlich S (2022). Development of gender inequality in self-rated health in the life-phase of raising children in Germany from 1994 to 2018 - A decomposition analysis of socioeconomic, psychosocial and family-related influencing factors. SSM - Population Health. 2022;19:101183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101183

2016 - 2021

Tetzlaff J, Tetzlaff F, Geyer S, Sperlich S, Epping J (2021). Widening or narrowing income inequalities in myocardial infarction? Time trends in life years free of myocardial infarction and after incidence. Population Health Metrics, 2021, 19:47. doi. org/10.1186/s12963-021-00280-1

Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Epping J, Lange K, Geyer S (2021). Development of comorbidities in type 2 diabetes between 2005 and 2017 using German claims data. Scientific Reports. 2021;11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90611-x.

Klar MK, Geyer S, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J, Sperlich S (2021). Trends in healthy life expectancy between 2002 and 2018 in Germany - Compression or expansion of health-related quality of life (HRQOL)? SSM - Population Health. 2021;13. doi. org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100758

Grasshoff J, Beller J, Kuhlmann BG, Geyer S (2021). Increasingly capable at the ripe old age? Cognitive abilities from 2004 to 2013 in Germany, Spain, and Sweden. Plos One. 2021;16(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254038

Sperlich S, Beller J, Epping J, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2021). Are Disability Rates among People with Diabetes Increasing in Germany? A Decomposition Analysis of Temporal Change between 2004 and 2015. Journal of Aging and Health. 2021;33(3-4):205-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264320970324

Tetzlaff F, Epping J, Tetzlaff J, Golpon H, Geyer S (2021). Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer - a time trend analysis with German health insurance data. Bmc Public Health. 2021;21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10576-4

Beller J, Bauersachs J, Schafer A, Schwettmann L, Heier M, Peters A, Meisinger C, Geyer S. (2020). Diverging Trends in Age at First Myocardial Infarction: Evidence from Two German Population-Based Studies. Scientific Reports. 2020;10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66291-4

Tetzlaff J, Geyer S, Westhoff-Bleck M, Sperlich S, Epping J, Tetzlaff F (2021). Social inequalities in mild and severe myocardial infarction: how large is the gap in health expectancies? Bmc Public Health. 2021;21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10236-7

Sperlich S, Klar MK, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S. Life stage-specific trends in educational inequalities in health-related quality of life and self-rated health between 2002 and 2016 in Germany: findings from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP). Bmj Open. 2021;11(3). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042017

Beller J, Epping J. Disability trends in Europe by age-period-cohort analysis: Increasing disability in younger cohorts. Disability and Health Journal. 2021;14(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100948

Tetzlaff F, Epping J, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J. Widening income inequalities in life expectancy? Analyzing time trends based on German health insurance data. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2020;74(7):592-7. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-212966

Beller J, Regidor E, Lostao L, Miething A, Kroger C, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff F, Sperlich S, Geyer S (2020). Decline of depressive symptoms in Europe: differential trends across the lifespan. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2021;56(7):1249-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01979-6

Tetzlaff F, Epping J, Golpon H, Tetzlaff J (2020). Compression, expansion, or maybe both? Growing inequalities in lung cancer in Germany. Plos One, 15 (11). https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0242433

Tetzlaff J, Geyer S, Tetzlaff F, Epping J (2020). Income inequalities in stroke incidence and mortality: Trends in stroke-free and stroke-affected life years based on German health insurance data. PloS One, 15(1):e0227541. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227541

Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Beller J, Lange K, Epping J, Tetzlaff J, Tetzlaff F, Geyer S (2020). Socioeconomic inequalities in type 2 diabetes in employed individuals, nonworking spouses and pensioners. SSM - Population Health. 2020; 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66291-4

Sperlich S, Beller J, Epping J, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S. Trends in self-rated health among the elderly population in Germany from 1995 to 2015-the influence of temporal change in leisure time physical activity. Bmc Public Health. 2020;20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8218-7

Epping J, Geyer S, Tetzlaff J. The effects of different lookback periods on the sociodemographic structure of the study population and on the estimation of incidence rates: analyses with German claims data. Bmc Medical Research Methodology. 2020;20(1).

Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S. Trends in good self-rated health in Germany between 1995 and 2014: do age and gender matter? International Journal of Public Health. 2019;64(6):921-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01235-y

Beller J, Miething A, Regidor E, Lostao L, Epping J, Geyer S. Trends in grip strength: Age, period, and cohort effects on grip strength in older adults from Germany, Sweden, and Spain. Social Science & Medicine: Population Health. 2019;9. doi. org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100456

Geyer S, Tetzlaff J, Eberhard S, Sperlich S, Epping J. Health inequalities in terms of myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality: a study with German claims data covering 2006 to 2015. International Journal of Public Health. 2019;64(3):387-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01224-1

Geyer S, Eberhard S, Schmidt BM, Epping J, Tetzlaff J. Morbidity compression in myocardial infarction 2006 to 2015 in terms of changing rates and age at occurrence. A longitudinal study using claims data from Germany. PLoS ONE. 2018;13 (8):e0202631. doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202631

Stahmeyer JT, Geyer S, Epping J, Tetzlaff J, Eberhard S. Health expenditure trends and the influence of demographic change. An analysis of data from the statutory
health insurance. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Health Research - Health Protection. [Healthcare expenditures and the role of demographic change: An analysis of statutory health insurance data]. Federal Health Gazette-Health Research-Health Protection. 2018;61(4):432-41. doi. org/10.1007/s00103-018-2713-3

Tetzlaff J, Epping J, Sperlich S, Eberhard S, Stahmeyer JT, Geyer S. Widening inequalities in multimorbidity? Time trends among the working population between 2005 and 2015 based on German health insurance data. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2018;17(103). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-018-0815-z

Bachus L, Eberhard S, Weißenborn K, Muschik D, Epping J, Geyer S. Morbidity compression in stroke? Longitudinal analyses on changes in the incidence of stroke [Morbidity compression and stroke? Longitudinal analyses on changes in the incidence of stroke]. Health Services. 2017;81(04):351-60. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-109860.

Muschik D, Tetzlaff J, Lange K, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S. Change in life expectancy with type 2 diabetes: a study using claims data from Lower Saxony, Germany. Population Health Metrics. 2017;15(5). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-017-0124-6

Tetzlaff J, Muschik D, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S. Expansion or compression of multimorbidity? 10-year development of life years spent in multimorbidity based on health insurance claims data of Lower Saxony, Germany. International Journal of Public Health. 2017;62(6):679-86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-0962-9

Muschik D, Icks A, Tetzlaff J, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S. Morbidity compression, morbidity expansion, or dynamic equilibrium? The time trend of AOK-insured patients with type 2 diabetes in Lower Saxony, Germany. Journal of Public Health. 2017;25(1):19-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-016-0756-1

Tetzlaff J, Junius-Walker U, Muschik D, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S. Identifying time trends in multimorbidity-defining multimorbidity in times of changing diagnostic practices. Journal of Public Health. 2016;25(2):215-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-016-0771-2

Geyer S. Morbidity compression: a promising and well-established concept? International Journal of Public Health. 2016;61:727-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0853-5

2010-2015

Muschik D, Jaunzeme J, Geyer S. Are spouses' socio-economic classifications interchangeable? Examining the consequences of a commonly used practice in studies on social inequalities in health. International Journal of Public Health. 2015;60:953-60. doi:10.1007/s00038-015-0744-1

Jaunzeme J, Eberhard S, Geyer S. How "representative" are SHI data? Demografische und soziale Unterschiede und Ähnlichkeiten zwischen einer GKV-Versichertenpopulation, der Bevölkerung Niedersachsen sowie der Bundesrepublik am Beispiel der AOK Niedersachsen [How "representative" are data from statutory health insurances? Demographic and social differences and similarities between a statutory health insurance population, the population of Lower Saxony and the Federal Republic of Germany at the example of the AOK Niedersachsen]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt. 2013;56:447-54.

