Claudia Lorena Orellana-Rios

• Dr. phil.
• Research Associate at University Medical Center Freiburg

Background: Maintaining a sense of self-care while providing patient centered care, can be difficult for practitioners in palliative medicine. We aimed to pilot an " on the job " mindfulness and compassion-oriented meditation training for interdisciplinary teams designed to reduce distress, foster resilience and strengthen a prosocial motivation in...

Das Potenzial und die Konzepte von Achtsamkeit, Selbstfürsorge und Mitgefühl werden vorgestellt. Diese können über Kursprogramme eingeübt werden und stehen somit als Ressource in der Pflege zur Verfügung. Der Stand der aktuellen Forschung zu dieser Thematik und die Entwicklung eines eigenen Programms werden vorgestellt.

Hintergrund: Von MitarbeiterInnen in der Palliativmedizin werden hohe medizinische und kommunikative Kompetenzen, Empathie und Einbeziehung der PatientInnen und Angehörigen erwartet. Es wird somit der Bedarf nach erprobten Interventionen unterstrichen, die die Selbstregulations- und Bewältigungsstrategien der MitarbeiterInnen stärken. Ziel dieser S...

The Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) is a widely used questionnaire of self-reported mindfulness. However, doubts have been expressed as to whether an adequate comprehension of the items of the FMI is independent of one's mindfulness experience (ME). The aim of the present study was to determine with qualitative methods whether and how ME influ...

Background Digital health technologies such as sensor systems are intended to support healthcare staff in providing adequate patient care. In the Department of Palliative Medicine (University Medical Center Freiburg), we developed and implemented a noninvasive, bed-based sensor system in a pilot study. The aim was to detect distress in patients who...

Eine wachsende Anzahl an Studien zeigt, dass achtsamkeitsbasierte Programme sich als vorteilhaft in der Förderung des psychischen Wohlbefindens von Krankenhausmitarbeitenden erweisen. Bei den gängigen Achtsamkeitskursen werden in der Regel jedoch nur wenige Bemühungen unternommen, den Transfer des Erlernten in den Arbeitsalltag zu gewährleisten. Mi...

PurposeThe aim of this study was to identify symptoms of severe intensity or very low scores for quality of life (QoL) domains in newly diagnosed outpatients with advanced cancer.Methods This multicenter cohort study from a state-wide palliative care network included adult outpatients with advanced cancer diagnosed within the preceding 8 weeks from...

Purpose: Pediatric palliative care focuses mainly on the children suffering from a life-limiting disease, but always includes parents and siblings. However, grandparents are also often highly involved in caring for the child and require additional attention. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of grandparents during...

Fragestellung: Distresserfassung bei nicht äußerungsfähigen Palliativpatienten durch ein Sensorsystem: Wie gestaltet sich die Nutzerakzeptanz bei Beschäftigten? Studiendesign: Qualitative Studie Methodik: Die Klinik für Palliativmedizin (KfP) in Freiburg implementierte im Rahmen der QE-Studie zwischen 2017-19 ein nicht-invasives, bettgebundenes S...

Eine wachsende Anzahl von Studien belegt, dass achtsamkeitsbasierte Programme sich als vorteilhaft in der Förderung der Resilienz und in der Reduktion von Belastung von Krankenhausmitarbeiter*innen erweisen. Bei den gängigen Achtsamkeitsprogrammen wird jedoch in der Regel nur wenig dafür getan, den Transfer des Erlernten in den Arbeitsalltag der Mi...

Background Providing compassionate care can be challenging for palliative care practitioners (PCPs). An empirically grounded model describing the factors that contribute to preserve the balance between personal closeness and distance in the professional setting is still lacking. Objective To investigate which are the factors that help to regulat...

Ein autobiografisches empirisch basiertes Essay über die Beziehung zwischen dem Gefühl von Heimat und das Mitgefühl.

Anxiety as a risk factor of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia – ERRATUM - Eva Becker, Claudia Lorena Orellana Rios, Claas Lahmann, Gerta Rücker, Joachim Bauer, Martin Boeker

Background The aetiology of dementia is not yet fully understood. Stress can have a damaging effect on brain health. The prognostic effect of anxiety is still unclear regarding Alzheimer's disease as well as vascular dementia. Aims To explore the association between anxiety and future dementia. Method Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science and...

Objective: Trauma therapists are exposed to high emotional stress. A growing number of studies suggest that compassion-oriented practices can foster resilience in healthcare professionals. This study aimed to explore the effects of a psychodynamic, compassion-oriented, trauma therapy program (PITT) on the resilience of trauma therapists. Methods:...

Background Maintaining a sense of self-care while providing patient centered care, can be difficult for practitioners in palliative medicine. We aimed to pilot an “on the job” mindfulness and compassion-oriented meditation training for interdisciplinary teams designed to reduce distress, foster resilience and strengthen a prosocial motivation in t...

Mindfulness based meditation programs have been demonstrated to be beneficial to health care providers and patients alike. Less is known about the effects of compassion oriented‐contemplative practices like Metta and Tong‐len Meditation. A further question often raised in implementing these programs is how to facilitate transfer from external cours...