Health Surveillance at Constructor University Bremen (CUB) and Among HAW-Hamburg Employees

ConditionsSocial Isolation or Loneliness Anxiety Anxiety Depression (Mild or Not Persistent)Health Behavior Observational Study Stress, Psychological Emotional Stress Life Stress Psychological Stress Stress, Emotional Stress (Psychology)Substance Abuse Substance Addiction Substance Dependence Substance Use

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot listed

Trial typeObservational

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorJacobs University Bremen gGmbH

About this trial

The aim of Health Surveillance is to analyze and describe the state of health of students at Constructor University, key influencing factors and individual resources by using mixed-method design.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

English language skills

Reading and writing skills

Internet access

Student status

Disqualifiers

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) and severe psychiatric disorders (e.g., severe depression)

Trial population

This project contains three phases, the first one is quantitative phase (2025), the second one is qualitative phase (Dec 2025-April 2026) and the third one is again quantitative phase (2026). All Constructor University students and employees at HAW Hamburg who wish to take part in the study will be included. In the quantitative phase, Iinclusion criteria are english English language for CU students and German language for HAW employees, reading and writing skills, internet access and student status. In the qualitative phase, the inclusion criteria are English or Chinese language and between 18-30 years old. Before the start of the survey period and directly before the start of the online survey or interview, all participants will receive all relevant study information and actively declare their consent to participate in the study.

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Cross-sectional

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

363 Participants

are grouped into 1 trial group

Group A: students

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

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 Loneliness in private and study context - 9 Items (Techniker Krankenkasse, 2024), Range 1 (often) - 4 (never), higher scores mean better outcomes

Time frame

2025 and 2026 (no matching)

Health literacy

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

2025 and 2026 (no matching)

Secondary outcomes

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

2025 and 2026 (no matching)

Subjective health status

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

Time frame

2025

Student satisfaction

Student satisfaction - 1 Item (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

2025 and 2026 (no matching)

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

2025

Other outcomes

Artificial intelligence and digital technology use

Artificial intelligence and digital technology use - 1 Item (adapted from Jerusalem \& Schwarzer, 1999), 1 Item (adapted from Zhang, Tan, Chew, Hew, \& Choo, 2025), 2 Items (adapted from Chen, Y., Chen, G., \& Chen, J., 2026), 3 Items (Norman \& Skinner, 2006)\]

Time frame

2026

Democratic competences

• Democratic competences - 4 Items (Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2025; Die Einsamkeit junger Menschen ist eine Gefahr für die Demokratie)

Time frame

2026