Geyer S. The morbidity compression hypothesis and its alternatives. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2015;77:442-6. dx.doi.org 10.1055/s-0034-1387781

Trachte F, Sperlich S, Geyer S. Compression or expansion of morbidity? Entwicklung der Gesundheit in der älteren Bevölkerung [Compression or expansion of morbidity? The development of health in the elderly population]. Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2015;48(3):255-62. DOI: 10.1007/s00391-014-0644-7

Social inequality in health and disease

(authors who belonged to Medical Sociology at the time of publication are marked in bold)

2016 - 2024

Safieddine B, Grasshoff J, Sperlich S, Epping J, Geyer S, Beller J. Type 2 diabetes severity in the workforce: An occupational sector analysis using German claims data. PLoS ONE, 2024, 19(9): e0309725. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309725

Beller J, Graßhoff J, Safieddine B. Physical working conditions over time: a repeated cross-sectional study in German employees. J Occup Med Toxicol, 2024, 19:24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-024-00423-8

Grasshoff J, Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Beller J. Gender inequalities of psychosomatic complaints at work vary by occupational groups of white- and blue-collar and level of skill: A cross sectional study. PLoS ONE. 2024;19(7):e0303811. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303811

Mond L, Hegewald J, Liebers F, Epping J, Beller J, Sperlich S, Stahmeyer JT, Tetzlaff J. The relationship between physical and psychosocial workplace exposures and life expectancy free of musculoskeletal and cardiovascular disease in working life - an analysis based on German health insurance data. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):2198. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19721-1

Grasshoff, J., Safieddine, B., Sperlich, S., & Beller, J. (2024). Gender inequalities of psychosomatic complaints at work vary by occupational groups of white-and blue-collar and level of skill: A cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE, 19, e0303811. doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303811

Moreno, A., Lostao, L., Sperlich, S., Beller, J., Ronda, E., Geyer, S., & Regidor, E. (2024). Socioeconomic Patterns in the Frequency of Doctor Visits in Germany and Spain in Subjects With and Without Chronic Diseases. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 54, 121-130. doi. org/10.1177/27551938231224708

Beller, J. (2023). Morbidity Profiles in Europe and Israel: International Comparisons from 20 Countries using Biopsychosocial Indicators of Health via Latent Class Analysis. Journal of Public Health, 31, 1329-1337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01673-0

Moreno, A., Lostao, L., Beller, J., Sperlich, S., Ronda, E., Geyer, S., ... & Regidor, E. (2021). Trends and equity in the use of health services in Spain and Germany around austerity in Europe. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1). doi. org/10.1186/s12939-021-01459-6

Sperlich S, Adler F-M, Beller J, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J., Geyer S (2022) Getting Better or Getting Worse? A Population-Based Study on Trends in Self-Rated Health among Single Mothers in Germany between 1994 and 2018. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 19 (5):2727. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052727

Tetzlaff J, Geyer S, Westhoff-Bleck M, Sperlich S, Epping J, Tetzlaff F (2021). Social inequalities in mild and severe myocardial infarction: how large is the gap in health expectancies? Bmc Public Health, 21. 10.1186/s12889-021-10236-7

Tetzlaff F, Epping J, Tetzlaff J, Golpon H, Geyer S (2021). Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer - a time trend analysis with German health insurance data. Bmc Public Health, 21. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10576-4

Sperlich S, Klar MK, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2021). Life stage-specific trends in educational inequalities in health-related quality of life and self-rated health between 2002 and 2016 in Germany: findings from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP). Bmj Open. 2021;11(3). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042017

Tetzlaff F, Epping J, Golpon H, Tetzlaff J (2020). Compression, expansion, or maybe both? Growing inequalities in lung cancer in Germany. Plos One, 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242433

Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Beller J, Lange K, Epping J, Tetzlaff J, Tetzlaff F, Geyer S (2020). Socioeconomic inequalities in type 2 diabetes in employed individuals, nonworking spouses and pensioners. SSM Population Health. 2020:100596. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1044

Tetzlaff J, Geyer S, Tetzlaff F, Epping J (2020). Income inequalities in stroke incidence and mortality: Trends in stroke-free and stroke-affected life years based on German health insurance data. PloS one. 2020;15(1):e0227541. 10.1371/journal.pone.0227541

Tetzlaff F, Epping J, Golpon H, Tetzlaff J (2020). Compression, expansion, or maybe both? Growing inequalities in lung cancer in Germany. Plos One, 15

Geyer S, Tetzlaff J, Eberhard S, Sperlich S, Epping J (2019). Health inequalities in terms of myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality: a study with German claims data covering 2006 to 2015. International Journal of Public Health. 2019;64(3):387-97. 10.1007/s00038-019-01224-1

Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S. Trends in good self-rated health in Germany between 1995 and 2014: do age and gender matter? International Journal of Public Health. 2019.

Tetzlaff J, Epping J, Sperlich S, Eberhard S, Stahmeyer JT, Geyer S . Widening inequalities in multimorbidity? Time trends among the working population between 2005 and 2015 based on German health insurance data. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2018;17(1):103. DOI 10.1186/s12939-018-0815-z

Sperlich S (2018). Non-occupational stress and cardiovascular disease. Aktuel Kardiol 7: 363-367. 10.1055/a-0638-7449

Epping J, Muschik D, Geyer S. (2017). Social inequalities in the utilization of outpatient psychotherapy: analyses of registry data from German statutory health insurance. Int J Equity Health 16:147. DOI 10.1186/s12939-017-0644-5

Geyer S (2016). Social inequalities in the incidence of chronic diseases. Bundesgesundheitsblatt 59 (2): 181-187. dx. doi.org/10.1007/s00103-015-2277-4

Geyer S, Micheelis W (2016). Social stratification indicators with regard to caries and periodontitis burden in Germany. In: DMS V-Fifth German Oral Health Study, R. Jordan & W. Micheelis, (eds.), Institute of German Dentists, Cologne

Abdulrahim S, Beydoun Z, Safieddine B, Godah M (2016). Social determinants of low birth weight in LMICs: a systematic review of the evidence. Vienna: European Public Health Conference.

Sperlich S, Geyer S (2016). Household and family work and health. In: Siegrist J, Wahrendorf M (eds): Work stress and health in a globalized economy. The model of effort-reward imbalance. Chapter 13, p 293-311, Springer Switzerland.

2010 - 2015

Muschik D, Jaunzeme J, Geyer S (2015). Are spouses'socio-economic classifications interchangeable? Examining the consequences of a commonly used practice in studies on social inequalities in health. International Journal of Public Health 60:953-960. doi:10.1007/s00038-015-0744-1

Sperlich S (2014). Health risks in different life situations of mothers: analyses based on a population study, Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 57, 12, 1411-1423. Link to the text.

Sperlich S , Maina M N (2014). Are single mothers' higher smoking rates mediated by dysfunctional coping styles?, BMC women's health, 14, 124-6874-14-124. Link to text.

Sperlich S , Maina M N (2014). Are single mothers' higher smoking rates mediated by dysfunctional coping styles?, BMC women's health, 14, 124-6874-14-124. Link to text.

Sperlich S, Maina M N, Noeres D (2013). The effect of psychosocial stress on single mothers' smoking. BMC Public Health 13:1125, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-1125

Sperlich S, Siegrist J, Geyer S (2013): The mismatch between high effort and low reward in household and family work predicts impaired health among mothers. European Journal of Public Health, 23(5):893-898.

Sperlich S, Babitsch B, Hofreuter-Gätgens K (2012): Advanced social structure models for health inequality research - What perspectives does the life situation approach open up? Health Care 74(3): e10-e18 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1275712

Sperlich S, Arnhold-Kerri S, Geyer S (2011a): Social life situation and health of mothers in Germany. Results of a population study. Bundesgesundheitsbl 54: 735-744. (pdf-file of the publication)

Sperlich S, Arnhold-Kerri S, Geyer S (2011b): What accounts for depressive symptoms among mothers? The impact of socioeconomic status, family structure and psychosocial stress. Int J Public Health 56:385-396.

Sperlich S, Illiger K, Geyer S (2011): Why do mothers smoke? Influence of living situation and psychological factors on tobacco consumption of mothers with underage children. Bundesgesundheitsbl 54: 1211-1220 (pdf-file of the publication)

Sperlich S (2010a): Psychosocial stress - an aspect of health inequality among mothers? In: Collatz J (ed.): Family Medicine in Germany. Necessity, Dilemma, Perspectives, Pabst Science Publishers, Lengerich: 132-153.

Sperlich S, Geyer S (2010): Life situations or strata - Which approach is better suited to describe health-risk life contexts of mothers? In: The health care system 72: 813-823.

Sperlich S (2010b): Evaluation of empowerment processes among socially disadvantaged women - A life situation-oriented approach. The health care system 72: 387-398.

before 2010

Sperlich S (2009): Reducing health inequalities through empowerment. Empirical analysis of health effects for socially disadvantaged mothers. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden.

Sperlich S (2008): Relationships between social situation, empowerment processes and the development of mental health Das Gesundheitswesen 70: 779-790.

Sperlich S, Collatz J (2006): Single parenthood - a health-risky lifestyle? Reanalysis of data from prevention and rehabilitation facilities for mothers and their children. Practice of Clinical Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation 72: 127-137.

