A5043434544- Health and Medical Studies
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Research Data Management Practices
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Data Quality and Management
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Family Support in Illness
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Libraries and Information Services
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Physical Activity and Health
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
University of Freiburg
2019-2024
University Medical Center Freiburg
2018-2024
Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie
2019-2024
Zimmer Biomet (Netherlands)
2022-2023
Zimmer Biomet (United States)
2023
Fichtner (Germany)
2022
Zimmer Biomet (Germany)
2022
Universität Hamburg
2022
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
2022
University of Fribourg
2020
Background The high proportion of people with overweight and obesity has become a worldwide problem in recent decades, mainly due to health consequences, such as cardiovascular diseases, neoplasia, type 2 diabetes mellitus. Regarding effective countermeasures, the digitization services offers numerous potentials, which, however, have not yet been sufficiently evaluated. Web-based programs are becoming increasingly interactive can provide individuals long-term weight management support....
Early diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis is critical to prevent joint damage and functional incapacities. However, the discrepancy between recommendations early reality remarkable. The Rheuma-VOR study aimed improve time patients with by coordinating cooperation primary care physicians, specialists in Germany.
Web-based lifestyle interventions have attracted considerable research interest. Available evidence on such suggests health-promoting effects, but further is needed. Therefore, this study aims to investigate short-, medium-, and long-term health effects of a web-based program ("TK-HealthCoach", TK-HC) offered by national statutory insurance fund (Techniker Krankenkasse, TK). The comprises two randomized controlled clinical trials evaluate the goals "Increasing Fitness" (F
Urinary stone disease is a widespread with tremendous impact on those affected and societies around the globe. Nevertheless, clinical health care research in this area seem to lag far behind cardiovascular diseases or cancer. This may be due lack of an immediate deadly threat from therefore less public professional interest. However, patients suffer recurring, sometimes intense pain often must treated hospital. Long-term morbidity includes doubled rates chronic kidney arterial hypertension...
Personal behavior patterns, such as unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity, lead to the development overweight obesity. These are associated with other comorbidities, reduced quality life, premature frailty increased mortality. Personalized web-based interventions promising in inducing behavioral change leading effective reductions body weight at relatively low costs. However, long-term effects have not been thoroughly investigated. This work evaluates effectiveness interactive loss...
Background Cough is one of the most common symptoms in general and pulmonary medicine with profound negative impact on health-related quality life (HRQL). The Leicester Questionnaire (LCQ) a validated HRQL questionnaire, yet German version LCQ not available it has never been tested cohort sarcoidosis. Objectives To translate into determine its psychometric properties. Methods was translated forward-backward approach. Structured interviews sarcoidosis patients were performed. Subsequently,...
This randomized, controlled clinical trial examined the impact of a web-based weight loss intervention on diet quality. Furthermore, it was investigated whether corresponding changes in quality were associated with measures cardiovascular risk profile. Individuals body mass index (BMI) 27.5 to 34.9 kg/m2 and an age 18 65 y assigned either interactive fully automated program focusing dietary energy density (intervention) or non-interactive (control). Examinations performed at baseline (t0),...
The REHA-KNOWS study was conducted to identify research needs, explore attitudes and barriers towards health services as well investigate knowledge transfer strategies in rehabilitation facilities Southwest Germany. We designed a short online survey with 18 questions. From March May 2023, we surveyed representatives of two German Federal States (Baden-Wuerttemberg Saarland) using an questionnaire provided via Unipark
Purpose One of the currently debated changes in scientific practice is implementation data sharing requirements for peer-reviewed publication to increase transparency and intersubjective verifiability results. However, it seems that a not fully adopted behavior among researchers. The theory planned was repeatedly applied explain drivers from perspective donors (researchers). can be viewed another as well: survey participants. research questions (RQs) this study were follows: 1 Does...
Web-based lifestyle interventions are a new area of health research. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness an interactive web-based program on physical fitness and health. N = 189 healthy adults participated in 12-week (intervention) or non-interactive (control) program. The intervention provided to promote activity through individualized activities as part fully automated, multimodal control included information. Cardiorespiratory measured maximum oxygen uptake...
