Martin Dichter

Martin Dichter
University of Cologne | UOC · Institute of Nursing Science

RN, Ph.D

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Introduction
Martin N. Dichter currently works at the Institute of Nursing Science, University Hospital of Cologne and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Witten). Research Focus: Psychometric evaluation of dementia-specific quality of life measurements, Development and evaluation of psycho-social interventions for people with Dementia in particular PCC interventions) and Evidence-based Nursing
Additional affiliations
May 2010 - present
Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen
Position
  • Research Associ
January 2009 - May 2010
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Position
  • Research Associate
Education
November 2008 - May 2010
Universität Witten/Herdecke
Field of study
  • Nursing Science
October 2005 - November 2008
Universität Witten/Herdecke
Field of study
  • Nursing Science

Publications

Publications (126)
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Prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms of people with dementia in long-term care units: A secondary analysis Abstract: Background: In a progress of dementia, most people develop neuropsychiatric symptoms. However, there is little knowledge about the prevalence of these symptoms and their specific characteristics in long-term care. Aims: A differen...
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Background Disturbed sleep among people living with dementia in nursing homes is widespread and is associated with diseases and all-cause mortality. This study examined the sleep of people living with dementia from their perspectives in nursing homes and that of the nurses who care for people living with dementia. Methods A qualitative cross-secti...
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Background: Before an assessment instrument is used in clinical practice or research, evaluating its feasibility is a critical preliminary step. Cognitive interviews with the target population are recommended to gain valid insights into the question-answer process. While cognitive interviewing has been successfully applied with people without cogni...
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a strong impact on healthcare and nursing practice, but research focused on the effects of vaccinations and treatment options. An overview on COVID-19- related nursing research in Germany is lacking. Objectives: To describe the characteristics of COVID-19-related nursing research in Germany. Design and Methods:...
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Background Sleep disturbances are common in nursing home residents and challenging for their nurses. Knowledge about sleep and sleep promoting factors is essential to provide adequate sleep management, where nurses play a key role. Therefore, nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards sleep and sleep promoting interventions is important as enabling or...
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Hintergrund/Fragestellung: Um den komplexen Anforderungen in der akutstationären Versorgung zu begegnen, bedarf es innovativer Versorgungsformen. Bei einer erweiterten Pflegepraxis nehmen akademisch qualifizierte Pflegefachpersonen mit vertieftem pflegerischen Wissen und fortgeschrittenen klinischen Kompetenzen eine Expert:innenrolle in einem spezi...
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Hintergrund & Fragestellung: Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) ist eine Möglichkeit, den komplexen Bedarfen in der Gesundheitsversorgung zu begegnen. Deutschland befindet sich im internationalen Vergleich am Beginn der Einführung. Zumeist liegt bei der Implementierung neuer Rollen noch limitiertes Wissen anderer Professionen über Aufgaben und Verantw...
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Background: The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic reached Germany between March and May 2020. In order to contain the spread of the virus and particularly protect vulnerable people, the government imposed a lockdown in March 2020. In addition to infection control measures, such as hygiene and social distancing requirements, a general ban on acce...
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Hintergrund/Fragestellung: Die Rekrutierung von Patient:innen ist ein elementarer Bestandteil klinischer Forschung und nimmt Einfluss auf den gesamten Forschungsprozess. Allerdings wird die geplante Stichprobengröße häufig nicht bzw. nicht im geplanten Zeitraum erreicht. Neben einer verminderten statistischen Power und weniger validen Studienergebn...
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Hintergrund und Fragestellung: Schlafprobleme treten bei Menschen mit Demenz in der stationären Langzeitpflege häufig auf. Verschiedene Interventionsansätze zur Vermeidung bzw. Verringerung von Schlafproblemen liegen vor. Ein klarer Wirksamkeitsnachweis konnte bislang für keine der Interventionen erbracht werden, wobei multi-modale Interventionen a...
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Background Person-centredness is considered as best practice for people with dementia. A frequently used instrument to assess person-centredness of a care environment is the Person-centred Climate Questionnaire (PCQ). The questionnaire comprises of 14 items with the three subscales a climate of safety, a climate of everydayness and a climate of com...
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Background Quality of life (QoL) of people with dementia (PwD) is an important indicator of quality of care. Studying the impact of acute hospital settings on PwD’s QoL requires assessment instruments that consider environmental factors. Until now, dementia-specific QoL instruments have not yet demonstrated their feasibility in acute hospitals beca...