Sperlich S (2006): Can empowerment explain the sustained improvement in mothers' psychological well-being after a maternity-specific preventive care and rehabilitation intervention? Praxis Klinische Verhaltensmedizin und Rehabilitation 72: 148-158.

Sperlich S, Mielck A (2003): Social-epidemiological explanatory approaches in the field of tension between stratification and lifestyle concepts. A plea for an integrative approach based on Bourdieu's habitus theory. Journal of Health Sciences 11: 165-179.

Sperlich S. Mielck A (2000): Development of a multi-level model for the systematization of socio-epidemiological explanatory approaches. In: Helmert U, Bammann K, Voges W, Müller R (eds.). Do the poor have to die earlier? Social inequality and health in Germany. Juventa Verlag Weinheim, pp. 27-42.

Family health, gender health

(authors who belonged to Medical Sociology at the time of publication are marked in bold)

2021-2025

Förster, M.; Kirsch, C.; Habermann, J.; Noeres, D. (2025): Exploring the connection between maternal mental health and partnership, parental role, and satisfaction with various aspects of life using pairfam data: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Women's Health 25, 395. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03933-7

Rattay P, Öztürk Y, Geene R, Sperlich S, Kuhnert R, Neuhauser H, Hapke U, Starker A, Hövener C (2024). Health of single mothers and fathers in Germany. Results of the GEDA studies 2019 - 2023. Journal of Health Monitoring. 2024(3):18. https://doi.org/10.25646/12193

Kirsch, C., Leddin, D., Otto, F., Förster, M. (2022). Therapeutic measures of inpatient mother-child preventive measures - analysis based on the classification of therapeutic services. Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation, 35 (3 (119)).

Kirsch, C., Otto, F., Leddin, D., Sperlich, S., Geyer, S. (2022). Mother-child measures: Changing demands, future developments. Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation, 35 (3 (119)).

Förster, M., Otto, F., Jax, J., Löffler, L., Kirsch, C. (2022). Family measures in the setting of mother/father/child preventive care facilities - mothers' and fathers' stress and their reasons for utilization. Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation, 35 (3 (119)).

Leddin, D., Epping, J., Kirsch, C. (2022). Mental health of mothers during the corona pandemic - correlations with an altered mother-child relationship. Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation, 35 (3 (119)).

Otto, F., Leddin, D., Förster, M., Kirsch, C. (2022). Increase in health-related quality of life after inpatient mother-child measures - results of the RessQu study. Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation, 35 (3 (119)).

Sperlich S, Adler F-M, Beller J, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J., Geyer S (2022). Getting Better or Getting Worse? A Population-Based Study on Trends in Self-Rated Health among Single Mothers in Germany between 1994 and 2018. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (5):2727. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052727

2016 - 2020

Melk A, Schmidt B M W, Geyer S, Epping J (2020). Sex disparities in dialysis initiation, access to waitlist, transplantation and transplant outcome in German patients with renal disease-A population based analysis. Plos One, 15(11). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241556

Otto F, de Wall S (2019). Inpatient care for caregivers of relatives with dementia. Journal of General Practice (11). DOI: 10.3238/zfa.2019.0462–0467.

Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2019). Trends in good self-rated health in Germany between 1995 and 2014: do age and gender matter? International Journal of Public Health.

Melk A, Babitsch B, Borchert-Morlins B, Claas F, Dipchand A I, Eifert S, Eiz-Vesper B, Epping J, Falk C S, Foster B, Geyer S, Gjertson D, Greer M, Haubitz M, Lau A, Maecker-Kolhoff B, Memaran N, Messner H A, Ostendorf K, Samuel U, Schmidt B M W, Tullius S G, West L, Wong G, Zimmermann T, Berenguer M (2019). Equally Interchangeable? How Sex and Gender Affect Transplantation. Transplantation, 103(6), 1094-1110. doi:10.1097/tp.0000000000002655.

Schmidt B, Epping J, Falk C, Geyer S, Melk A (2018). Gender Disparities in Need for Dialysis, Access to the Renal Transplant Waitlist and Renal Transplant Survival. American Journal of Transplantation, 18:589-589.

Otto F (2018). Maternal health: Constantly in charge. German Midwifery Journal 70 (5), pp. 68-72.

Otto F (2017). Child health in mother-child interventions. Kinder- und Jugendarzt 48 (11), pp. 68-72. Available online at kinder-undjugendarzt.de/download/48.(66.)Jahrgang2017/KJA_11-17_Web.pdf

Barre F, Epping J (2017). Changes in the utilization of health insurance benefits before and after a father-child measure. Gesundheitswesen, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-104214.

Sperlich S, Barre F, Otto F (2016). Gratification crises in domestic and family work - statistical testing of the questionnaire on fathers with underage children. Psychother Psych Med 66: 57-66.

2010 - 2015

Sperlich S, Geyer S (2015). The impact of social and family-related factors on women's stress experience in household and family work. Int J Public Health, 60: 375-387. doi 10.1007/s00038-015-0654-2

Sperlich S, Geyer S (2015). The mediating effect of effort-reward imbalance in household and family work on the relationship between education and women's health. Soc Sci Med, 131: 58-65.

Sperlich S, Arnhold-Kerri S, Geyer S (2015). ERI-HF. Questionnaire for measuring gratification crises in domestic and family work In: Richter D, Brähler E, Ernst J (eds.). Diagnostic procedures for counseling and therapy of couples and families. Diagnostics for Clinical Department and Practice - Volume 8, 1st edition, 2015. Hogrefe Verlag

Jaunzeme J, Otto F, Geyer S (2014). Healthier after the cure? Analysis of SHI data with before-and-after comparison for participants in a mother-child program and mothers without spa approval. Practice of Clinical Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93, 41-49.

Sperlich S, Maina M N (2014). Are single mothers' higher smoking rates mediated by dysfunctional coping styles?, BMC women's health, 14, 124-6874-14-124. Link to the text.

Sperlich S (2014). Gratification crises in domestic and family work - Are there differences between East and West German mothers? Practice of Clinical Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93, 21-39.

Otto F, Jaunzeme J (2013). Prescription of psychotherapy and psychotropic drugs before and after a mother-child measure - analysis of data from a statutory health insurance fund from 2004-2010. German Pension Insurance (ed.), 22nd Rehabilitation Science Colloquium. DRV Papers Vol. 101: 203-205.

Jaunzeme J, Otto F (2013). Incapacity for work data as an indicator of success for rehabilitation measures? Analysis of SHI routine data of employed participants in a mother-child measure in the period 2004-2010. German Pension Insurance (ed.), 22nd Rehabilitation Science Colloquium. DRV publications vol. 101: 115-116.

Sperlich S, Maina M N, Noeres D (2013). The effect of psychosocial stress on single mothers' smoking. BMC Public Health 13:1125, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-1125

Sperlich S, Peter R, Geyer S (2012): Applying the Effort-Reward Imbalance model to household and family work. A Population based study of German mothers. BMC Public Health 12:12

Arnhold-Kerri S, Otto F, Sperlich S (2011): Relationship between family stressors, coping resources of mothers and the health-related quality of life of their children. Psychother Psych Med 61: 405-411

Sperlich S, Babitsch B, Hofreuter-Gätgens K (2011): Advanced social structure models for health inequality research - What perspectives does the life situation approach open up? The Healthcare eFirst http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1275712

Sperlich S, Illiger K, Geyer S (2011): Why do mothers smoke? Influence of life situation and psychological factors on the tobacco consumption of mothers with underage children. Bundesgesundheitsbl 54: 1211-1220 (pdf-file of the publication)

Sperlich S (2010): Psychosocial stress - an aspect of health inequality among mothers? In: Collatz J (ed.): Family Medicine in Germany. Necessity, Dilemma, Perspectives, Pabst Science Publishers, Lengerich: 132-153.

Sperlich S, Geyer S (2010): Life situations or strata - Which approach is better suited to describe health-risk life contexts of mothers? In: The health care system 72: 813-823.

Sperlich S (2010b): Evaluation of empowerment processes among socially disadvantaged women - A life situation-oriented approach. The health care system 72: 387-398.

before 2010

Sperlich S (2009): Reducing health inequalities through empowerment. Empirical analysis of health effects for socially disadvantaged mothers. VS Verlag for Social Sciences, Wiesbaden

Sperlich S (2008): Relationships between social situation, empowerment processes and the development of mental health Das Gesundheitswesen 70: 779-790.

