Prof. Dr. Thomas Volken

http://www.zhaw.ch/gesundheit

• Corona Immunitas - Winterthur (CIW) / Team member / Project ongoing
• HEalth in Students during the Corona pandemic / Team member / Project ongoing
• Prevention and Intervention of Neck Pain in Swiss Office-Workers (NEXpro) / Team member / Project ongoing
• Palliative Care in long-term care facilities / Team member / Project completed
• Health and prevention in early childhood / Team member / Project completed
• Chronische Erkrankungen und Behinderungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen / Team member / Project completed
• PAN: prevention admission into nursing homes / retrospective data analysis / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Evaluation Via Pilot-Project Fall Prevention / Team member / Project completed
• Pain Intervention for people with dementia in nursing homes (PID) / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Emergency Recognition through Energy Data / Project leader / Project completed
• Intensität der Inanspruchnahme von Gesundheitsleistungen in der Schweizer Bevölkerung / Project leader / Project completed
• Blutversorgung 2035 / Project leader / Project completed
• Bedarfsanalyse migrationsgerechte Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention im Kanton Thurgau / Project leader / Project completed
• Expertise und Weiterentwicklung des Bedarfsplanungsinstruments der GD Zürich zur stationären Langzeitversorgung durch die ZHAW / Team member / Project completed
• Prognose Gesundheitsberufe Ergotherapie, Physiotherapie und Hebammen 2025 / Team member / Project completed
• Messinstrument zu psychischer Gesundheit-Krankheit in der Schweizerischen Gesundheitsbefragung / Project leader / Project completed
• Wirksamkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit von psychologischem Online-Coaching für Arbeitnehmende / Team member / Project completed
• Faktoren der Blutspende und Blutstammzellenspende / Project leader / Project completed
• Gesundheitsmonitoring der Migrationsbevölkerung / Project leader / Project completed
• Datenanalyse “Blutdruckwoche” / Team member / Project completed

• Dratva, Julia; Wagner, Aylin; Zysset, Annina; Volken, Thomas,

  2021.

  To vaccinate or not to vaccinate : this is the question among Swiss university students.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  18(17), pp. 9210.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179210

• Julen, Katja; Volken, Thomas; Holbro, Andreas; Infanti, Laura; Halter, Jörg P.; Schaub, Stefan; Wehmeier, Caroline; Diesch, Tamara; Rovó, Alicia; Passweg, Jakob R; Buser, Andreas; Drexler, Beatrice,

  2021.

  Transfusions in aplastic anemia patients cause HLA alloimmunization Comparisons of current and past cohorts demonstrate progress.

  Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2021.07.017

• Spichiger, Frank; Koppitz, Andrea Luise; de Wolf-Linder, Susanne; Murtagh, Fliss E. M.; Volken, Thomas; Larkin, Philip,

  2021.

  Improving caring quality for people with dementia in nursing homes using IPOS‐Dem : a stepped‐wedge cluster randomized controlled trial protocol.

  Journal of Advanced Nursing.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14953

• Amendola, Simone; von Wyl, Agnes; Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina; Huber, Marion; Dratva, Julia,

  2021.

  A longitudinal study on generalized anxiety among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland.

  Frontiers in Psychology.

  12(643171).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171

• Zysset, Annina; Schlatter, Nadine; von Wyl, Agnes; Huber, Marion; Volken, Thomas; Dratva, Julia,

  2021.

  Students’ experience and adherence to containment measures during COVID-19 in Switzerland.

  Health Promotion International.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab019

• Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina; Amendola, Simone; Klein Swormink, Anthony; Huber, Marion; von Wyl, Agnes; Dratva, Julia,

  2021.

  Depressive symptoms in Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic and their correlates.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  18(4), pp. 1458.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041458

• Aegerter, Andrea Martina; Deforth, Manja; Sjøgaard, Gisela; Johnston, Venerina; Volken, Thomas; Luomajoki, Hannu; Dratva, Julia; Dressel, Holger; Distler, Oliver; Melloh, Markus; Elfering, Achim,

  2021.

