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This study wants to assess the cost-effectiveness of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA). Especially in rural areas with longer response times of emergency medical services (EMS) early lay defibrillation could lead to a significant higher survival...
Improving spatial accessibility to hospitals is a major task for health care systems which can be facilitated using recent methodological improvements of spatial accessibility measures. We used the integrated floating catchment area (iFCA) method to analyze spatial accessibility of general inpatient care (internal medicine, surgery and neurology) o...
Purpose:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses major challenges to health-care systems worldwide. This pandemic demonstrates the importance of timely access to intensive care and, therefore, this study aims to explore the accessibility of intensive care beds in 14 European countries and its impact on the COVID-19 case fatality ratio (CFR)....
Background
The adequate allocation of inpatient care resources requires assumptions about the need for health care and how this need will be met. However, in current practice, these assumptions are often based on outdated methods (e.g. Hill-Burton Formula). This study evaluated floating catchment area (FCA) methods, which have been applied as measu...
Systematic reviews represent the core and backbone of evidence-based medicine (EBM) strategies in all fields of medicine. In order to depict a first global sketch of the international efforts in the Cochrane database systematic reviews (CDSR), we analyzed the systematic reviews of the Cochrane database. Our global maps of systematic reviewing offer...
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Today, the majority of medical graduates in countries such as the UK, the US or Germany are female. This poses a major problem for workforce planning especially in urology. We here use first the first time the previously established Brüggmann Groneberg (BG) index to assess if female academic career options advance in urology.
Methods:
D...
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Die vorliegende Übersicht zum Tumormarker Humanes Choriongonadotropin (HCG) wird im Rahmen der Serie „Tumormarker“ des Zentralblatts für Arbeitsmedizin, Arbeitsschutz und Ergonomie publiziert, die sich mit dem immer häufigeren Gebrauch der Bestimmung von spezifischen Markern bei sog. Manager-Vorsorgeuntersuchungen und Check-up-Unter...
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Ever since it was discovered that zoophilic vectors can transmit malaria, zooprophylaxis has been used to prevent the disease. However, zoopotentiation has also been observed. Thus, the presence of livestock has been widely accepted as an important variable for the prevalence and risk of malaria, but the effectiveness of zooprophylaxis...
Die fokale Dystonie bei Instrumentalmusikern ist in Deutschland seit August 2017 als Berufskrankheit anerkannt. Sie ist eine Erkrankung des zentralen Nervensystems, die sich als Verlust der feinmotorischen Kontrolle beim Musizieren manifestiert. Ausgelöst wird die Erkrankung durch die Ausführung feinmotorischer repetitiver Übungen, die über Jahre i...
Die Bestimmung von Tumormarkern im Blut stellt einen wesentlichen Bestandteil der Diagnostik, Verlaufskontrolle und Therapieüberwachung maligner Tumoren dar. HE4 („Human epididymis protein 4“) ist ein Marker, der in der Diagnostik des Ovarialkarzinoms wertvolle Aussagen ermöglicht. Aufgrund eines geringen positiven prädiktiven Wertes ist dieser Tum...
Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Integration weiblicher Akademiker anhand ihrer Repräsentation in wissenschaftlichen Autorenschaften im Bereich der medizinischen Spitzenforschung für die Jahre 2008 bis September 2017 zu objektivieren.
Methode Insgesamt wurden 133 893 Autorenschaften aus 7 der einflussreichsten medizinische...
Background
Immigration has a strong impact on the development of health systems, medicine and science worldwide. Therefore, this article provides a descriptive study on the overall research output.
Methods
Utilizing the scientific database Web of Science, data research was performed. The gathered bibliometric data was analyzed using the establishe...
Background
Health care accessibility is known to differ geographically. With this study we focused on analysing accessibility of general and specialized obstetric units in England and Germany with regard to urbanity, area deprivation and neonatal outcome using routine data. Methods
We used a floating catchment area method to measure obstetric care...
Uterine fibroids can severely impact a woman's quality of life, result in significant morbidity and are a leading indication for hysterectomy. Many aspects of the disease remain largely obscure. Despite these knowledge gaps, no detailed maps of the global fibroid research architecture have yet been generated. This study used the NewQIS approach to...