Sperlich S, Arnhold-Kerri S, Engelke S, Noeres D, Collatz J, Geyer S (2009): Construction of a questionnaire to assess gratification crises in the household and family field of activity Psychother Psych Med 59: 177-185.

Collatz J, Barre F, Sperlich S (2006): 10 years of family medicine research and quality assurance. Praxis Klinische Verhaltensmedizin und Rehabilitation 72: 113-117.

Collatz J, Sperlich S (2006) (Eds.): Der Effektivität familienmedizinsicher Rehabilitation auf der Spur - Forschungsergebnisse und Qualitätssicherung zielgruppenspezifischer präventiver und rehabilitativer Maßnahmen für Mütter/Väter und ihre Kinder. Praxis Verhaltenstherapie Klinische Verhaltensmedizin und Rehabilitation 72: 111-113.

Sperlich S, Collatz J (2006): Single parenthood - a health-risk lifestyle? Reanalysis of data from prevention and rehabilitation facilities for mothers and their children. Practice of Clinical Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation 72: 127-137.

Sperlich S (2006): Can empowerment explain the sustained improvement in mothers' psychological well-being after a maternity-specific preventive and rehabilitation intervention? Practice Clinical Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation 72: 148-158.

Sperlich S (2005): External evaluation of process quality - methods of the research association and standards achieved in the member facilities. In: Collatz, Jürgen; Barre, Friederike; Arnhold-Kerri, Sonja (2005) (Eds.): Prävention und Rehabilitation für Mutter und Kind. Needs - Laws - Implementation. Proceedings of the III. Scientific Symposium. Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, pp. 217-225.

Sperlich S, Arnhold-Kerri S, Collatz J (2004): Quality management in prevention and rehabilitation facilities for mothers and children - process developments and their first evaluation. Prevention and Rehabilitation 16: 39 - 48.

Arnhold-Kerri S, Sperlich S, Collatz J (2003): Disease profiles and therapy effects of patients in mother-child facilities or Institutions. Rehabilitation 42: 290-299.

Sperlich S. Collatz J, Arnhold-Kerri S (2002): Internal quality management and external quality assurance in mother-child facilities. Theory and Practice of Social Work 6: 429-434.

Breast cancer and other cancers

(authors who belonged to Medical Sociology at the time of publication are marked in bold)

Sperlich S, Noeres D, Holthausen-Markou S, Park-Simon TW, Sahiti E, Geyer S. Social participation of women with breast cancer compared to the general population 5 years after primary surgery-what role do medical data and cancer-related complaints play? Support Care Cancer 2024;32:566. rdcu. be/dPQIJ

Tetzlaff F, Nowossadeck E, Epping J, di Lego V, Muszynska-Spielauer M, Beller J, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J (2023). Trends in cancer-free working life expectancy based on health insurance data from Germany-Is the increase as strong as in working life expectancy? PloS one. 2023;18(7):e0288210. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288210

Beller J, Schäfers J, Geyer S, Haier J, Epping J (2022). Patterns of Changes in Oncological Care due to COVID-19: Results of a Survey of Oncological Nurses and Physicians from the Region of Hanover, Germany. Healthcare, 10, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ healthcare10010015

Tetzlaff F, Hoebel J, Epping J, Geyer S, Golpon H, Tetzlaff J (2022). Time Trends and Income Inequalities in Cancer Incidence and Cancer-Free Life Expectancy - a Cancer Site-Specific Analysis of German Health Insurance Data. Frontiers in Oncology, 12:827028. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.827028

Noeres D, Sperlich S, Röbbel L, Safieddine B, Deuker JU, Hillemanns P, Ismaéel F, Moser A, Noeding K-H, Noesselt T, Pape J, Park-Simon T-W, Peschel S, Seifert W, Siggelkow W, Thoma M, Uleer C, Geyer S (2021). Predictors of utilization and initiation of oncological rehabilitation after breast cancer. Rehabilitation (Stuttg). 2021;60(02):86-94. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1361-4028

Tetzlaff F, Epping J, Golpon H, Tetzlaff J (2020). Compression, expansion, or maybe both? Growing inequalities in lung cancer in Germany. Plos One, 15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242433

Safieddine B, Geyer S, Röbbel L, Noeres D (2019). Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer. DRV publications volume 117 (pp. 137-139). Berlin: German Federal Pension Insurance.

Geyer S, Jaunzeme J, Hillemanns P (2014). Cervical cancer screening in Germany: group-specific participation rates in the state of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). A study with health insurance data, Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, DOI: 10.1007/s00404-014-3421-3.

Noeres D, Park-Simon TW, Grabow J, Sperlich S, Koch-Gießelmann H, Jaunzeme J, Geyer S (2013). Return to work after treatment for primary breast cancer over a six-year period: Results from a prospective study comparing patients with the general population. Supportive Care in Cancer, 21 (7): 1901-1909. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-013-1739-1

Steinhilper L, Geyer S, Sperlich S (2013). Health behavior change among breast cancer patients, Int J Public Health, DOI 10.1007/s00038-013-0444-7

Hervatin R, Sperlich S, Koch- Giesselmann H, Geyer S. (2011): Variability and stability of coping in women with breast cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-011-1334-2

Methods

(authors who belonged to Medical Sociology at the time of publication are marked in bold)

- Dippold, B., Beller, J., Kröger, C., & Dreyße, K. (2024). Factorial and convergent validity of the short version of the "Questionnaire on Thoughts and Feelings" (FGG-14) in borderline personality disorder. PPmP - Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie, 74(01), 43-48. DOI: 10.1055/a-2177-1676

- Kliem, S., Zenger, M., Beller, J., Brähler, E., & Ernst, M. (2022). Psychometric properties of a short scale for the assessment of alexithymia (SAS-3) in the German general population. PPmP - Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie, 72(07), 329-334. DOI: 10.1055/a-1785-5644

- Beller, J., & Geyer, S. (2021). Personal Values Strongly Predict Study Dropout. Survey Research Methods, 15(3), 269-280. doi. org/10.18148/srm/2021.v15i3.7801

- Kliem, S., Krieg, Y., Beller, J., Brähler, E., & Baier, D. (2021). Psychometric properties of the Somatic Symptom Scale 8 (SSS-8) in a representative sample of German adolescents. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. doi. org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110593

Epping J*, Stahmeyer JT*, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J (2023). M2Q or something else? The influence of different ascertainment criteria on the prevalence estimation of chronic diseases with outpatient SHI diagnosis data. [M2Q or Something else? The Impact of Varying Case Selection Criteria on the Prevalence Estimation of Chronic Diseases Based on Outpatient Diagnoses in German Claims Data]. Health Services 2023;85:1-8. DOI: 10.1055/a-2052-6477 *-shared first authorship

Tetzlaff J, Luy M, Epping J, Geyer S, Beller J, Stahmeyer J T, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff F (2022). Estimating Trends in Working Life Expectancy based on Health Insurance Data from Germany - Challenges and Advantages. SSM - Population Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101215

Geyer, S., & Epping, J (2022). Routine and registry data. In U. Walter & D. Röding (Eds.), Handbook of Public Health.

Beller J, Geyer S, Epping J (2022). Health and Study Dropout: Health Aspects Differentially Predict Attrition. BMC Medical Research Methodology, (2022) 22:31. doi. org/10.1186/s12874-022-01508-w

Epping J, Safieddine B, Geyer S, Tetzlaff J. Are prevalences in survey and routine data comparable? Comparison of heart attack prevalence rates in health insurance data from the AOK Lower Saxony and in data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1). [Are prevalence rates comparable in survey and routine data? Analysis of prevalence rates of myocardial infarction in claims data of the AOK Lower Saxony and in data of German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1)]. Healthcare, 2021, 83 Suppl2, S77-86.

Epping J, Geyer S, Eberhard S, Tetzlaff J. Completely different or quite similar? The socio-demographic structure of the AOK Lower Saxony compared to the general and working population in Lower Saxony and Germany. [Completely Different or Quite similar? The Sociodemographic Structure of the AOK Lower Saxony in Comparison to the General and Working Population in Lower Saxony and the Federal Republic of Germany]. Healthcare. 2021.

Epping J, Geyer S, Tetzlaff J (2020) The effects of different lookback periods on the sociodemographic structure of the study population and on the estimation of incidence rates: analyses with German claims data. BMC Medical Research Methodology 20(1). 10.1186/s12874-020-01108-6

Tetzlaff J, Junius-Walker U, Muschik D, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S. (2017). Identifying time trends in multimorbidity-defining multimorbidity in times of changing diagnostic practices. Journal of Public Health. 25(2):215-22. DOI 10.1007/s10389-016-0771-2

Geyer S (2016). The quantitative analysis of health and illness. In: Sociology of Health and Illness, M. Richter & K. Hurrelmann, (eds.), Springer VS, Wiesbaden: 55-70.