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Role understanding of expert nurses in primary and acute care in Germany: A descriptive cross-sectional study Abstract. Background: Innovative care concepts are necessary to cope with the increase in complex care situations due to a rising number of older people with chronic diseases and a simultaneous shortage of nursing and medical staff. In the...
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Background: Sleep disturbances occur frequently in people with dementia with a reported prevalence of up to 40%. Common problems are increased number and duration of awakenings and increased percentage of light sleep. Sleep disturbances are associated with a number of problems for people with dementia, their relatives, and carers. In people with de...
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Hintergrund: Der Erhalt und die Förderung einer bestmöglichen Lebensqualität sind ein zentrales Ziel in der Versorgung von Menschen mit Demenz. Ein Großteil der derzeit vorhandenen Instrumente zur Erfassung der Lebensqualität steht durch ihren standardisierten Ansatz in der Kritik, individuelle Sichtweisen nicht ausreichend zu berücksichtigen. Zur...
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Hintergrund/Fragestellung: Person-zentrierung gilt als ein wichtiges Element einer qualitativ hochwertigen Versorgung von Menschen mit Demenz. Ein international häufig verwendetes Instrument zur Einschätzung des Ausmaßes der Person-zentrierung ist der Person-centred Climate Questionnaire (PCQ) [1]. Das Instrument wurde im Rahmen des Projektes MoNoP...
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Hintergrund/Fragestellung: Die Anzahl von Menschen mit kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen (MmkB) in der akutstationären Versorgung in Deutschland steigt. Krankenhäuser sind konzeptionell oftmals unzureichend auf die Bedürfnisse dieser Personengruppe ausgerichtet. Psychosoziale Ansätze, wie die Person-zentrierte Versorgung (PCC), sind vielversprechend, u...
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Background: The prevalence of people with cognitive impairment (PwCI) in hospital varies between 11 and 55 %. Person-centred care concepts are promising to meet the needs of PwCI. Implementing person-centred care is challenging, with local change agents considered essential for the implementation process. This role can be performed within the conte...
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Background: Although benefits of advanced nursing roles in acute care are well known, the development in Germany is still in its infancy. Several factors affect the development and implementation of advanced nursing roles. A key issue are the attitudes of other healthcare professionals involved in care processes. However, a comprehensive and valid...
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Background The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic reached Germany between March and May 2020. In order to contain the spread of the virus and particularly protect vulnerable people, the government imposed a lockdown in March 2020. In addition to infection control measures, such as hygiene and social distancing requirements, a general ban on access...
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Im Forschungsprojekt PraWiDem - Vernetzung von Pflegepraxis und Wissenschaft durch den "Living-Lab-Demenz"-Ansatz arbeiten die drei Universitäten Halle-Wittenberg, Köln und Düsseldorf gemeinsam mit der Deutschen Alzheimer Gesellschaft daran, die Zusammenarbeit von Pflegefachpersonen und Pflegewissenschaftler*innen zur Versorgung von Menschen mit De...
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Background Quality of life (QoL) of people with dementia (PwD) is an important indicator of quality of care. Studying the impact of acute hospital settings on PwD’s QoL requires assessment instruments that consider environmental factors. Until now, dementia-specific QoL instruments have not demonstrated their feasibility in acute hospitals. Therefo...
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User Guide for the Qualidem. The QUALIDEM is a dementia-specific Qol instrument that allows a proxy-based Qol rating in all stages of dementia. The instrument structure and content are based on the adaption-coping model and the following Qol definition: ‘Dementia-specific Qol is the multidimensional evaluation of the person-environment system of th...
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Zusammenfassung Hintergrund In der ersten Pandemiewelle im Frühjahr 2020 sind in den stationären Langzeitpflegeeinrichtungen überproportional viele Bewohner*innen und Mitarbeiter*innen an COVID-19 erkrankt und hatten den höchsten Anteil im Ausbruchsgeschehen. Leitungspersonen stationärer Altenpflegeeinrichtungen mussten pandemiebedingt teilweise t...
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Background: Typical and atypical antipsychotics are widely used to treat agitation and psychosis in dementia. However, whether or not they are beneficial is uncertain. Some trials have yielded negative results and effectiveness may be outweighed by harms. Objectives: To assess the efficacy and safety of antipsychotics for the treatment of agitat...
