Romualdo Ramos

• PhD
• PostDoc Position at Medical University of Vienna

Objective: To investigate the relationship between daily activities (paid work, childcare, caregiving, voluntary work, sports and social contact), occupational balance, and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We analyzed data from the Austrian Corona Panel Project (four timepoints, 6-month period) using regression models w...

Background The use of health apps has become more popular in recent years, but it is still a small and rather unregulated market. Few apps have been designed in collaboration with patients and these mostly address patient reported symptoms. Some clinical registries have already developed patient apps to complete patient-reported outcome measures (P...

Per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), ubiquitously present in the environment and biota, are transferred to the fetus via the placenta. PFAS can be distinguished, among other things, by their different carbon chain lengths and functional groups. The aim of this study was to provide comprehensive evidence on PFAS transfer rates across the huma...

Objectives Evidence‐based treatment of dementia includes pharmacological and non‐pharmacological methods of which psycho‐social interventions are an important component, commonly administered by occupational therapists. The aim of this study was to investigate the utilization of occupational therapy (OT) services and its association with survival i...

Background: Although procurement of innovation is an established policy tool used to stimulate collaboration between supply- and demand-side entities during the development of new technologies, there is little scientific literature describing the process as applied in health care settings. Furthermore, what literature exists contains inconsistencie...

Qualitative research plays a pivotal role in clinical practice by providing insights from the patient”s perspective. This becomes all the more relevant, as we move into the era of patient-centered care. In this presentation, we shed light on the different approaches to qualitative data collection and analysis, as well as systematic literature revie...

Background It is estimated that 50–70% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are non-adherent to their recommended treatment. Non-adherent patients have a higher risk of not reaching an optimal clinical outcome. We explored factors associated with nonadherence from the patient’s perspective. Methods Four hundred and fifty-nine RA patients (34...

This chapter takes an individual-based approach to failure in the nonprofit sector. Many NGOs are currently experiencing an overall decline in voluntary participation and a high fluctuation rate, which takes an enormous toll on their limited resources. This problem can be traced back to the experience of failure in individuals, whose needs, motives...

Ausgehend von einem tätigkeitspsychologischen Standpunkt betrachtet dieser Beitrag die Verknüpfung zwischen Freiwilligenarbeit und Sinn aus zwei Perspektiven. Der erste Teil stellt das gesundheitsförderliche Potenzial der Freiwilligenarbeit als psychosoziale Ressource und die damit einhergehende Sinnstiftung in den Mittelpunkt. Daran anknüpfend bef...

Background: In light of an ageing and age-diverse workforce, it is imperative to understand how psychosocial aspects of work might influence health throughout working life. Recently, there has been an implicit call to differentiate job characteristics beyond the two factors of job demands and job resources. As needs, abilities and motivation fluct...

The literature on the health-promoting effects of community work has primarily dealt with the population in retirement age, yet the vast majority of volunteers are people still in the workforce. The aim of this study is to observe the relationship between volunteering and health within the context of working life, considering paid work conditions a...

Der Nutzen der Freiwilligenarbeit zeigt sich nicht nur auf gesellschaftlicher Ebene, sondern bereits beim einzelnen Individuum. Die bisherige Befundlage lässt erkennen: Freiwilligenarbeit – verstanden als selbstbestimmtes Handeln – geht mit erhöhtem Wohlbefinden und besserer Gesundheit einher. Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, einen Überblick der Forsch...

To understand the relationship between volunteering and health in the overlooked yet highly engaged working population, adopting a contextualizing balance approach. We hypothesize that volunteering may function as a psychosocial resource, contributing to work-life balance and, ultimately, health. A total of 746 Swiss workers participated in an onli...