Geyer S, Abel T (2016), Social science methods of data collection. In Public Health. Sozial- und Präventivmedizin kompakt, M. Egger & O. Razum, (eds.) Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 3rd modified edition.

Swart E, Gothe H, Geyer S, Jaunzeme J, Maier B, Grobe T G , Ihle P (2015). Good Practice Secondary Data Analysis (GPS): Guidelines and Recommendations. 3rd version; version 2012/2014. Healthcare 2015; 77(02): 120-126

Sperlich S, Arnhold-Kerri S, Geyer S (2015). ERI-HF. Questionnaire for measuring gratification crises in home and family work In: Richter D, Brähler E, Ernst J (eds.). Diagnostic procedures for counseling and therapy of couples and families. Diagnostics for Clinical Department and Practice - Volume 8, 1st edition, 2015, Hogrefe Verlag

Jaunzeme J, Marx Y, Swart E (2014). Health surveys and aggregate data, in Swart, E., Ihle, P., Matusiewicz, D. (eds.). Routine data in health care : Handbook of secondary data analysis: principles, methods and perspectives, 2nd, fully revised and expanded ed. Bern: Huber. S. 214-222.

Geyer S, Jaunzeme J (2014). Possibilities and limitations of survey data and statutory health insurance data, in Swart, E., Ihle, P., Matusiewicz, D. (eds.). Routine Data in Health Care: Handbook of Secondary Data Analysis: Principles, Methods and Perspectives, 2nd, fully revised and expanded ed. Bern: Huber. S. 223-232.

Jaunzeme J, Eberhard S, Geyer S (2013). How "representative" are SHI data? Demographic and social differences and similarities between a SHI insured population, the population of Lower Saxony and the Federal Republic using the example of the AOK Lower Saxony. Federal Health Journal 2013 - 56:447 - 454

Jaunzeme J, Otto F (2013). Incapacity for work data as an indicator of success for rehabilitation measures? Analysis of SHI routine data of employed participants of a mother-child measure in the period 2004-2010. German Pension Insurance (ed.), 22nd Rehabilitation Science Colloquium. DRV Papers Vol. 101: 115-116.

Further topics

(authors who belonged to Medical Sociology at the time of publication are marked in bold)

Epping J, Müller A, Mond L, de Zwaan M. Prevalence of Depression 3 Years before and 3 Years after Obesity Surgery: Sex-Stratified Case-Control Study Using German Health Insurance Claims Data between 2009 and 2015. Obesity Facts, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1159/000543407

Mond L, Hegewald J, Liebers F, Epping J, Beller J, Sperlich S, Stahmeyer JT, Tetzlaff J. The relationship between physical and psychosocial workplace exposures and life expectancy free of musculoskeletal and cardiovascular disease in working life - an analysis based on German health insurance data. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):2198. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19721-1

Benzinger L, Epping J, Ursin F, Salloch S. Artificial Intelligence to support ethical decision-making for incapacitated patients: a survey among German anesthesiologists and internists. BMC Medical Ethics. 2024;25(1):78. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-024-01079-z

Jost, J. S., Kaireit, T. F., Auber, B., Beller, J., Schmidt-Ott, K. M., Schmitt, R., & Wulfmeyer, V. C. (2023). Prevalence of pericardial effusion in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Clinical Kidney Journal, sfad181. doi. org/10.1093/ckj/sfad181

Beller, J. (2023). Loneliness and mortality: The moderating effect of positive affect. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 15(1), 49-65. doi. org/10.1111/aphw.12354

Hansmann, M., Beller, J., Maurer, F., & Kröger, C. (2022). Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Employees with Mental Disorders or Musculoskeletal Diseases after Sickness-Related Absence: Validation of the German Version of the Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy Scale. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 10093. doi. org/10.3390/ijerph191610093

Hollstein MM, Schober A, Treudler R, Becker S, Epping J, Hamelmann E, Taube C, Wagenmann M, Wedi B, Worm M, Zink A, Buhl T, Werfel T, Traidl S (2023). Current situation of allergological health care at German hospitals. JDDG: Journal of the German Dermatological Society. 2023:1-8. doi.org/10.1111/ddg.15123

Schober AK, Hollstein MM, Treudler R, Becker S, Epping J, Hamelmann E, Taube C, Wagenmann M, Wedi B, Worm M, Zink A, Buhl T, Werfel T, Traidl S (2023). Limited Reimbursement and Underuse of Digital Healthcare Concepts Are Major Barriers to Clinical Allergological Care in Germany. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology,184 (6): 598-608. doi. org/10.1159/000529708

Beller J, Schäfers J, Haier J, Geyer S, Epping J (2022). Trust in Healthcare during COVID-19 in Europe: vulnerable groups trust the least. J Public Health (Berl.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-022-01705-3

Müller MJ, Norozi K, Caroline J, Sedlak N, Bock J, Paul T, Geyer S, Dellas C (2022). Morbidity and mortality in adults with congenital heart defects in the third and fourth life decade. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 2022;111(8):900-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-022-01989-1

Weidemann F, Decker S, Epping J, Örgel M, Krettek C, Kühn C, Wilhelmi M (2021). Analysis of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in trauma patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case series. The International Journal of Artificial Organs, https://doi.org/10.1177/0391398820980736

Geyer S, Fleig K, Norozi K, Röbbel L, Paul T, Müller M, Dellas C (2021). Life chances after surgery of congenital heart disease: A case-control-study of inter- and intragenerational social mobility over 15 years. PLoS One. 2021;16(2):e0246169. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246169

Memaran N, Schwalba M, Borchert-Mörlichs B, von der Born J, Markefke S, Bauer E, von Wick A, Epping J, von Maltzahn N, Heyn-Schmidt I, Grams L, Homeyer D, Kerling A, Stiesch M, Tegtbur U, Haverich A, Melk A. Health and fitness of German schoolchildren. Overweight and obesity are significantly associated with cardiovascular risk factors. Monthly Journal of Pediatrics. 2020.

Blöte, R, Memaran, N., Bianca, B.-M., Thurn-Valsassina, D, Goldschmidt, I, Beier, R, Sauer, M, Müller, C, Sarganas, G, Oh, J, Büscher, R, Kemper, M J, Sugianto, R I, Epping, J, Schmidt, B M W, Melk, A (2019). Greater Susceptibility for Metabolic Syndrome in Pediatric Solid Organ and Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Transplantation, 103(11):2423-2433. doi. org/10.1097/TP.0000000000002675

Memaran N, Kirchner M, Blote R, Maecker-Kolhoff B, Goldschmidt I, Muller C, Epping J, Sugianto R, Borchert B, Schmidt B, Wuhl E, Melk A (2018). High Prevalence of Hypertension and Alterations in Rhythmicity in Recipients of Pediatric Transplants. American Journal of Transplantation 18:728-728.

Sperlich S (2018). Non-occupational stress and cardiovascular disease. Aktuel Kardiol 7: 363-367. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-0638-7449

Epping J, de Zwaan M, Geyer S (2017). Healthier after psychotherapy? Secondary data analysis of incapacity for work before and after outpatient behavioral therapy, depth psychology-based and analytical psychotherapy. Psychother Psych Med https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-120346

Sperlich S (2016). Action-oriented perspectives on health and illness. In: Richter M, Hurrelmann K (eds) Sociology of Health and Illness. Springer VS Wiesbaden, pp. 41-54.

Akik C, Safieddine B, Ghattas H, Knai C, Filteau S (2013). The effectiveness of health services interventions to promote and support breastfeeding initiation and exclusivity. FASEB 27 (PP. 122-128).

Wacker A, Jaunzeme J, Jaksztat S (2008). A short form of the Test Anxiety Inventory TAI-G. Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 73-81.

