- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Physical Activity and Health
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Health and Medical Studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Wound Healing and Treatments
- School Health and Nursing Education
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
- Public Health and Nutrition
- Neonatal skin health care
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
University of Lübeck
2020-2025
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
2018-2019
University of Bremen
2018
The number of elderly and care-dependent people is increasing, leading to increased risks adverse skin conditions. Skin care, including prevention treatment vulnerable skin, an essential part daily nursing practice in long-term residential settings. For many years, the research focus has been on individual problems xerosis cutis, incontinence-associated dermatitis, tears, pressure ulcers, intertrigo, although may be affected by several at same time.Aim present study was describe prevalence...
Nursing prioritization and rationing decisions in acute care hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative study Abstract:Background: The pandemic has put regarding of resources on health policy agenda. effects allocation nursing clinical practice are unclear. Aim: In order to derive implications for future situations, we analyzed extent which were made about distribution inpatient how bottlenecks dealt with. Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with staff (n = 16) team...
Regular moderate to vigorous physical activity is essential for maintaining health and preventing the onset of chronic diseases. Both global rates smartphone ownership market fitness apps have grown rapidly in recent years. The use may assist general population reaching evidence-based recommendations. However, it remains unclear whether there are evidence-informed behavior change techniques (BCTs) previously identified as effective promotion used these apps.This study aimed identify English...
Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Die COVID-19-Pandemie ist eine Ausnahmesituation ohne Präzedenz und erforderte zahlreiche Ad-hoc-Anpassungen in den Strukturen Prozessen der akutstationären Versorgung. Ziel: Ziel war es zu untersuchen, wie aus Sicht von Führungspersonen Hygienefachkräften Pflege die stationäre Akutversorgung durch Pandemiesituation beeinflusst wurde welche Implikationen sich daraus für Zukunft ergeben. Methoden: Qualitative Studie bestehend semistrukturierten Interviews mit...
Older nursing home residents are prone to develop different skin conditions at the same time, including xerosis cutis, tears, pressure ulcers, incontinence-associated dermatitis or intertrigo. Guidelines and recommendations mainly address these separately. The overall aim of this study was measure effects implementation a skincare prevention package. A two-arm cluster-randomised controlled trial conducted. In homes being assigned intervention group, an evidence-based structured programme...
Introduction Older age is associated with multimorbidity, chronic diseases and acute deteriorations leads to complex care needs. Nursing home residents are more often unnecessarily transferred emergency departments or hospitals than community dwellers—largely due a lack of qualified staff diffusion responsibility in the institutions. In Germany, only few academically trained nurses work nursing homes, their potential roles unclear. Therefore, we aim explore feasibility effects newly defined...
Justification of nurses' interventions for skin cleansing and skincare: Qualitative results the SKINCARE-Pilot study Abstract.Background: Skin care are core tasks nursing. Various factors influence implementation evidence-based care. Aims: To explore perspectives nursing staff on relevance in long-term settings justification clinical decisions about application such interventions. Methods: part a mixed methods three long-term-care facilities, consisting short interviews with members directly...
Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Erzieher/innen nehmen durch ihre Vorbildfunktion eine Schlüsselrolle bei Interventionen zur Modifikation von Gesundheitsverhalten Kindern ein. Ziel der Arbeit war, Ausprägungen Gesundheitskompetenz (GK) und -zustand sowie Lebensstilveränderungen im Rahmen einjährigen Intervention „JolinchenKids – Fit gesund in Kita“ zu untersuchen. Methodik Im einer cluster-kontrollierten Studie an 62 Kitas wurde GK deutschlandweit Baseline nach 12 Monaten (T1) per Fragebogen...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Regular moderate to vigorous physical activity is essential for maintaining health and preventing the onset of chronic diseases. Both global rates smartphone ownership market fitness apps have grown rapidly in recent years. The use may assist general population reaching evidence-based recommendations. However, it remains unclear whether there are evidence-informed behavior change techniques (BCTs) previously identified as effective promotion used these apps....
Health literacy (HL) of kindergarten teachers may impact personal health behavior and status teachers. The aim this investigation was to assess these factors in a cluster-controlled trial examining the effectiveness promotion intervention targeting preschoolers daycare staff over one year.