2.3. Recruitment
RECRUITMENT
The current study recruited participants from the HeReCa panel (Health Related Beliefs and Health Care Experiences in Germany). This panel was initiated in 2019 by the Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and has already been used in a couple of studies related to health-related beliefs and health-care experiences.Our study addressed the entire group of 241 new HeReCa panel members gained during the recent recruitment wave in Berlin. For this group, our study was the first study for these new panel members.