Publications by year

Publications from 2022

Tetzlaff J, Luy M, Epping J, Geyer S, Beller J, Stahmeyer J T, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff F (2022). Estimating Trends in Working Life Expectancy based on Health Insurance Data from Germany - Challenges and Advantages. SSM - Population Health. doi. org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101215

Beller J, Kuhlmann BG, Sperlich S, Geyer S (2022). Secular Improvements in Cognitive Aging: Contribution of Education, Health, and Routine Activities. Journal of Aging and Health. 2022;34(6-8):807-17. doi. org/10.1177/08982643211065571

Heller C, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff F, Geyer S, Epping J, Beller J, Tetzlaff J (2022). Living longer, working longer: analyzing time trends in working life expectancy in Germany from a health perspective between 2002 and 2018. European Journal of Ageing. doi. org/10.1007/s10433-022-00707-0

Tetzlaff F, Hoebel J, Epping J, Geyer S, Golpon H, Tetzlaff J (2022). Time Trends and Income Inequalities in Cancer Incidence and Cancer-Free Life Expectancy - a Cancer Site-Specific Analysis of German Health Insurance Data. Frontiers in Oncology, 12. doi. org/10.3389/fonc.2022.827028

Tübbecke F-M, Epping J, Safieddine B, Sperlich S (2022). Development of gender inequality in self-rated health in the life-phase of raising children in Germany from 1994 to 2018 - A decomposition analysis of socioeconomic, psychosocial and family-related influencing factors. SSM - Population Health. 2022;19:101183. doi. org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101183

Safieddine B, Trachte F, Sperlich S, Epping J, Lange K, Geyer S (2023). Trends of Antidiabetic and Cardiovascular Diseases Medication Prescriptions in Type 2 Diabetes between 2005 and 2017 - A German Longitudinal Study Based on Claims Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023;20(5):4491. doi. org/10.3390/ijerph20054491

Geyer S, Tetzlaff J, Sperlich S, Safieddine B, Epping J, Eberhard S, Stahmeyer J, Beller J (2023). Decreasing COPD-related incidences and hospital admissions in a German health insurance population. Scientific Reports. 2023;13(1):21293. doi. org/10.1038/s41598-023-48554-y

Beller J, Epping J, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J (2023). Changes in disability over time among older working-age adults: Which global and specific limitations are increasing in Germany using the SHARE-data from 2004 to 2015? SAGE Open Med. 2023;11: https: //doi.org/10.1177/20503121231184012

Tetzlaff F, Nowossadeck E, Epping J, di Lego V, Muszynska-Spielauer M, Beller J, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J (2023). Trends in cancer-free working life expectancy based on health insurance data from Germany-Is the increase as strong as in working life expectancy? PloS one. 2023;18(7):e0288210. doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288210

Sidahmed S, Geyer S, Beller J (2023). Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes prevalence: the case of South Africa between 2003 and 2016. BMC Public Health 23, 324 (2023). doi. org/10.1186/s12889-023-15186-w

Geyer S, Kuhlmann BG, Beller J, Grasshoff J (2023). The role of school education in time-dependent changes of cognitive abilities in cohorts from midlife to old age. Aging Ment Health. 2023;27(4):729-35. doi. org/10.1080/13607863.2022.2068132

Beller J, Luy M, Giarelli G, Regidor E, Lostao L, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2023). Trends in Activity Limitations From an International Perspective: Differential Changes Between Age Groups Across 30 Countries. J Aging Health. 2023;35(7-8):477-99. doi. org/10.1177/08982643221141123

Sidahmed S, Geyer S, Beller J (2023). Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes prevalence: the case of Egypt between 2008 and 2015. BMC Public Health 23, 1669 (2023). doi. org/10.1186/s12889-023-16606-7

Sperlich S, Beller J, Epping J, Geyer S, Tetzlaff J (2023). Trends of healthy and unhealthy working life expectancy in Germany between 2001 and 2020 at ages 50 and 60: a question of educational level? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2023;77(7):430. doi. org/10.1136/jech-2023-220345

Tetzlaff F, Sauerberg M, Grigoriev P, Tetzlaff J, Mühlichen M, Baumert J, Michalski N, Wengler A, Nowossadeck E, Hoebel J. Age-specific and cause-specific mortality contributions to the socioeconomic gap in life expectancy in Germany, 2003-21: an ecological study. The Lancet Public Health. 2024;9(5):e295-e305. doi. org/10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00049-5

Safieddine B, Grasshoff J, Sperlich S, Epping J, Geyer S, Beller J. Type 2 diabetes severity in the workforce: An occupational sector analysis using German claims data. PLoS ONE, 2024, 19(9): e0309725. doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309725

Safieddine B, Grasshoff J, Geyer S et al. Type 2 diabetes in the employed population: do rates and trends differ among nine occupational sectors? An analysis using German health insurance claims data. BMC Public Health, 2024, 24:1231. doi. org/10.1186/s12889-024-18705-5

Beller J, Sperlich S, Epping J, Tetzlaff J. Trends in severe functional limitations among working and non-working adults in Germany: Towards an (un)-healthy working life?. Eur J Ageing, 2024, 21:13. doi. org/10.1007/s10433-024-00809-x

Beller J, Graßhoff J, Safieddine B. Physical working conditions over time: a repeated cross-sectional study in German employees. J Occup Med Toxicol, 2024, 19:24. doi. org/10.1186/s12995-024-00423-8

Nowossadeck S, Nowossadeck E, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J. How has life expectancy without functional limitations developed in Germany? An analysis with data from the German Ageing Survey (DEAS). Federal Health Gazette, Health Research, Health Protection. 2024;67(5):564-71.

Beller, J., Graßhoff, J., & Safieddine, B. (2024). Physical working conditions over time: a repeated cross-sectional study in German employees. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 19, 24. doi. org/10.1186/s12995-024-00423-8

Beller J, Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2024). Socioeconomic differences in limited lung function: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults in Germany. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2024;23(1):138. doi. org/10.1186/s12939-024-02224-1

Tetzlaff J, Epping J, Stahmeyer JT, Liebers F, Hegewald J, Sperlich S, Beller J, Tetzlaff F (2024). The development of working life expectancy without musculoskeletal diseases against the backdrop of extended working lives. Scientific Reports. 2024;14(1):7930. doi. org/10.1038/s41598-024-58650-2

Tetzlaff J, Epping J (2024). Healthier at work for longer? Trends in life years free of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases in SHI data for the employed and general population. Federal Health Gazette - Health Research - Health Protection. 2024;67(5):555-63. doi. org/10.1007/s00103-024-03868-8

Beller J, Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2024). Time trends in limited lung function among German middle-aged and older adults. Scientific reports. 2024;14(1):5036. doi. org/10.1038/s41598-024-55624-2

Epping J, Tetzlaff F, Mond L, Tetzlaff J (2024) . Healthy enough to work up to age 67 and beyond? A longitudinal population-based study on time trends in working life expectancy free of cardiovascular diseases based on German health insurance data. BMJ Public Health. 2024;2(1):e000400. doi. org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000400

Sperlich S, Beller J, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S (2024). Widening Educational Inequalities in Physical Health Due to the Obesity Trend?-A Mediation Analysis Using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. International journal of public health. 2024;69:1606932. doi. org/10.3389/ijph.2024.1606932

Mond L, de Zwaan M, Safieddine B, Kahl KG, Stahmeyer JT, Epping J. Incidence of depression in patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases: Case-control study with German health insurance claims data. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2025, 191. doi. org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112066

Mond L, Geyer S, Tetzlaff J, Weißenborn K, Schneider J, Epping J. More Drugs and Fewer Strokes? Time Trends in CVD Medication and Incidence of Stroke With German Health Insurance Data. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2025;34(1):e70077. doi. org/10.1002/pds.70077

Sperlich S, Adler F-M, Beller J, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J., Geyer S (2022) Getting Better or Getting Worse? A Population-Based Study on Trends in Self-Rated Health among Single Mothers in Germany between 1994 and 2018. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 19 (5):2727. doi. org/10.3390/ijerph19052727

Beller, J. (2023). Morbidity Profiles in Europe and Israel: International Comparisons from 20 Countries using Biopsychosocial Indicators of Health via Latent Class Analysis. Journal of Public Health, 31, 1329-1337. doi. org/10.1007/s10389-021-01673-0

Beller J, Graßhoff J, Safieddine B. Physical working conditions over time: a repeated cross-sectional study in German employees. J Occup Med Toxicol, 2024, 19:24. doi. org/10.1186/s12995-024-00423-8

Grasshoff J, Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Beller J. Gender inequalities of psychosomatic complaints at work vary by occupational groups of white- and blue-collar and level of skill: A cross sectional study. PLoS ONE. 2024;19(7):e0303811. doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303811

Mond L, Hegewald J, Liebers F, Epping J, Beller J, Sperlich S, Stahmeyer JT, Tetzlaff J. The relationship between physical and psychosocial workplace exposures and life expectancy free of musculoskeletal and cardiovascular disease in working life - an analysis based on German health insurance data. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):2198. doi. org/10.1186/s12889-024-19721-1

Grasshoff, J., Safieddine, B., Sperlich, S., & Beller, J. (2024). Gender inequalities of psychosomatic complaints at work vary by occupational groups of white-and blue-collar and level of skill: A cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE, 19, e0303811. doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303811

Moreno, A., Lostao, L., Sperlich, S., Beller, J., Ronda, E., Geyer, S., & Regidor, E. (2024). Socioeconomic Patterns in the Frequency of Doctor Visits in Germany and Spain in Subjects With and Without Chronic Diseases. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 54, 121-130. doi. org/10.1177/27551938231224708

Kirsch, C., Leddin, D., Otto, F., Förster, M. (2022). Therapeutic measures of inpatient mother-child preventive measures - analysis based on the classification of therapeutic services. Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation, 35 (3 (119)).

