Doctor, Medication and Self-Treatment

Topics: Composition of the medicine chest; frequency of shopping for medications; detailed information on type of health complaints in the last year; conduct with tooth complaints and frequency of trips to the dentist; family doctor or individual doctor; significance and subject area of the family doctor; subject area of doctors consulted; judgement on the influence of advertising for pharmaceuticals on the prescription practice of the doctor; sources of purchase of medication in general and for self-treatments motivated by pharmaceutical advertising; trust in media or persons in recommending medication; desired prescription of medications; type of complaints, for which a desired medicine was prescribed; prescription of medications one had to pay for oneself; reason of the doctor for the self-payment; health complaints and practices with samples received from the doctor; conduct with minor complaints and type of household remedy used; use of medication not used up; knowledge about perishability of tablets, drops and syrups; supposed causes of physical complaints; participation in protective vaccinations and medical check-ups; type of complaints and conduct with sensitivity to changes in the weather; sensitivity to pain, pain localization and self-help measures.

Demography: age; marital status; religious denomination; school education; occupation; employment; household income; size of household; head of household.