- Diabetes Management and Education
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Health and Medical Studies
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Education Methods and Technologies
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
University of Cologne
2019-2024
Centrum für Integrierte Onkologie
2024
University Hospital Cologne
2021-2024
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and coronary artery disease (CAD) are chronic illnesses where adherence to a healthy lifestyle is crucial. If organisational cultural factors well managed, Peer support programs (PSP) can improve self-management, quality of life, health outcomes. In preparation for launching PSP, we surveyed family doctors (FD) about their attitudes toward such program potential barriers, facilitators.In March 2020 896 FDs from five university teaching practice networks in North-Rhine...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and coronary heart disease (CHD) are two chronic diseases that cause a tremendous burden. To reduce this burden, several programmes for optimising the care these have been developed. In Germany, so-called management (DMPs), which combine components of Disease Management Chronic Care Model, applied. These DMPs proven effective. Nevertheless, there opportunities improvement. Current rarely address self-management disease, make no use peer support, provide...
Comprehensive general medical care is endangered by the socio-demographic development of population as well recruitment problems in medicine. Medical students' interest medicine increases if they experience their internships positively. However, characteristics teaching practice important to students have not been systematically investigated.We conducted four focus groups with a total 22 students. The group discussions were recorded, transcribed, and evaluated means qualitative content...
Background Primary care research networks can generate important information in the setting where most patients are seen and treated. However, this requires a suitable IT infrastructure (ITI), which North Rhine-Westphalian general practice network is looking to implement. Objective This mixed methods study aims evaluate (study 1) requirements for an ITI 2) usability of solution already available on market, FallAkte Plus (FA+) system network, comprises 8 primary university institutes...
Abstract Background Chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease cause medical, social, economic burdens worldwide. Disease management programs in Germany mostly lack components to improve patients’ self-management health-promoting lifestyles despite clear guideline recommendations. Therefore, a Personalized Self-Management Support Program (P-SUP) was developed, which includes: (1) peer support groups; (2) telephone coaching; (3) feedback reports and, (4) web...
Population Medicine considers the following types of articles:• Research Papers -reports data from original research or secondary dataset analyses.• Review -comprehensive, authoritative, reviews within journal's scope.These include both systematic and narrative reviews.• Short Reports -brief reports research.• Policy Case Studies articles on policy development at a regional national level.• Study Protocols -articles describing protocol study.• Methodology -papers that present different...
Population Medicine considers the following types of articles:• Research Papers -reports data from original research or secondary dataset analyses.• Review -comprehensive, authoritative, reviews within journal's scope.These include both systematic and narrative reviews.• Short Reports -brief reports research.• Policy Case Studies articles on policy development at a regional national level.• Study Protocols -articles describing protocol study.• Methodology -papers that present different...
Einleitung Disease-Management-Programme (DMP) für Typ-2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) und die Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK) sollen Patient:innen eine leitliniengerechte Behandlung ermöglichen. Die Förderung des Bewegungs- Ernährungsverhaltens gelten zwar als integraler Bestandteil der T2DM KHK, zielgerichtete Unterstützung bei Umsetzung gibt es nicht. Zur Weiterentwicklung DMP wurde ein Personalisiertes Selbstmanagement-Unterstützungsprogramm (P-SUP) entwickelt, das Komponenten...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Primary care research networks can generate important information in the setting where most patients are seen and treated. However, this requires a suitable IT infrastructure (ITI), which North Rhine-Westphalian general practice network is looking to implement. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This mixed methods study aims evaluate (study 1) requirements for an ITI 2) usability of solution already available on market, FallAkte Plus (FA+) system network,...
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and coronary heart disease (CHD) are two chronic diseases that cause a tremendous burden.To reduce this burden, several programmes for optimising the care these have been developed.In Germany, so-called management (DMPs), which combine components of Disease Management Chronic Care Model, applied.These DMPs proven effective.Nevertheless, there opportunities improvement.Current rarely address self-management disease, make no use peer support, provide...