Kirsch, C., Otto, F., Leddin, D., Sperlich, S., Geyer, S. (2022). Mother-child measures: Changing demands, future developments. Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation, 35 (3 (119)).

Förster, M., Otto, F., Jax, J., Löffler, L., Kirsch, C. (2022). Family measures in the setting of mother/father/child preventive care facilities - mothers' and fathers' stress and their reasons for utilization. Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation, 35 (3 (119)).

Leddin, D., Epping, J., Kirsch, C. (2022). Mental health of mothers during the corona pandemic - correlations with an altered mother-child relationship. Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation, 35 (3 (119)).

Otto, F., Leddin, D., Förster, M., Kirsch, C. (2022). Increase in health-related quality of life after inpatient mother-child measures - results of the RessQu study. Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation, 35 (3 (119)).

Sperlich S, Adler F-M, Beller J, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J., Geyer S (2022). Getting Better or Getting Worse? A Population-Based Study on Trends in Self-Rated Health among Single Mothers in Germany between 1994 and 2018. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (5):2727. doi: https: //doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052727

Rattay P, Öztürk Y, Geene R, Sperlich S, Kuhnert R, Neuhauser H, Hapke U, Starker A, Hövener C (2024). Health of single mothers and fathers in Germany. Results of the GEDA studies 2019 - 2023. Journal of Health Monitoring. 2024(3):18. doi. org/10.25646/12193T

Beller J, Schäfers J, Geyer S, Haier J, Epping J (2022). Patterns of Changes in Oncological Care due to COVID-19: Results of a Survey of Oncological Nurses and Physicians from the Region of Hanover, Germany. Healthcare, 10, 15. doi.org/10.3390/ healthcare10010015

Sperlich S, Noeres D, Holthausen-Markou S, Park-Simon TW, Sahiti E, Geyer S. Social participation of women with breast cancer compared to the general population 5 years after primary surgery-what role do medical data and cancer-related complaints play? Support Care Cancer 2024;32:566. rdcu. be/dPQIJK

Kliem, S., Zenger, M., Beller, J., Brähler, E., & Ernst, M. (2022). Psychometric properties of a short scale for the assessment of alexithymia (SAS-3) in the German general population. PPmP - Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie, 72(07), 329-334. DOI: 10.1055/a-1785-5644

Geyer, S., & Epping, J (2022). Routine and registry data. In U. Walter & D. Röding (Eds.), Handbook of Public Health.

Beller J, Geyer S, Epping J (2022). Health and Study Dropout: Health Aspects Differentially Predict Attrition. BMC Medical Research Methodology, (2022) 22:31. doi. org/10.1186/s12874-022-01508-w

Epping J*, Stahmeyer JT*, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J (2023). M2Q or something else? The influence of different ascertainment criteria on the prevalence estimation of chronic diseases with outpatient SHI diagnosis data. [M2Q or Something else? The Impact of Varying Case Selection Criteria on the Prevalence Estimation of Chronic Diseases Based on Outpatient Diagnoses in German Claims Data]. Health Services 2023;85:1-8. DOI: 10.1055/a-2052-6477 *-shared first authorship

Dippold, B., Beller, J., Kröger, C., & Dreyße, K. (2024). Factorial and convergent validity of the short version of the "Questionnaire on Thoughts and Feelings" (FGG-14) in borderline personality disorder. PPmP - Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie, 74(01), 43-48. DOI: 10.1055/a-2177-1676

Hansmann, M., Beller, J., Maurer, F., & Kröger, C. (2022). Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Employees with Mental Disorders or Musculoskeletal Diseases after Sickness-Related Absence: Validation of the German Version of the Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy Scale. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 10093. doi. org/10.3390/ijerph191610093

Beller J, Schäfers J, Haier J, Geyer S, Epping J (2022). Trust in Healthcare during COVID-19 in Europe: vulnerable groups trust the least. J Public Health (Berl.). doi. org/10.1007/s10389-022-01705-3

Jost, J. S., Kaireit, T. F., Auber, B., Beller, J., Schmidt-Ott, K. M., Schmitt, R., & Wulfmeyer, V. C. (2023). Prevalence of pericardial effusion in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Clinical Kidney Journal, sfad181. doi. org/10.1093/ckj/sfad181

Beller, J. (2023). Loneliness and mortality: The moderating effect of positive affect. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 15(1), 49-65. doi. org/10.1111/aphw.12354

Hollstein MM, Schober A, Treudler R, Becker S, Epping J, Hamelmann E, Taube C, Wagenmann M, Wedi B, Worm M, Zink A, Buhl T, Werfel T, Traidl S (2023). Current situation of allergological health care at German hospitals. JDDG: Journal of the German Dermatological Society. 2023:1-8. doi. org/10.1111/ddg.15123

Schober AK, Hollstein MM, Treudler R, Becker S, Epping J, Hamelmann E, Taube C, Wagenmann M, Wedi B, Worm M, Zink A, Buhl T, Werfel T, Traidl S (2023). Limited Reimbursement and Underuse of Digital Healthcare Concepts Are Major Barriers to Clinical Allergological Care in Germany. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology,184 (6): 598-608. doi. org/10.1159/000529708

Benzinger L, Epping J, Ursin F, Salloch S. Artificial Intelligence to support ethical decision-making for incapacitated patients: a survey among German anesthesiologists and internists. BMC Medical Ethics. 2024;25(1):78. doi. org/10.1186/s12910-024-01079-z

Epping J, Müller A, Mond L, de Zwaan M. Prevalence of Depression 3 Years before and 3 Years after Obesity Surgery: Sex-Stratified Case-Control Study Using German Health Insurance Claims Data between 2009 and 2015. Obesity Facts, 2025. doi. org/10.1159/000543407

Publications of the years 2018-2021

Beller J, Bauersachs J, Schafer A, Schwettmann L, Heier M, Peters A, Meisinger C, Geyer S. (2020). Diverging Trends in Age at First Myocardial Infarction: Evidence from Two German Population-Based Studies. Scientific Reports. 2020;10(1). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66291-4Beller J, Epping J. Disability trends in Europe by age-period-cohort analysis: Increasing disability in younger cohorts. Disability and Health Journal. 2021;14(1). doi. org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100948

Beller J, Regidor E, Lostao L, Miething A, Kroger C, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff F, Sperlich S, Geyer S (2020). Decline of depressive symptoms in Europe: differential trends across the lifespan. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2021;56(7):1249-62. doi. org/10.1007/s00127-020-01979-6

Epping J, Geyer S, Eberhard S, Tetzlaff J. Completely different or quite similar? The socio-demographic structure of the AOK Lower Saxony compared to the general and working population in Lower Saxony and Germany. [Completely Different or Quite similar? The Sociodemographic Structure of the AOK Lower Saxony in Comparison to the General and Working Population in Lower Saxony and the Federal Republic of Germany]. Gesundheitswesen. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2052-6477

Epping J, Safieddine B, Geyer S, Tetzlaff J. Are prevalences in survey and routine data comparable? Comparison of heart attack prevalence rates in health insurance data from the AOK Lower Saxony and in data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1). [Are prevalence rates comparable in survey and routine data? Analysis of prevalence rates of myocardial infarction in claims data of the AOK Lower Saxony and in data of German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1)]. Public Health, AGENS Supplement: Secondary Data - Methods and Findings. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1649-7575

Grasshoff J, Beller J, Kuhlmann BG, Geyer S (2021). Increasingly capable at the ripe old age? Cognitive abilities from 2004 to 2013 in Germany, Spain, and Sweden. Plos One. 2021;16(7). doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254038

Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Epping J, Lange K, Geyer S (2021). Development of comorbidities in type 2 diabetes between 2005 and 2017 using German claims data. Scientific Reports. 2021;11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90611-x.