  No evidence for a decrease in physical activity among Swiss office workers during COVID-19 : a longitudinal study.

  Frontiers in Psychology.

  12(620307).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.620307

• Aegerter, Andrea; Deforth, Manja; Johnston, Venerina; Sjøgaard, Gisela; Volken, Thomas; Luomajoki, Hannu; Dratva, Julia; Dressel, Holger; Distler, Oliver; Elfering, Achim; Melloh, Markus,

  2021.

  No evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among Swiss office workers : short-term impact of COVID-19.

  European Spine Journal.

  30(6), pp. 1699-1707.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-021-06829-w

• Pehlic, Vildana; Volken, Thomas; Holbro, Andreas; Jirout, Zuzana; Drexler, Beatrice; Buser, Andreas; Infanti, Laura,

  2020.

  Long-term course of haemoglobin and ferritin values in high-frequency donors of whole blood and double erythrocyte apheresis.

  Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy.

  48(2), pp. 71-78.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1159/000509026

• Aegerter, Andrea; Deforth, Manja; Johnston, Venerina; Ernst, Markus; Volken, Thomas; Luomajoki, Hannu; Brunner, Beatrice; Dratva, Julia; Sjøgaard, Gisela; Elfering, Achim; Melloh, Markus,

  2020.

  On-site multi-component intervention to improve productivity and reduce the economic and personal burden of neck pain in Swiss office-workers (NEXpro) : protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

  BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

  21(391).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03388-x

• Koch, Daniel; Kutz, Alexander; Haubitz, Sebastian; Baechli, Ciril; Gregoriano, Claudia; Conca, Antoinette; Volken, Thomas; Schuetz, Philipp; Mueller, Beat,

  2020.

  Association of functional status and hospital-acquired functional decline with 30-day outcomes in medical inpatients : a prospective cohort study.

  Applied Nursing Research.

  54.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2020.151274

• Ris, Irène; Volken, Thomas; Schnepp, W.; Mahrer Imhof, Romy,

  2020.

  Pflegeauszeit und deren beeinflussenden Faktoren aus der Perspektive der Familienmitglieder, die eine ältere Person zu Hause betreuen und pflegen : eine Querschnittsstudie.

  Pflegewissenschaft.

  22(6), pp. 361-371.

• Dratva, Julia; Zysset, Annina; Schlatter, Nadine; von Wyl, Agnes; Huber, Marion; Volken, Thomas,

  2020.

  Swiss university students’ risk perception and general anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  17(20), pp. 7433.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207433

• Senn, Smeralda; Odenwald, Michael; Sehrig, Sarah; Haffke, Peter; Rockstroh, Brigitte; Pereyra Kröll, Devi; Menning, Hans; Wieber, Frank; Volken, Thomas; Rösner, Susanne,

  2020.

  Therapeutic success in relapse prevention in alcohol use disorder : the role of treatment motivation and drinking-related treatment goals.

  Journal of Addictive Diseases.

  39(1), pp. 88-95.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2020.1820810

• Allahqoli, Leila; Nithyanantham, Vinnaras; Rahmani, Azam; Fallahi, Arezoo; Fathi, Arzieh; Azadi, Nammam Ali; Pashaei, Tahereh; Volken, Thomas,

  2019.

  The effects of trans-theoretical model and fear of dental care on dental cleaning behavior among students.

  International Journal of Pediatrics.

  7(8), pp. 9853-9861.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.40305.3415

• Crawford, Rebecca J.; Volken, Thomas; Mhuiris, Áine Ni; Bow, Cora C.; Elliott, James M.; Hoggarth, Mark A; Samartzis, Dino,

  2019.

  Geography of lumbar paravertebral muscle fatty infiltration.

  Spine.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000003060

• Meier, Noëmi R.; Volken, Thomas; Geiger, Marc; Heininger, Ulrich; Tebruegge, Marc; Ritz, Nicole,

  2019.

  Risk factors for indeterminate interferon-gamma release assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  Frontiers in Pediatrics.

  7(208).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00208

• Crawford, Rebecca J.; Volken, Thomas; Schaffert, René; Bucher, Thomas,

  2018.