Background Access to primary care plays an important role in medical care provision in Germany. Therefore, current health care planning aims at providing equal access for every patient in Germany no matter where they live. Objective This study examined accessibility of primary care and compared the result with current primary care planning data. Ma...
Zusammenfassung
Sobald in der Leitstelle ein Notruf eingeht, beginnt die sog. Hilfsfrist, eine Zeitspanne, die mit dem Erreichen des geeigneten Rettungsmittels am Einsatzort endet. Die Dauer der maximalen Hilfsfrist wird hierbei von den einzelnen Bundesländern geregelt; hierzu finden sich Zeitintervalle von 5–20 min. Diese Zeitvorgaben müssen von G...
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The study aims to elucidate the state of gender equality in epilepsy research, analyzing the representation of female authorships from 2008 to 2016.
Methods:
Gendermetrics aided in analyzing 106,282 authorships from 22,180 epilepsy-related original research articles. The key methodology was the combined analysis of the relative freque...
Objective:
To analyze the general practitioners (GPs) with regard to the degree of urbanization, social deprivation, general health, and disability.
Data sources:
Small area population data and GP practice data in England.
Study design:
We used a floating catchment area method to measure spatial GP accessibility with regard to the degree of ur...
Zusammenfassung
Der rheinland-pfälzische Rettungsdienst hat in den letzten 10 Jahren eine Verdopplung des Einsatzaufkommens des Rettungsdienst- und Krankentransportwesens verzeichnet. Die notärztlich betreute Notfallrettung wird zusehends verdrängt. Weiterhin ist insbesondere die Steigerungsrate der sog. Fehlfahrten, die als Einsätze ohne Patienten...
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Worldwide, the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) represents the predominant viral agent causing bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children. To conduct research and tackle existing healthcare disparities, RSV-related research activities around the globe need to be described. Hence, we assessed the associated scientific output (represented by...
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common cause of female infertility worldwide. Although the related research output is constantly growing, no detailed global map of the scientific architecture has so far been created encompassing quantitative, qualitative, socioeconomic and gender aspects. We used the NewQIS platform to assess all PCOS-...
In Germany, orthopedic workforce planning relies on population-to-provider-ratios represented by the ‘official degree of care provision’. However, with geographic information systems (GIS), more sophisticated measurements are available. By utilizing GIS-based technologies we analyzed the current state of demand and supply of the orthopedic workforc...
Detailed results for all 266 regions in Germany according to the definition by the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning.
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Detailed results for all 385 planning regions as defined by the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians.
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Background
Geographical variation of the general practitioner (GP) workforce is known between rural and urban areas. However, data about the variation between and within urban areas are lacking. Method
We analyzed distribution patterns of GP full time equivalents (FTE) in German cities with a population size of more than 500,000. We correlated thei...
Zusammenfassung
Asbestexposition stellt ein globales Gesundheitsrisiko dar. Allerdings wird Asbest uneinheitlich definiert. Aufgrund der karzinogenen Wirkung ist Asbest in 57 Ländern der Welt verboten. Trotzdem ist die weltweite Asbestproduktion mit 2 Mio. Tonnen pro Jahr relativ konstant. Aufgrund der nach wie vor weitverbreiten Verwendung von Asb...
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Aktuell sind geschätzt 240 Mio. Menschen weltweit chronisch mit Hepatitis B (HB) infiziert. Medizinisches Personal gehört in diesem Zusammenhang zu einer gefährdeten Personengruppe. Insbesondere durch Nadelstichverletzungen besteht eine erhöhte Infektionsgefahr. Dieses Risiko lässt sich durch geeignete präventive Maßnahmen zwar nich...
AimsThis study focuses on home nursing care distribution in an urban setting in Germany. BackgroundA shortage of nursing care workforce is present in Germany. MethodsA geospatial analysis was performed to examine distribution patterns at the district level in Frankfurt, Germany (n=46 districts) and factors were analysed influencing the location cho...
