A5018928166- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Family Support in Illness
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Ethics in medical practice
- Health and Medical Studies
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Biomedical and Chemical Research
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
2016-2025
Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken
2017-2024
Klinikum Würzburg Mitte
2024
European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society
2022-2024
University of Würzburg
2018-2023
Klinik und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie
2023
Background: Symptoms of anxiety, depression, and cancer-related fatigue are commonly associated with cancer. Cancer patients increasingly use complementary alternative treatments, such as yoga, to cope psychological physical impairments. In the present article, long-term changes in cancer examined 6 months after a yoga intervention. Method: We used an observational design based on randomized controlled study mixed diagnoses evaluate symptoms end therapy. measured anxiety Generalized Anxiety...
Abstract Purpose Examine the effects of an 8-week yoga therapy on fatigue in patients with different types cancer. Methods A total 173 cancer suffering from mild to severe were randomly allocated intervention ( n = 84) (IG) versus waitlist control group (CG) 88). Yoga consisted eight weekly sessions 60 min each. The primary outcome was self-reported symptoms. Secondary outcomes symptoms depression and quality life (QoL). Data assessed using questionnaires before (T0) after for IG waiting...
Dignity Therapy (DT) is a short-term intervention to reduce psychological suffering in end-of-life care. Its strength lies evidenced-based development and investigation. The aim of the present study investigate feasibility DT at German palliative care units (PCU), as well acceptability adaption version question protocol (DTQP). A clinical multicentre mixed methods study, whereby patients relatives provided quantitative (feedback questionnaires) qualitative (cognitive interviews) data on...
Many cancer patients suffer from symptoms of anxiety, depression, and fatigue. Supportive treatments are increasingly used to alleviate distress in cancer. In this study, the effects yoga on these examined.We performed a randomized controlled study with mixed diagnoses comparing therapy waiting list control group. We measured anxiety General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale, depressive Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), fatigue European Organisation for Research Treatment Cancer Fatigue...
Cancer patients often suffer from psychological symptoms and need support. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, eHealth interventions might be helpful to overcome obstacles of pandemic. This study evaluates effectiveness a video sequence-based intervention on anxiety, fatigue, depression in cancer patients.Patients (N = 157) with different tumor entities were randomly assigned group (IG) waiting control (CG). Patients IG received comprising 8 sequences over 4 weeks. The videos included...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition that frequently associated with cognitive disorders. These can arise directly from the primary disease, or be triggered by external factors in susceptible individuals due to PD other predisposing factors. The disorders encompass PD-associated impairment (PD-CI), delirium, treatment-associated side effects, non-motor fluctuations, and psychosis. Accurate diagnosis of delirium crucial because it often stems an underlying may severe...
Abstract Background A multi-professional, post-graduate, one-week palliative care training program was piloted in November 2019 at the University of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. formal evaluation this performed. Methods This is a comparative, retrospective outcome-based an educational intervention. Participants completed forms end course (post-intervention = T1), covering demographics, comparative self-assessment (40 items, 6-point Likert scale), organizational aspects, and general feedback...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing restricted psycho-oncological care. Therefore, this secondary analysis examines changes in anxiety, fear of progression, fatigue, and depression cancer patients after a video-based eHealth intervention. We used prospective observational design with 155 mixed tumor entities. Data were assessed before intervention at three-month follow-up using self-reported questionnaires (GAD-7, FOP-Q-SF, PHQ-8, EORTC QLQ-FA12). The eight videos included...
Abstract Objective To examine the efficacy of reminder e-mails to continue yoga therapy on practice frequency and fatigue in cancer patients long-term effects fatigue, depression, quality life. Methodology One hundred two who completed an 8-week were randomly allocated groups: ( N = 51) vs. no-reminder group 51). After completing therapy, received weekly for 24 weeks, which reminded them practicing yoga, whereas did not. Primary outcomes frequency, Data assessed using questionnaires after...
Almost 90% of cancer patients suffer from symptoms fatigue during treatment. Supporting treatments are increasingly used to alleviate the burden fatigue. This study examines short-term and long-term effects yoga on effect weekly reminder e-mails exercise frequency symptoms.The aim first part will evaluate effectiveness for with mixed diagnoses reporting We randomly allocate 128 an intervention group (N = 64) receiving a wait-list control 9 weeks later. The therapy be performed in sessions 60...
Objective Cancer patients often need professional help to alleviate their psychosocial distress. However, not all express needs. In this study, we explored possible barriers patients' expressing needs, contents of needs difficult express, and conditions facilitating needs.Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews with 29 oncological inpatient rehabilitation patients, 7 members self-help groups, 10 health professionals. analyzed data structuring content analysis.Results Fear...
The high incidence combined with the lethality and bad prognosis of lung cancer highlight need for psycho-oncological care both patients their relatives. While psychological interventions relatives might be helpful, further research on impact specific is necessary. Therefore, this trial aims to evaluate structured counseling based Managing Cancer And Living Meaningfully (CALM) approach compared usual care. In addition, we explore support patients' mental health outcomes.