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CompletedNCT07089914HAW_HS2025Updated Sep 25, 2026

Health Surveillance at University of Applied Science Hamburg (HAW)

An observational study in Social Isolation or Loneliness, Anxiety and Anxiety Acute, sponsored by Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH. Completed at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-25.

Sponsored by Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
679
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of Health Surveillance 2025 is to analyze and describe the state of health of employees at University of Applied Science Hamburg, key influencing factors and individual resources.

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The aim of Health Surveillance 2025 is to analyze and describe the state of health of students at University of Applied Science Hamburg (HAW), key influencing factors and individual resources. In areas where there is a need for action, the Health Surveillance can provide detailed insights and/or in-depth analyses. The Health Surveillance thus provides information on health-related topics and delivers scientifically sound information as a basis for health-promoting discussions in the subsequent follow-up process at various levels (e.g. faculties). In addition, the Health Surveillance 2025 at University of Applied Science Hamburg contributes to comparability with surveys at other German universities through the use of validated and standardized measuring instruments.

Main hypotheses are

  1. The Health Surveillance 2025 gives insights into state of health of employess at HAW, key influencing factors and individual resources.
  2. With the Health Surveillance 2025 the health-promotion at HAW can be guided and promotion of mental health (including the reduction of loneliness and discrimination) can be strengthened.
  3. The health of employees, their perceived loneliness and discrimination/minorization (disadvantage) interrelates with participation in health promoting activities?
  4. Recommendations can be derived for qualification and skills training of multipliers for health-promoting behavior (e.g., MHFA-peers)?
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Conditions studied

  • Social Isolation or Loneliness
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Acute
  • Anxiety Depression
  • Health Behavior
  • Health Behavior Change
  • Observational Study
  • Working Adults
  • Conditions Influencing Health Status
  • Anxiety Depression (Mild or Not Persistent)
  • Social Isolation

Keywords

  • Healthy employees
  • Health literacy
  • Disability
  • Age
  • Gender
  • work characteristics
  • PHQ-4
  • Self-efficacy
  • Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
  • Subjective health status
  • Job satisfaction
  • UCLA-LS
  • HEI-Stress
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

All University of Applied Sciences Hamburg employees who wish to take part in the study will be included. Inclusion criteria are germanEnglish language, reading and writing skills, internet access and employee status. Before the start of the survey period and directly before the start of the online survey, all participants will receive all relevant study information and actively declare their consent to participate in the study.

Inclusion criteria

  • German language skills
  • Reading and writing skills
  • Internet access
  • Employee status
  • Consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Illiteracy
  • Massively limited cognitive abilities i.e. linguistic components of the digital offerings must be able to be used, and questionnaires completed, or interviews participated in)
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
679 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • employees

    employees at University of Applied Science

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Health literacy

    10 Items (Lenartz, Söllner \& Rudinger, 2014), Range 1 (does not apply/trifft überhaupt nicht zu) - 4 (does fully apply/trifft genau zu), higher scores mean a better outcome

    Time frame: baseline

  2. Loneliness

    University of California Los Angelese Loneliness Scale (UCLA-LS) - 3 Items (Schobin, Arriagada \& Gibson-Kunze, 2024), Range 1 (never/nie) - 5 (very often/sehr oft), higher scores mean a worse outcome

    Time frame: Baseline

Secondary outcomes

  1. Depression and anxiety

    Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4) - 4 Items (Kroenke, Spitzer, Williams \& Löwe, 2009), Range 0 (not at all/überhaupt nicht) - 3 (nearly every day/beinahe jeden Tag), higher scores mean worse outcome

    Time frame: baseline

  2. Subjective health status

    1 Item (WHO, 1996); Range 1 (very good/sehr gut) - 5 (very poor/schlecht), higher score means worse outcome

    Time frame: baseline

  3. Job satisfaction

    Student satisfaction - 4 Items (Westermann, Heise, Spies \& Trautwein, 1996), Range 0 (not at all satisfied/gar nicht zufrieden) - 100 (completely satisfied/vollkommen zufrieden), higher scores mean better outcome

    Time frame: baseline

  4. HEI-Stress

    Higher Education Institution Stress (HEI-Stress) - 3 Items (Schmidt, Sieverding, Scheiter \& Obergfell, 2013), Range 0 (not at all stressed/gar nicht gestresst) - 100 (very stressed/sehr gestresst), higher scores mean worse outcome

    Time frame: baseline

  5. Self-efficacy

    5 Items (Jerusalem \& Schwarzer, 1999), Range 1 (not at all true/ stimmt nicht) - 4 (exacty true/ stimmt genau) higher scores mean better outcome

    Time frame: baseline

  6. Health behaviour

    3 Items (Burian, Lehnchen, Deptolla, Heinrichs \& Stock, 2023) - Range 0 (0 day/ 0 Tage) - 6 (7 days/ 7 Tage) \& 1 (I don't eat any fruits or vegetables/ Ich esse keine Früchte oder Gemüse) - 4 (5 portions or more/ 5 Portionen oder mehr) - higher scores mean better outcome

    Time frame: baseline

  7. University in transition

    7 Items (Burian, Lehnchen, Deptolla, Heinrichs \& Stock, 2023) - Range 1 (exactly true/ trifft sehr zu) - 4 (not at all true/ trifft überhaupt nicht zu) - higher scores mean worse outcome

    Time frame: baseline

Other outcomes

  1. Discriminiation

    1 Item (SOEP-IS Group, 2022) Range 1 (yes/ ja) - 2 (no/ nein) \& 1 Item (DZHW, 2022) multiple choice

    Time frame: baseline

  2. Corporate Culture (MOLA)

    20 Items (Unfallkasse Bahn Bund) - Range 1 (not at all true/ trifft überhaupt nicht zu) - 4 (exactly true/ trifft sehr zu) - higher scores mean better outcome

    Time frame: baseline

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hamburg University of Applied Sciences/Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW Hamburg)
    Hamburg, 21033, Germany
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References and documents

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07089914
Lead sponsor
Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH
Collaborators
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 29, 2025
Start date
May 14, 2025
Primary completion
Jul 30, 2025
Completion
Dec 31, 2025
Last update
Sep 25, 2026

Study contacts

Sonia Lippke, Prof. Dr.
principal investigator · Constructor University Bremen gGmbH & HAW Hamburg

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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