<b><i>Hintergrund:</i></b> Die Kooperation von Hausärzten mit ambulant und stationär tätigen Spezialisten ist in der Versorgung bei psychischen Störungen zentraler Bedeutung. Empirische Studien zum aktuellen Kooperationsgeschehen fehlen. Ziel war die Analyse Zusammenarbeit hausärztlichen, fachärztlichen psychologisch-psychotherapeutischen Behandlern ambulanten stationären Versorgung. <b><i>Methode:</i></b> Mittels eines Online- postalischen...
Kidney stones, like cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus, affect a large number of people. Patients suffer from acute pain, repeated hospitalizations associated secondary diseases, such as arterial hypertension renal insufficiency. This results in considerable costs for the society its health care system. The recurrence rate is high 50%. registry RECurrent URolithiasis (RECUR) aims to fill existing evidence gaps. prospective longitudinal RECUR funded by German Ministry Education...
Zusammenfassung Ziel der Studie In Deutschland besteht ein Bedarf an Interventionen zur Tabakentwöhnung, die niedrigschwellig verfügbar sind. Eine Lösung hierfür sind eHealth-Angebote; Forschung zu Benutzereindrücken und -zufriedenheit hinsichtlich dieser ist allerdings selten. Die vorliegende gewinnt detaillierte Erkenntnisse im Hinblick auf Nutzererfahrungen von Raucher*innen mit dem onlinebasierten „TK-NichtraucherCoaching“. Methodik 15 Nutzer*innen eines onlinebasierten,...
Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Um Forschungsergebnisse effektiv in der Gesundheitsversorgung anzuwenden, müssen sie verständlich und leicht zugänglich für alle Beteiligten präsentiert werden. Die REHA-KNOWS Studie Südwestdeutschland untersucht bestehende Wissenstransferstrategien medizinischen Rehabilitationszentren, identifiziert Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten erkundet die Forschungserfahrungen sowie -bedarfe Praxisvertreter:innen diesem Bereich, um zur Schließung Wissens-Praxis-Lücke beizutragen....
Abstract Background Artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced an explosive growth in the healthcare sector and scientific field. Large Language Models (LLMs) are investigated as potential tool to be used medical treatment, by e.g. producing doctor’s reports, supporting personalized medicine or educating patients. However, limitations broadly discussed addressing patient safety ethical concerns due false misleading content. Therefore, LLMs face criticism among users not only towards their...
Abstract Background Medical screening is extensively used across various disciplines for early disease detection and prevention of severe progression aiming to reduce disease-specific burden, improve quality life promote health. However, debated due unclear evidence its overall benefits from a public health perspective. Screening associated with improved behavior cost-effectiveness. studies identified adverse effects like psychosocial burden. Most results originate cancer it whether they are...
Background The advancement of Artificial Intelligence, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), is rapidly progressing. LLMs, such as OpenAI’s GPT, are becoming vital in scientific and medical processes, including text production, knowledge synthesis, translation, patient communication data analysis. However, the outcome quality needs to be evaluated assess full potential for usage statistical applications. LLMs show all research areas, teaching. Integrating research, education care poses...
Zusammenfassung Ziel Die REHA-KNOWS-Studie exploriert die Wahrnehmung von Praxisvertreter:innen südwestdeutscher Rehabilitationseinrichtungen hinsichtlich (Versorgungs-)Forschung und zeigt Nutzen Barrieren im Wissenstransfer aus Sicht der Praxis auf. Hierfür wurde ein Instrument mit 12 5-stufigen Items entwickelt, das in dieser Arbeit explorativ untersucht wird. Das umfasst Aussagen über Nutzen, Aufwand Mehrwert Reha-Forschungsprojekten sowie Rahmenbedingungen den Einrichtungen. Von März bis...
The implementation of an early detection program for liver cirrhosis in a general population has been discussed some time. Recently, the effectiveness structured screening procedure, called SEAL (Structured Early Asymptomatic Liver cirrhosis), using function tests (AST and ALT) APRI to detect advanced fibrosis participants German "Check-up 35" was investigated.This study identifies expected diagnostic costs routine care their drivers reports on prevailing CLD etiologies this check-up...
This study aimed to explore psychosocial consequences of (false) positive liver screening results and identify influencing factors for perceived strain within a multistage programme cirrhosis fibrosis in Germany.Between June 2018 May 2019, all positively screened patients were asked participate the (n = 158). N 11 telephone interviews n 4 follow-up conducted. Semi-structured carried out. The analysis followed structuring content approach. Thereby, categories first defined deductively....