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October 2015 - July 2019
October 2011 - July 2016
October 2011 - March 2015
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Background and objectives:
Little is known about the benefits of statin therapy in older adults with dementia. We aimed to evaluate the role of statin use for all-cause mortality in nursing home residents with and without dementia.
Methods:
This retrospective cohort study used claims data collected between January 2015 and December 2019 from a G...
Background
Statins are recommended for the prevention of primary and secondary cardio and cerebrovascular events. However, little is known about the benefits of statin therapy in older adults with dementia. Therefore, this retrospective cohort study aims to investigate the association between statin use and all-cause mortality using health insuranc...
Background
Patient navigation programmes were introduced in the United States and recently gained interest in Germany, where the health care system is fragmented. Navigation programmes aim to decrease barriers to care for patients with age-associated diseases and complex care paths. Here we describe a feasibility study to evaluate a patient-oriente...
Background:
Nurses working in long-term care facilities were vaccinated first before residents as a matter of priority to protect the latter. Although the vaccination rate of nursing staff eventually rose due to a facility-based vaccination requirement, studies on associated factors of vaccination status are currently not available for the long-te...
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Knowledge of sex, gender and further diversity categories is important to achieve equitable and individualized healthcare. An official statement of the German government stipulates the mandatory integration of sex and gender aspects into the curricula of health professions. Here we aim at evaluating the extent of curricular integration a...
Hospital admissions due to acute cardiovascular events dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population; however, evidence for residents of long-term care facilities (LTCF) is sparse. We investigated rates of hospital admissions and deaths due to myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in LTCF residents during the pandemic. Our nationwi...
In diesem Beitrag stellen wir zwei Skalen zur Messung zeitgenössischer
antiegalitärer Einstellungen vor. Die Skala Antifeminismus misst gesamtgesellschaftlich anschlussfähige Versatzstücke antifeministischer Diskurse und erlaubt Untersuchungen antifeministischen Mobilisierungspotentials. Damit stellt sie eine wichtige Ergänzung zu aktuellen Messins...
Background
Though evidence on the detrimental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes is vast, research focusing on general practitioners’ (GP) care during the pandemic in nursing homes is still scarce.
Methods
A retrospective online survey among 1,010 nursing home managers in Germany was conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 pa...
Aims Hospital admissions due to acute cardiovascular events dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population; however, evidence for residents of long-term care facilities (LTCF) is sparse. We investigated rates of hospital admissions and deaths due to myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in LTCF residents during the pandemic. Methods...
Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Die Umsetzung von Schutzmaßnahmen in Pflegeheimen während der Covid-19-Pandemie war mit dem Wegfall sozialer Teilhabeangebote in der ersten Covid-19-Welle verbunden, für die zweite Covid-Welle ist dies unzureichend untersucht. Ziel: Die Evaluation des Zusammenhangs von Schutzmaßnahmen und Einschränkungen der sozialen T...
Background
Though evidence on the detrimental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes is vast, research focusing on general practitioners’ (GP) care during the pandemic in nursing homes is still scarce.
Methods
A retrospective online survey among 1,010 nursing home managers in Germany was conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 pa...
The aim of the present study was to investigate the awareness of patient navigation (PN) in the general population in Germany and to assess which navigator tasks are considered most important. The analysis drew on a 2019 nationwide telephone survey of 6110 adults. We compared rankings of emotional support, administrative support and information amo...
Background
Care homes were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although high levels of psychosocial burden (i.e., anxiety, depression and stress) during the pandemic have been described for healthcare workers in hospitals, evidence on the psychosocial burden for nurses in care homes during the pandemic is scarce.
Methods
A total of 811 nurses parti...
Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Das Spannungsfeld zwischen Gesundheitsschutz und Einschränkungen des sozialen Lebens in den Pflegeheimen während der Pandemie ist unzureichend aufgearbeitet. Ziel: Ziel war es, bundesländerspezifische Verordnungen zu systematisieren und die Umsetzungen dieser in einen Zusammenhang mit Einschränkungen sozialer Angebote...
Background
Care homes were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although high levels of psychosocial burden (i.e., anxiety, depression and stress) during the pandemic have been described for healthcare workers in hospitals, evidence on the psychosocial burden for nurses in care homes during the pandemic is scarce.
Methods
A total of 811 nurses parti...
Zusammenfassung
Die Corona-Pandemie deckt die Schwächen des stationären Pflegesystems – schon vor der Pandemie waren diese abzusehen – nun schonungslos auf. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeichnet basierend auf Abrechnungsdaten der AOK-Pflege- und Krankenkassen ein Abbild dieser Krisensituation für die erste Pandemiewelle von März bis Mai 2020. Aufgezeigt...