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Hintergrund und Stand (inter)nationaler Forschung: Schlafprobleme treten bei Menschen mit Demenz (MmD) in der stationären Altenpflege häufig auf. Verschiedene Interventionensansätze zur Vermeidung oder Reduzierung von Schlafproblemen wurden evaluiert, ein klarer Wirksamkeitsnachweis konnte bislang aber nicht erbracht werden. Fragestellung und Ziels...
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Hintergrund und Stand (inter)nationaler Forschung: Person-zentrierung gilt als ein wichtiges Element einer qualitativ hochwertigen Versorgung von Menschen mit Demenz. Ein international häufig verwendetes Instrument zur Einschätzung des Grads der Person-zentrierung ist der Person-centred Climate Questionnaire (PCQ). Das Instrument liegt bislang jedo...
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Bisher fehlt es in Deutschland an konkreten Modellen zur Umsetzung einer erweiterten Praxis zur Integration von Pflegefachpersonen mit akademischem Abschluss. Im Rahmen des im März 2021 gestarteten Projekts "Enrole-Acute" wird ein solches Modell an der Uniklinik Köln entwickelt. Ziel ist eine person-zentrierte Versorgung von Menschen mit kognitiven...
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Background The capability concept became a recognized approach to the measurement of quality of life. The ICECAP-O for older people aims to measure capabilities and has recently been used in people with dementia (self-rating) and informal carers (substituted judgement). However, linguistic validation studies have so far been lacking. Methods A cro...
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Hintergrund/Fragestellung Schlaf ist ein komplexer und dynamischer Zustand, der für die Gesundheit, das körperliche und geistige Wohlbefinden sowie das tägliche Funktionieren von entscheidender Bedeutung ist. Obgleich Krankheit und Verletzungen mit einem gesteigerten Bedürfnis nach Ruhe und Schlaf einhergehen, lassen bisherige wissenschaftliche Unt...
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Hintergrund/Fragestellung Eine wesentliche Komponente und zugleich große Herausforderung in der klinischen Forschung ist die Rekrutierung von Studienteilnehmer*innen. In einer Mehrzahl von Studien wird die ursprünglich angestrebte Stichprobengröße nicht bzw. nicht im geplanten Zeitfenster erreicht. Folgen sind eine verminderte statistische Power un...
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Background Sleep problems are highly prevalent in people with dementia. Nevertheless, there is no “gold standard” intervention to prevent or reduce sleep problems in people with dementia. Existing interventions are characterized by a pronounced heterogeneity as well as insufficient knowledge about the possibilities and challenges of implementation....
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Background Recent systematic reviews suggest the effectiveness of complex psychosocial interventions to reduce sleep disturbances in people with dementia (PwD) living in nursing homes. However, it is unclear how and under which circumstances these interventions work and which components and processes are crucial determinants for effectiveness. Obje...
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Background: Sleep disturbances are common in people with dementia. In nursing homes, this is frequently associated with residents' challenging behavior and potentially with nurses' burden. This study examined nurses' burden associated with nursing home residents' sleep disturbances. Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted. Nur...
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Background: Caring for people with dementia at home requires considerable time, organization and commitment. Therefore, informal caregivers of people with dementia are often overburdened. This study examined the effects of the telephone-based Talking Time intervention, which is an approach used to strengthen the psychological health-related qualit...
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Background Dementia guidelines propose the use of nonpharmacological interventions for sleep disturbances for older people. Based on available reviews, it seems most likely that multicomponent interventions have the strongest potential to be effective in improving sleep. However, a detailed description of multicomponent interventions is missing. Th...
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Background Journal hand searching offers the possibility to complement a literature search as part of systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses. Hand searching is indicated in cases where scientific journals with potentially relevant publications addressing the research question are not indexed in a literature database. However, it is often u...
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COVID-19: It is time to balance infection management and person-centered care to maintain mental health of people living in German nursing homes - Martin N. Dichter, Marco Sander, Swantje Seismann-Petersen, Sascha Köpke
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Zusammenfassung Das BASQID ist ein Instrument zur Erfassung von Lebensqualität. Es wurde für den Einsatz bei Menschen mit leichter bis mittelschwerer Demenz, entsprechend dem Mini-Mental-Status-Test (MMST) [1] mit einer Punktzahl von zwölf oder mehr, entwickelt und validiert. Das BASQID wird in Interviewform erhoben, wobei der oder die Interviewend...
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Internal consistency and construct validity of the Quality of Life measurement in dementia QUALIDEM - a secondary data analysis of cross-sectional data Abstract. Background: Maintaining and improving the Quality of Life (QoL) of people with dementia is the principal aim of nursing and medical care. The QUALIDEM is a theory-based, dementia-specific...
