Safieddine, B., Geyer, S., Sperlich, S. et al. Factors associated with health-related quality of life in women with paid work at breast cancer diagnosis: a German repeated cross-sectional study over the first five years after primary surgery. BMC Cancer 25, 98 (2025). h ttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-13491-8

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

Grasshoff, J, Safieddine, B, Sperlich, S, Beller J. (2025). Gender differences in psychosomatic complaints across occupations and time from 2006 to 2018 in Germany: a repeated cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 25, 409. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21462-8

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, 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

Beller J, Sperlich S, Epping J, Safieddine B, Hegewald J, Tetzlaff J. Sociodemographic differences in low back pain: which subgroups of workers are most vulnerable? BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2024;25(1):852. doi:10.1186/s12891-024-07970-5

Safieddine B, Grasshoff J, Geyer S, Sperlich S, Epping J, Beller J (2024). 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(1):1231. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18705-5

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

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

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

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

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

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

Epping J*, Safieddine B*, Geyer S, Tetzlaff J (2021). Are prevalences in survey and routine data comparable? Prevalence of myocardial infarction in health insurance data from the AOK Lower Saxony and in data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1). Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1649-7575.*-Shared first authorship

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, 11(1). https://doi.org/ 10.1038/s41598-021-90611-x.

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, 33(3-4):205-216.https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264320970324

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, 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.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100758

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). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042017

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

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: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1044

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

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.

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.

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).