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Infektionen im Zusammenhang mit Gesundheitsdienstleistungen stellen ein erhebliches Patientenrisiko dar. Vor dem Hintergrund, dass 20–30 % der Infektionen vermeidbar sind, findet jedes Jahr am 5. Mai der internationale Händehygienetag statt. Händehygiene und vor allem eine effektive Händedesinfektion hängt von dem Zeitpunkt und der...
Purpose
In the field of gynecology and obstetrics, studies exploring the workplace situation are important. We conducted this study with the overall aim to assess the subjective perception of working conditions of OB/GYNs in German hospitals. Since gender ratios are changing among German physicians in general and among OB/GYNs in particular, a spec...
We integrated recent improvements within the floating catchment area (FCA) method family into an integrated 'iFCA`method. Within this method we focused on the distance decay function and its parameter. So far only distance decay functions with constant parameters have been applied. Therefore, we developed a variable distance decay function to be us...
Detailed results of spatial accessibility for administrative areas in Berlin (n = 449).
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The socioeconomic status (SES) mostly reflects the three indicators income, education and occupation. It is negatively correlated with the incidence rate of type 2 diabetes and apoplexy. The mortality rate is increased in groups with low SES. In addition to these objective findings, the subjective perception of personal health is more negative amon...
Zusammenfassung
Die arbeitsbedingten Muskel-Skelett-Erkrankungen (MSE) stehen in Europa bereits seit Jahren an der Spitze der Gründe für die Arbeitsunfähigkeit. Der nachfolgende Beitrag gibt einen Überblick zur volkswirtschaftlichen Bedeutung von MSE und bringt MSE in einen arbeitsmedizinischen Kontext. MSE führen zu einem hohen volkswirtschaftlich...
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Der folgende Artikel beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung der Arbeitsunfähigkeit und der Verteilung auf Geschlecht, Berufsgruppen und Diagnosen sowie den sich daraus ergebenden Folgen in Deutschland. Dabei wird zunächst betrachtet, wann eine Arbeitsunfähigkeit besteht. Es folgt eine Auswertung verschiedener Statistiken bis zum Jahr...
The possible dangers of pesticide residues in food are currently eminently present in the media. In this article, we present a short review of studies on the carcinogenicity of glyphosate. In addition, we describe the consumers’ perception of the dangers and risks of pesticide residues in food. For this purpose, the results of the “consumer monitor...
Lighting in the workplace can have a significant impact on the health and efficiency of employees. In particular, the biological effects due to chronic non-physiological lighting can lead to sleeping disorders and depression up to cardiovascular diseases. In this context light-emitting diodes (LEDs) offer both opportunities and risks: using LEDs th...
Das Thema Reanimation besitzt wissenschaftlich und epidemiologisch hohe Relevanz. Fur den einzelnen Wissenschaftler ist es im Angesicht der grosen Anzahl von Publikationen schwierig, sich einen Uberblick uber die Thematik zu verschaffen, Institutionen mit einem Forschungsschwerpunkt zu detektieren oder einzelne Wissenschaftler und deren wissenschaf...
Zusammenfassung
Der Patientenkontakt spielt in der ärztlichen Profession eine große Rolle. Da es sich letztlich um eine Dienstleistungsbranche handelt, werden vom Mitarbeiter bestimmte Emotionen gegenüber dem Patienten erwartet. Um diese Emotionen zeigen zu können, auch wenn sie nicht empfunden werden, muss Emotionsarbeit geleistet werden. Diese Em...
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Die Sarkoidose ist eine granulomatöse Erkrankung unklarer Genese, die sich zumeist in den Lungen und auf der Haut manifestiert. Da es keinen einzelnen Nachweistest gibt, ist die Sarkoidose eine Ausschlussdiagnose, die nur selten mit absoluter Sicherheit gestellt werden kann. Die Sarkoidose stellt den Arbeits- und Betriebsmediziner a...
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Der vorliegende Übersichtsartikel beschäftigt sich mit Arbeitszeiten der Erwerbstätigen in Deutschland. Verschiedene Arbeitszeiten wurden hierbei miteinander verglichen: So arbeiteten ein Viertel der Erwerbstätigen regelmäßig samstags und abends. Weiterhin lag die wöchentliche Arbeitszeit meist über der vertraglich vereinbarten. Ins...
The Zika virus is a flavivirus closely related to Dengue fever, Yellow fever and West Nile virus. In 1947, the virus was isolated in a rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest of Uganda. It is considered an emerging arbovirus transmitted by mosquitos of the genus Aedes. Only sporadic cases were detected in Africa and East Asia until the early 2000s. In 200...
Background:
Unequally distributed disease burdens within populations are well-known and occur worldwide. They are depending on residents' social status and/or ethnic background. Country-specific health care systems - especially the coverage and distribution of health care providers - are both a potential cause as well as an important solution for...
Zusammenfassung
Die diabetische Retinopathie (DR) ist die Hauptursache für Erblindung in den Industrienationen. Nach 15- bis 20-jähriger Erkrankungsdauer sind ca. 95 % der Patienten hiervon betroffen. Neben den hohen sozioökonomischen Kosten ergeben sich verschiedene wichtige Aspekte im beruflichen Kontext. Diese Arbeit gibt eine Übersicht über den...
Background:
Medical students undergo numerous clinical clerkships. On these occasions they are confronted with current working conditions in hospitals. Because of the many implications of the students' perceptions of these working conditions, it is important to assess those. Hereby the focus was put on the students' perception of their supervising...
Objective: This study aims to examine work related distress in the specialty of psychiatry and psychotherapy. Methods: With an online survey based on validated stress theories distress prevalence and job satisfaction was examined. Results: 39.4 % (95 %-CI: 35.4 - 44.3) of all respondents (n = 508) showed signs of distress. At the same time 58.5 % (...
Background
The number of sick leaves due to job strain is increasing.
Objective
This study’s scope is to examine working conditions of neurologists in hospitals in regard to job strain and job satisfaction.
Methods
This study is part of the iCEPT-Study. The iCEPT-Study was conducted as a web based survey among physicians (n = 7090) in German hospit...
Zusammenfassung
Entwicklungsbedingte Veränderungen zwischen Männern und Frauen führen dazu, dass insbesondere Frauen stärker von primärer Osteoporose betroffen sind. Mittels mechanischer Stimuli (z. B. durch sportliche Aktivität) kann positiv auf die Knochendichte eingewirkt werden. Bei Frauen verursacht die Menopause hormonelle Umstellungen, die s...
Background: In the context of the iCept-Study several medical specialties have been examined for their stress related working conditions. This study contrasts the different medical specialties. Methods: The iCept-Study was designed as a web based survey in which altogether 7.090 respondents took part. The published data concerning the iCept-Study w...
PURPOSE:
How physicians within the specialty of internal medicine perceive their stress-related working conditions, especially due to a changing health system with an impact on workflows and working hours, is examined in this study.
METHODS:
A total of 1696 online questionnaires completed by internists were analyzed. The questionnaire was based up...
How do physicians in the specialty of anesthesiology perceive the working conditions regarding stress and job satisfaction? The health system in Germany has been confronted with a rapidly changing framework over the last 20 years: For example, an increased influence of economic patterns on the workflow and the medical decision of physicians has bee...
Background: Stress with negative influence on health (distress) is highly prevalent among surgeons. Especially the physicians' own perception of working conditions plays an important role in an evaluation of the stress potential of working conditions. Thus, this study is intended to examine and evaluate the working conditions of surgeons in German...
Hintergrund Sich verändernde Rahmenbedingungen im Gesundheitswesen machen die Untersuchung von Arbeitsbedingungen zu einem wichtigen Instrument für die Entwicklung zukunftsfähiger beruflicher Strukturen gerade auch für Anästhesisten. Ziel der Arbeit Wie werden die Arbeitsbedingungen im Fachgebiet der Anästhesiologie wahrgenommen? Wie steht es mit d...
Background:
Current working conditions of physicians in hospitals display characteristics, which on the long term are harmful for the physicians mental and physical health (distress). There are problems concerning the work flow and the organization of working time which finally leads to gratification crises. How physicians perceive their stress-re...
BackgroundThe students’ perception of working conditions in hospitals
hasn’t been subject of research in Germany so far. However the
perception plays an important role talking about the sustainability of
working conditions. The iCept Study wants to examine the perception of
medical students compared to the perception of practicing physicians.Method...