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In diesem Beitrag erfolgt eine theoretische Annäherung an das Konzept Lebensqualität und dessen Verwendung im Zusammenhang mit Menschen mit Demenz, die Potenziale für Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung sowie die Möglichkeiten der quantitativen Erfassung. Zu Beginn wird die Verwendung des Begriffs Lebensqualität in Abhängigkeit von Zeit und Kontext...
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To assess the effectiveness and safety of antipsychotics for the treatment of agitation and psychosis in people with Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia.
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Background: Sleep disturbances and insomnia occur frequently in people with dementia and are associated with a number of problems for affected persons, relatives, and carers. Objective: Considering the lack of high-quality data especially from Germany, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of sleep disturbances and possible associated fac...
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Hintergrund/Fragestellung: Menschen mit Demenz leiden häufig unter Schlafproblemen, die zu einer Reihe von weiteren Problemen, wie z.B. Ruhelosigkeit oder Aggressivität, führen können. Wirksamkeitsnachweise fehlen sowohl für pharmakologische als auch für nicht-pharmakologische Interventionen. Daher besteht dringender Bedarf an sorgfältig entwickelt...
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Zusammenfassung. Aufgrund komplexer Anforderungen und vielfältiger Barrieren scheitert es häufig, Wissen in die Breite zu tragen und umzusetzen. Pädagogik leistet hier große Arbeit: Sie lehrt, dass neues Wissen wichtig ist und zeigt Quellen sowie Bewertungskriterien. Der vorliegende Beitrag diskutiert die Rolle verschiedener Lösungen einschließlich...
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Background Accurate assessment of health-related quality of life as an endpoint in intervention studies is a major challenge in dementia research. The DEMQOL (29 items) and the proxy version (32 items), which is partly based on the DEMQOL, are internationally used instruments. To date, there is no information on the structural validity, item distri...
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Background: The Quality of Life in Alzheimer's disease scale (QoL-AD) is a widely used Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) instrument. However, studies investigating the instrument's inter-rater reliability (IRR) are missing. This study aimed to determine the item distribution and IRR of the German proxy version of the QoL-AD (13 Items) and a n...
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Background and objectives: Theoretical models propose the environment as a factor influencing the quality of life (QoL) of nursing home residents with dementia. This study investigates whether the observed QoL differs depending on the type of care unit. Research design and methods: DemenzMonitor is an exploratory, observational study involving a...
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Background The Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) method is an internationally recognized complex intervention in dementia research and care for implementing person-centered care. The Leben-QD II trial aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of DCM with regard to caregivers. Methods The nine participating nursing home units were allocated to three groups: (1...
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Cochrane Review Dieser Review untersucht, ob psychosoziale Interventionen die gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität und das emotionale Wohlbefinden bei kürzlich diagnostizierten Krebspatienten verbessern können. Die Übersichtsarbeit zeigt keinen eindeutigen Effekt.
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This chapter summarizes the theoretical knowledge on quality of life (QoL) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people with dementia and its development. Based on this information, the principles of the measurement of dementia-specific QoL will be explained. The chapter will describe the following measurements which can be applied for the...
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A free sample reading can be found in google books (https://books.google.at/). You can buy the book on following homepage: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319498300 It is available as eBook and as Hardcover. Written by leading international experts, this book discusses the latest advances in the field of dementia in nursing homes. The topics a...
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Background Caring for people with dementia at home requires a significant amount of time, organization, and commitment. Therefore, informal caregivers, mainly relatives, of people with dementia often feel a high burden. Although on-site support groups are known to have positive effects on the subjective well-being (SWB) and perceived social support...
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Offizielles Bewnutzerhandbuch zur deutschsprachigen QUALIDEM Version 2.0
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Ziel der Metasynthese ist die Entwicklung eines Modells der demenzspezifischen Lebensqualität, basierend auf den Selbstäußerungen von Menschen mit Demenz. Das methodische Vorgehen erfolgte in vier Schritten: Systematische Datenbankrecherche, Analyse der Charakteristika der eingeschlossenen Studien, Qualitätsbewertung der eingeschlossenen Publikatio...
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Aims and objective: To evaluate Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) implementation in nursing homes. Background: DCM, an internationally applied method for supporting and enhancing person-centred care (PCC) for people with dementia, must be successfully implemented into care practice for its effective use. Various factors influence the implementation of...