Jil Beckord

• Researcher at University Hospital Essen

Introduction The experience of cancer among relatives is characterized by an increase in anxiety and depression, stress, and a reduction in quality of life. However, there is a paucity of psychosocial support programmes for relatives and a dearth of evidence-based, manualized interventions. Accordingly, the present study aims to assess the acceptab...

Background Patients with obesity often experience psychological distress, specifically depression symptoms. Due to various barriers, such as limitations of healthcare offers, digital interventions, for example medical apps, can provide a suitable approach to support affected people. In the envisaged prospective randomized controlled trial, we aim t...

To reduce the number of COVID-19 cases, vaccines were rapidly made available worldwide. For a strategically targeted response to the COVID-19 pandemic, population vaccination coverage was to be maximized. The target groups also included healthy children. In this context, it is important to understand the determinants and beliefs that lead parents t...

Man-made disasters (MMD2) are a widespread cause for psychological burden, both in directly and indirectly affected regions, as currently highlighted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Yet, measurement instruments that assess psychological distress associated with MMD are lacking. The study aimed to develop and validate such an instrument in an in...

Introduction Cancer-affected patients experience high distress due to various burdens. One way to expand psycho-oncological support is through digital interventions. This protocol describes the development and structure of a web-based psycho-oncological intervention, the Make It Training optimized. This intervention is currently evaluated in the Re...

A systematic literature search on the topic of digital health randomized controlled trials among patients with cardiovascular diseases was conducted as part of the application for funding of clinical trials of high relevance to patient care to the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Between August and October 2022, the databas...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is a very common chronic disease, which confronts patients with massive physiological and psychological burdens. The digitalization of mental health care has generated effective e-mental health approaches, which bear indubitable practical value to patient treatment. However, before implementing and optimizing e-mental health too...

Abstract Background: Diabetes is a very common chronic disease, which confronts patients with massive physiological and psychological burdens. The digitalization of mental health care has generated effective e-mental health approaches, which bear indubitable practical value to patient treatment. However, before implementing and optimizing e-mental...

Introduction COVID-19 is causing an enormous psychological burden for most people. This study aims to assess individual changes in mental health and health status before and after the COVID-19 outbreak, and to explore potential predictors of change. Methods A cross-sectional study in Germany (n = 15 037) were conducted. Demographics, depression an...