Table 3.

Topics, sub-categories, and sources of the responder questionnaire used in RHESA-CARE

Topic	Sub-categories	Source
Cardiovascular disease	Previous MI, cardiac interventions	Adopted from CARLA
	symptomatic, situation while AMI, stroke, angina pectoris, dyspnoea, fluid retention, atrial fibrillation, blood pressure, cholesterol levels	Adopted from MONICA/KORA and KORA-DMP
	First aid	RHESA-CARE
Diabetes	Type of diabetes, intervention, blood sugar concentration, interval of measurement	Adopted from MONICA/KORA
Utilization of medical services	Consultation rates, medical assistance, patient education (blood pressure, diabetes, haemodilution), DMP programs	Adopted from MONICA/KORA and KORA-DMP
	family doctor	RHESA-CARE
Rehabilitation	Cardiac rehabilitation, heart training groups	RHESA-CARE
Life style	Smoking behaviour	Adopted from BGS98-Questionaire [27]
	BMI, physical activity	Adopted from MONICA/KORA
Medication	Medication before/after AMI, medication use	Adopted from MONICA/KORA, MMAS4 ([28, 29]) also used in MONICA/KORA
Health condition	Health condition	EQ-5D-3L [30] also used in MONIKA/KORA
	Depression	GDS [31, 32]
Care dependency	Care level before/after AMI, use of care service before/after AMI	Adopted from MONICA/KORA
Social status	Socio-economic and employment status	Adopted from CARLA, DIOS [33], and IRENA
	Health insurance	Adopted from MONICA/KORA