Sperlich S, Klar MK, Safieddine B, Tetzlaff F, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S. Life stage-specific trends in educational inequalities in health-related quality of life and self-rated health between 2002 and 2016 in Germany: findings from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP). Bmj Open. 2021;11(3). doi. org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042017

Weidemann F, Decker S, Epping J, Örgel M, Krettek C, Kühn C, Wilhelmi M. Analysis of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in trauma patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case series. The International Journal of Artificial Organs 2021; https://doi.org/10.1177/0391398820980736

Noeres D, Sperlich S, Röbbel L, Safieddine B, Deuker JU, Hillemanns P, Ismaéel F, Moser A, Noeding K-H, Noesselt T, Pape J, Park-Simon T-W, Peschel S, Seifert W, Siggelkow W, Thoma M, Uleer C, Geyer S (2021). Predictors of utilization and initiation of oncological rehabilitation after breast cancer. Rehabilitation (Stuttg). 2021;60(02):86-94. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1361-4028

Beller J, Regidor E, Lostao L, Miething A, Kroger C, Safieddine B, et al. Decline of depressive symptoms in Europe: differential trends across the lifespan. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2021;56(7):1249-62.

Tetzlaff F, Epping J, Golpon H, Tetzlaff J. Compression, expansion, or maybe both? Growing inequalities in lung cancer in Germany. Plos One. 2020;15(11).

Tetzlaff J, Geyer S, Tetzlaff F, Epping J. Income inequalities in stroke incidence and mortality: Trends in stroke-free and stroke-affected life years based on German health insurance data. Plos One. 2020;15(1).

Safieddine B, Sperlich S, Beller J, Lange K, Epping J, Tetzlaff J, et al. Socioeconomic inequalities in type 2 diabetes in employed individuals, nonworking spouses and pensioners. SSM - Population Health. 2020;11.

Melk A, Schmidt B M W, Geyer S, Epping J. Sex disparities in dialysis initiation, access to waitlist, transplantation and transplant outcome in German patients with renal disease-A population based analysis. Plos One 2020;15(11).

Memaran N, Schwalba M, Borchert-Mörlichs B, von der Born J, Markefke S, Bauer E, von Wick A, Epping J, von Maltzahn N, Heyn-Schmidt I, Grams L, Homeyer D, Kerling A, Stiesch M, Tegtbur U, Haverich A, Melk A. Health and fitness of German schoolchildren. Overweight and obesity are significantly associated with cardiovascular risk factors. [Health and fitness of German schoolchildren. Overweight and obesity are significantly associated with cardiovascular risk factors]. Monthly Journal of Pediatrics 2020; 168(7):597-607.

Sperlich S, Tetzlaff J, Geyer S. Trends in good self-rated health in Germany between 1995 and 2014: do age and gender matter? International Journal of Public Health. 2019;64(6):921-33.

Blöte R, Memaran, N., Bianca, B.-M., Thurn-Valsassina, D, Goldschmidt, I, Beier, R, Sauer, M, Müller, C, Sarganas, G, Oh, J, Büscher, R, Kemper, M J, Sugianto, R I, Epping, J, Schmidt, B M W, Melk, A. Greater Susceptibility for Metabolic Syndrome in Pediatric Solid Organ and Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Transplantation, 2019; 103(10); 2024-2433. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002675

Otto F, de Wall S. Inpatient care for caregivers of relatives with dementia. Journal of General Practice 2019; ( 11). DOI: 10.3238/zfa.2019.0462–0467.

Melk A, Babitsch B, Borchert-Morlins B, Claas F, Dipchand A I, Eifert S, Eiz-Vesper B, Epping J, Falk C S, Foster B, Geyer S, Gjertson D, Greer M, Haubitz M, Lau A, Maecker-Kolhoff B, Memaran N, Messner H A, Ostendorf K, Samuel U, Schmidt B M W, Tullius S G, West L, Wong G, Zimmermann T, Berenguer M. Equally Interchangeable? How Sex and Gender Affect Transplantation. Transplantation, 2019; 103(6), 1094-1110. doi:10.1097/tp.0000000000002655

Stahmeyer JT, Geyer S, Epping J, Tetzlaff J, Eberhard S. Expenditure trends in statutory health insurance and the influence of demographic change. Federal Health Gazette-Health Research-Health Protection. 2018;61(4):432-41.

Sperlich S. Non-occupational stress and cardiovascular disease. Actuel Cardiol 2018;7: 363-367.

Otto F. Maternal health: constantly in charge. German Midwifery Journal 2018; 70 (5):68-72.

Publications of the years 2015-2017

Tetzlaff J, Muschik D, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S. (2017). Expansion or compression of multimorbidity? 10-year development of life years spent in multimorbidity based on health insurance claims data of Lower Saxony, Germany. Int J Public Health. DOI 10.1007/s00038-017-0962-9

Otto F. (2017). Child health in mother-child interventions. Kinder- und Jugendarzt 48 (11), pp. 68-72. Available online at kinder-undjugendarzt.de/download/48.(66.)Jahrgang2017/KJA_11-17_Web.pdf

Muschik D, Tetzlaff J, Lange K, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S. (2017). Change in life expectancy with type 2 diabetes: a study using claims data from Lower Saxony, Germany. Population Health Metrics 15:5. DOI 10.1186/s12963-017-0124-6

Tetzlaff J, Junius-Walker U, Muschik D, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S (2016). Identifying time trends in multimorbidity-defining multimorbidity in times of changing diagnostic practices. J Public Health. DOI 10.1007/s10389-016-0771-2

Muschik D, Icks A, Tetzlaff J, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S (2016). Morbidity compression, morbidity expansion, or dynamicequilibrium? The time trend of AOK-insured patients with type 2 diabetes in Lower Saxony, Germany. J Public Health. DOI 10.1007/s10389-016-0756-1

Geyer, S., Koch-Gießelmann, H., & Noeres, D. (2015). Coping with breast cancer and relapse: Stability of coping and long-term outcomes in an observational study over 10 years", Social Science and Medicine 135: 92-98.

Epping J, de Zwaan M, Geyer S (2017). Healthier after psychotherapy? Secondary data analysis of periods of incapacity for work before and after outpatient behavioral therapy, depth psychology-based and analytical psychotherapy. Psychother Psych Med https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-120346

Epping J, Muschik D, Geyer S. (2017). Social inequalities in the utilization of outpatient psychotherapy: analyses of registry data from German statutory health insurance. Int J Equity Health 16:147. link

Barre, F., Epping, J. (2017). Changes in the utilization of health insurance benefits before and after a father-child intervention. Gesundheitswesen, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-104214.

Tetzlaff J, Muschik D, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S. (2017). Expansion or compression of multimorbidity? 10-year development of life years spent in multimorbidity based on health insurance claims data of Lower Saxony, Germany. Int J Public Health. DOI 10.1007/s00038-017-0962-9

Muschik D, Tetzlaff J, Lange K, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S. (2017). Change in life expectancy with type 2 diabetes: a study using claims data from Lower Saxony, Germany. Population Health Metrics 15:5. DOI 10.1186/s12963-017-0124-6

Tetzlaff J, Junius-Walker U, Muschik D, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S (2016). Identifying time trends in multimorbidity-defining multimorbidity in times of changing diagnostic practices. J Public Health. DOI 10.1007/s10389-016-0771-2

Muschik D, Icks A, Tetzlaff J, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S (2016). Morbidity compression, morbidity expansion, or dynamicequilibrium? The time trend of AOK-insured patients with type 2 diabetes in Lower Saxony, Germany. J Public Health. DOI 10.1007/s10389-016-0756-1

Swart, E., Gothe, H., Geyer, S., Jaunzeme, J., Maier, B., Grobe, T.G., Ihle, P. Good Practice Secondary Data Analysis (GPS): Guidelines and Recommendations. 3rd version; Version 2012/2014. Healthcare 2015; 77(02): 120-126

Sperlich S, Barre F, Otto F (2016). Gratification crises in domestic and family work - statistical testing of the questionnaire on fathers with underage children. Psychother Psych Med 66: 57-66.

Sperlich S (2016). Action-oriented perspectives on health and illness. In: Richter M, Hurrelmann K (eds) Sociology of Health and Illness. Springer VS Wiesbaden, pp. 41-54.

Sperlich S, Geyer S (2015). The mediating effect of effort-reward imbalance in household and family work on the relationship between education and women's health. Soc Sci Med, 131: 58-65.

Sperlich S, Arnhold-Kerri S, Geyer S (2015). ERI-HF. Questionnaire for measuring gratification crises in domestic and family work In: Richter D, Brähler E, Ernst J (eds.). Diagnostic procedures for counseling and therapy of couples and families. Diagnostics for Clinical Department and Practice - Volume 8, 1st edition, 2015, Hogrefe Verlag

Publications before 2015