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391. [BIPS Project] Drug safety in children and adolescents (a) off-label use and safety of neuroleptic and antidepressive medication, (b) safety of psycho-stimulant therapy

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=475&cHash=136233cc6b32a1b221c0abfee0baa5e3
Date: 01-11-12

In paediatric populations, drugs are frequently prescribed off-label (not in accordance with the approved age range or indications). This is also true for psychotropic drugs. Studies found that up to…

392. [BIPS Project] Eating healthy made easy - Developing ways to support a healthy diet for people with mental disabilities in residential homes

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=838&cHash=bfecb854041d1cb8c044a4effd2b353a
Date: 01-12-19

[FETT]Aim of the project[/FETT] The project aimed to improve the nutritional situation of people with disabilities in the setting "stationary living" of Lebenshilfe Bremen…

393. [BIPS Project] Elevated polygenic cancer risk scores in a German population sample: prevalence, risk factors and attitudes towards risk-adapted screening (NACOP)

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=1072&cHash=fce220987753e63db40b96aa671ec64a
Date: 01-02-25

The increasing availability of tools for cancer risk prediction, such as polygenic risk scores (PRS) combined with other factors, opens up promising avenues for risk-adapted cancer screening. The…

394. [BIPS Project] Empowering healthy lifestyle behaviour through personalised intervention portfolios to prevent and control obesity during vulnerable stages of life

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=1006&cHash=c18f15e43ac66693ba75c61a4034b800
Date: 01-05-23

Overweight and especially obesity are complex issues influenced by a variety of factors, including family structures, lifestyle, living conditions, and socioeconomic resources. Additionally,…

395. [BIPS Project] Environmental and behavioral interventions for the prevention of childhood overweight - Development of a system for documentation and evaluation

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=662&cHash=050cf3dbb4fee062c77181351cbfab02
Date: 01-02-16

The ‚DEVACHECK’-project is funded by the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA). The focus of this study lies on interventions for the prevention of childhood overweight targeting the environment…

396. [BIPS Project] Epidemiological database study investigating the risk of diabetic complications in type 2 diabetes patients treated with different antidiabetics

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=398&cHash=2cbe4271b37dfe11aa6d8b77860f03be
Date: 01-03-10

Cardiovascular diseases are the most common comorbidities in diabetics and account for the high morbidity and mortality among these patients. Several studies emphasised the role of a proper…

397. [BIPS Project] Epidemiological methods and experiences in research projects on child and adolescent health

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=835&cHash=25a7b2f6ca2a434f686e1956adc6df85
Date: 01-01-20

In this project, both partners from the Peking University in China and the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS in Germany mutually investigate risk factors for child and…

398. [BIPS Project] Epidemiological study to investigate the utilization of the new anticoagulant rivaroxaban after market launch in Germany

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=421&cHash=ba6647a2ce1f2b7f62eaa0c6be5acc73
Date: 01-12-10

Rivaroxaban (Xarelto®) is a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) approved by the European Medicine Agency (EMA) in 2008 for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing elec-tive hip…

399. [BIPS Project] Errors in autobiographical memory and their effects in time-to-event analysis (Project in the Priority Programme "Survey Methodology and Statistics")

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=215&cHash=cdfe24614a6c8b79d2e4f8f6a2de100b
Date: 01-03-08

The aim of this project was the evaluation of the nature and extend of memory errors in retrospectively collected datings in a sociological and an epidemiological survey. The effects of memory errors…

400. [BIPS Project] European medical information framework

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=473&cHash=f62456abfee248c8bd7c9b1a0b81e333
Date: 01-01-13

In Europe, a considerable number of data bases exist, which include patient health information. However, these data are commonly stored in a fragmented way in different systems and locations, thereby…