René Schaffert

René Schaffert
  • Master of Arts
  • ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

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Im Zuge der Umsetzung des neuen Gesetzes zur Berufsbildung haben in der Schweiz die Ausbildungen im Pflegebereich eine grundlegende Umstrukturierung erfahren. Seither kann ein Diplom als Pflegefachfrau oder Pflegefachmann sowohl an einer Höheren Fachschule als auch an einer Fachhochschule erworben werden. Dieser Bericht zeigt die Ergebnisse der ers...
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Background Musculoskeletal pain, especially back pain, is common among health care professionals (HP). For prevention purposes, it is important to know whether HP develop their symptoms before or after entering the health care workforce. Cross-sectional studies among HP cannot answer this question. This follow-up study measures the prevalence and i...
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Background Healthcare is facing a shortage of qualified healthcare professionals. The pandemic has brought to light the fragile balance that affects all healthcare systems. Governments have realized that these systems and the professionals working in them need support at different levels to strengthen the retention of the workforce. Health professi...
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Background: Musculoskeletal pain, especially back pain, is common among health professionals (HPs). They reduce work productivity and cause high costs. This follow up study investigates the prevalence and individual course of Musculoskeletal pain among HP students at the end of their studies and one year after entering the health care workforce. Pa...
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Quality indicators (QIs) based on the Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC) offer the opportunity to assess home care quality and compare home care organizations’ (HCOs) performance. For fair comparisons, providers’ QI rates must be risk-adjusted to control for different case-mix. The study’s objectives were to develop a risk adjustment...
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Background Despite an increasing importance of home care, quality assurance in this healthcare sector in Switzerland is hardly established. In 2010, Swiss home care quality indicators (QIs) based on the Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC) were developed. However, these QIs have not been revised since, although internationally new RAI-...
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Background: One way of measuring the quality of home care are quality indicators (QIs) derived from data collected with the Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC). In order to produce meaningful results for quality improvement and quality comparisons across home care organizations (HCOs) and over time, RAI-HC QIs must be valid and relia...
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Auch einige Jahre nach Ausbildungsabschluss will die Mehrheit der Pflegefachpersonen langfristig im Beruf bleiben. Dies zeigen Ergebnisse der dritten Befragungswelle einer nationalen Längsschnittstudie zum Berufseinstieg des Abschlussjahrgangs 2011/2012. Damit dies Wirklichkeit bleibt, erwarten sie aber Verbesserungen der Rahmenbedingungen.
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Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit dem Phänomen der Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung AD(H)S. Er zeigt die Schwierigkeit auf, den Begriff zu definieren und die Vielfalt der Ursachen dieser Störung zu bestimmen. Nebst einem Erklärungsansatz, der sich in den psychiatrischen Wissenschaften etabliert hat, wird auch auf die...
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Background: Low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) are of considerable socioeconomic burden. Considering the escalating demand on health services that LBP and NP have globally, they represent an arguably unsustainable drain on resources with the projected increased demand secondary to an ageing population. Identifying populations at risk for LBP an...
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Background: Due to the multitude of therapy options, the treatment decision after diagnosis of localized prostate cancer is challenging. Compared to printed booklets, web-based information technology offers more possibilities to tailor information to patients' individual needs. Objectives: To support the decision-making process as well as the co...
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Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Mit Inkrafttreten des neuen Gesetzes zur Berufsbildung (2004) haben die Ausbildungen im Pflegebereich in der Schweiz eine grundlegende Umstrukturierung erfahren. Diese Veränderungen zeigen unter anderem Auswirkungen auf die Berufsbilder. Ziel: Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es aufzuzeigen, wie die Berufsbilder in den Beschre...
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The aims of this study were to analyze agreement on information needs within a group of early-state prostate cancer patients and to compare information preferences of patients with the view of health-care professionals about patients' needs. Sample consists of patients (n = 128) and six subgroups of health-care professionals (urologists, n = 32; nu...
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Männer mit Prostatakrebs sind an einem breiten Spektrum von Informationen interessiert. Dies belegt eine von der Schweizer Krebsliga finanzierte Studie zum Informationsbedarf der betroffenen Männer. Zudem zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass Fachpersonen und Patienten Informationen zur Therapie der Krankheit unterschiedlich bewerten. Die Studie unterstreich...
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Background In the context of shared decision-making it is important to know more about information needs of prostate cancer patients. Therefore, this study investigates content and extent of these information needs. Material and methods We surveyed 330 patients of 4 urological Clinics in Switzerland with a well-established written questionnaire bet...
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In the context of shared decision-making it is important to know more about information needs of prostate cancer patients. Therefore, this study investigates content and extent of these information needs. We surveyed 330 patients of 4 urological Clinics in Switzerland with a well-established written questionnaire between 3 and 24 months after their...
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The Swiss Health Survey (SHS) provides the only source of data for monitoring overweight and obesity in the general population in Switzerland. However, this survey reports body mass index (BMI) based on self-reported height and weight, and is therefore subject to measurement errors. Moreover, it is not possible to differentiate between overall and...
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Die professionelle Pflege ist die grösste berufliche Gruppe im Gesundheitswesen und ein bedeutender Leistungserbringer. Ihr Potential für die Gestaltung von Veränderungsprozessen wird jedoch kaum beachtet. Aufgeschreckt durch einen prognostizierten Pflegenotstand werden auch in der Schweiz erste Diskussionen geführt, wie Veränderungen im Gesundheit...
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Ziel der Studie: Auswahl und Erprobung von Qualitätsindikatoren für die ambulante Pflege basierend auf der Schweizer Version des RAI-HC (Resident Assessment Instrument Home Care). Die routinemäßige Messung der Indikatoren ist Teil des Qualitätsmanagements des Spitex Verbandes Schweiz, der Dachorganisation der gemeinnützigen Dienste für die häuslich...
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The aim of this study was to develop and examine quality indicators of home care in Switzerland using the Swiss version of the RAI-HC (Resident Assessment Instrument Home Care). The quality indicators are part of the quality management strategy of the 'Spitex Verband Schweiz', the organisation of Swiss home care institutions. The study consisted of...

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