title: [Patient questionnaire for an epidemiologic cancer registry--results of an initial trial].
abstract: For the first time a patient questionnaire was employed for an epidemiologic cancer registry to complete special history data routinely. After a successful pretest in 1995 it is being employed in the region Weser-Ems (Lower Saxony) since March 1996. The quality criterion completeness increased compared to the previously used sheet for history data, which had be filled in by the doctor. The quota of missing questionnaires is 10% and may be lowered by efficient measures. The occupational data should be used critically for comparison with other data sources (e.g. Bundesanstalt für Arbeit [BfA]) or studies, because the code used by the BfA has been designed for other purposes and cannot be applied to investigations of occupational cancer risks. The geographical relation to cancer will be difficult to estimate because of the obvious mobility of the people.
authors.affiliation: Städtische Kliniken Oldenburg.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menke
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Illiger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires