- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Health and Medical Studies
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
- Medical and Health Sciences Research
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Pregnancy and Medication Impact
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Family Support in Illness
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
- Infant Health and Development
University Hospital in Halle
2024-2025
Heidelberg University
2015-2024
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
2023-2024
Frauenklinik Heidelberg
2016-2023
University Hospital Heidelberg
2017-2023
European Society of Anaesthesiology
2023
Heidelberg University
2022
Universitäts Frauenklinik
2018-2020
National Center for Tumor Diseases
2017-2019
Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe
2017
With growing demand for medical information and health applications in pregnancy, the potential of electronic (eHealth) mobile (mHealth) solutions clinical care is increasingly unfolding. However, we still do not know how pregnant women engage with apps, such apps impact routine care, whether benefit expectations are met. Whereas recent research has raised subject user distribution analyzed content pregnancy applications, there a significant knowledge gap regarding what like dislike about...
Background Peripartum depression and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent correlated with adverse maternal neonatal outcomes. Antenatal care in Germany does not yet include structured screening effective low-threshold treatment options for women facing peripartum disorders. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) increasingly becoming a focus of interest the management such patients. Studies have shown decrease pregnancy-related stress expectant mothers following mindfulness programs....
Background: Breast cancer represents the most common malignant disease in women worldwide. As currently systematic palliative treatment only has a limited effect on survival rates, concept of health-related quality life (HRQoL) is gaining more and importance therapy setting metastatic breast cancer. One major patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for measuring HRQoL patients with provided by European Organization Research Treatment Cancer (EORTC). Currently, paper-based surveys still predominate,...
Background: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) play an increasingly important role as adjunct to clinical outcome parameters in measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL). In fact, PROs are already the accepted gold standard for collecting data about patients' subjective perception their own state health. Currently, paper-based surveys PRO still predominate; however, knowledge regarding feasibility and barriers electronic-based (ePRO) acceptance remains limited. Objective: The objective...
Prevalence rates of peripartum depression and anxiety are high correlate with adverse maternal neonatal outcomes. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) have been shown to reduce mental distress during pregnancy. A multicenter, randomized controlled study was conducted after screening for depressive symptoms. The intervention group (IG) given access an 8-week supervised eMBI between weeks 29 36 pregnancy followed up 5 months postpartum. Psychometric data were collected using the Edinburgh...
Abstract Purpose This is an official guideline of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, DGGG), Austrian (Österreichische ÖGGG) Swiss (Schweizerische SGGG). Shoulder dystocia a rare but feared obstetric complication with potentially far-reaching medical consequences mother child. The purpose this to standardize processes which provide individual solutions shoulder in accordance current scientific knowledge clinical practice....
Abstract Purpose This is an official guideline issued by the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG), Austrian (ÖGGG) Swiss (SGGG). The aims to provide guidance support indication-based decisions in context of vaginal-operative deliveries performance these procedures. intention not rigid standards but show range within which obstetric activities correspond current state scientific knowledge clinical practice. Methods S2k-guideline was developed based on structured consensus...
Purpose This guideline aims to improve and standardize the diagnostic therapeutic approaches for different types of miscarriages, pregnancies unclear localization, ectopic in 1st trimester. Methods In accordance with requirements an S2k-guideline, this was compiled following a search literature, various recommendations statements were formally agreed upon by interdisciplinary group representative experts from Germany (DGGG, etc.), Austria (OEGGG) Switzerland (SGGG) who met up several times...
The most frequent malignant disease in women is breast cancer. In the metastatic setting, quality of life primary therapeutic goal, and systematic treatment has only a limited effect on survival rates; therefore, concept health-related (HRQoL) measurement patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are gaining more importance therapy setting diseases such as One frequently used questionnaires for measuring HRQoL patients with cancer Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B). Currently,...
Background Pregnant women are increasingly using mobile apps to access health information during the antenatal period. Therefore, digital solutions can potentially be used as monitoring instruments pregnancy. However, a main factor of success is high user engagement. Objective The aim this study was analyze engagement and factors influencing compliance in longitudinal targeting pregnant app with self-tracking. Methods Digitally collected data concerning demographics, medical history,...
<b>Introduction:</b> Because of the often unfavorable prognosis, particularly for patients with metastases, health-related quality life is extremely important breast cancer patients. In recent years, data on patient-relevant endpoints being increasingly collected electronically; however, knowledge acceptance and practicability of, barriers to, this form collection remains limited. <b>Material Methods:</b> A questionnaire was completed by 96 to determine what extent existing computer skills,...
Abstract Background Mental disorders are common during the peripartum period and may have far-reaching consequences for both mother child. Unfortunately, most antenatal care systems do not provide any structured screening maternal mental health. As a consequence, illnesses often overlooked treated adequately. If correctly diagnosed, cognitive behavioral therapy is currently treatment of choice illnesses. In addition, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) seem to represent promising option...
Abstract Purpose Preeclampsia occurs in up to 15% of pregnancies and constitutes a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This observational cohort study aimed examine the association between preeclamptic outcomes as well primary specialized care utilization after delivery. Methods Using statutory claims data we identified women with singleton live births 2010 2017. Main included occurrence either hypertension or disease one more pregnancies, number contacts general practitioner...
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women in Germany and worldwide. This retrospective claims data analysis utilizing from AOK Baden-Wuerttemberg, a major statutory German health insurance provider, aimed to construct assess real-world breast disease model. The study included 27,869 female patients 55,738 age-matched controls, analyzing 2010 2020. Three distinct stages were analyzed: Stage A (early without lymph node involvement), B with C (primary distant...