  Higher low back and neck pain in final year Swiss health professions’ students : worrying susceptibilities identified in a multi-centre comparison to the national population.

  BMC Public Health.

  18(1188).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6105-2

• Volken, Thomas; Buser, Andreas; Castelli, Damiano; Fontana, Stefano; Frey, Beat M; Rüsges-Wolter, Ilka; Sarraj, Amira; Sigle, Jörg; Thierbach, Jutta; Weingand, Tina; Taleghani Mansouri, Behrouz,

  2018.

  Red blood cell use in Switzerland : trends and demographic challenges.

  Blood Transfusion.

  16(1), pp. 73-82.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2450/2016.0079-16

• Crawford, Rebecca; Elliott, James Matthew; Volken, Thomas,

  2017.

  Change in fatty infiltration of lumbar multifidus, erector spinae, and psoas muscles in asymptomatic adults of Asian or Caucasian ethnicities.

  European Spine Journal.

  26(12), pp. 3059-3067.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5212-6

• Volken, Thomas; Crawford, Rebecca; Amar, Soraya; Mosimann, Edgar; Tschaggelar, Anita; Mansouri Taleghani, Behrouz,

  2017.

  Blood group distribution in Switzerland : a historical comparison.

  Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy.

  44(4), pp. 210-216.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1159/000479191

• Koppitz, Andrea Luise; Bosshard, Georg; Blanc, Geneviève; Hediger, Hannele; Payne, Sheila; Volken, Thomas,

  2017.

  Pain Intervention for people with Dementia in nursing homes (PID) : study protocol for a quasi-experimental nurse intervention.

  BMC Palliative Care.

  16(27), pp. 1-8.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-017-0200-5

• Volken, Thomas; Wieber, Frank; Rüesch, Peter; Huber, Marion; Crawford, R.J.,

  2017.

  Temporal change to self-rated health in the Swiss population from 1997 to 2012 : the roles of age, gender, and education.

  Public Health.

  150, pp. 152-165.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2017.07.007

• Crawford, Rebecca; Volken, Thomas; Valentin, Stephanie; Melloh, Markus; Elliott, James Matthew,

  2016.

  Rate of lumbar paravertebral muscle fat infiltration versus spinal degeneration in asymptomatic populations : an age- aggregated cross-sectional simulation study.

  Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders.

  11(21).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13013-016-0080-0

• Ni Mhuiris, Áine; Volken, Thomas; Elliott, James Matthew; Hoggarth, Mark; Samartzis, Dino; Crawford, Rebecca,

  2016.

  Reliability of quantifying the spatial distribution of fatty infiltration in lumbar paravertebral muscles using a new segmentation method for T1-weighted MRI.

  BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

  17(1), pp. 234-240.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1090-z

• Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter,

  2014.

  Health status inequality among immigrants in Switzerland.

  Open Journal of Preventive Medicine.

  4(6), pp. 459-469.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4236/ojpm.2014.46054

• Dratva, Julia; Balmer, Thomas; Gantschnig, Brigitte; Grylka, Susanne; Juvalta, Sibylle; Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina,

  2020.

  Chronische Krankheiten und Behinderungen

  .

  In:

  Gesundheit in der Schweiz : Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene : Nationaler Gesundheitsbericht 2020.

  Bern:

  Hogrefe.

  pp. 136-175.

• Grylka, Susanne; Aeberli, Regula; Günthard, Barbara; Meier Käppeli, Barbara; Leutenegger, Vanessa; Volken, Thomas; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica,

  2021.

  Development of midwives’ job satisfaction after the implementation of a midwife-led project [paper].

  In:

  2nd International CNHW Conference – «Effective measures to keep our treasures – How to care for health professionals», online, 29-30 April 2021.

• Zysset, Annina; Grylka, Susanne; Volken, Thomas; Dratva, Julia,

  2019.

  Projects on the accessibility of vulnerable families in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2019, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18465

• de Wolf-Linder, Susanne; Zigan, Nicole; Hediger, Hannele; Volken, Thomas; Bosshard, G.; Koppitz, Andrea Luise,

  2018.

  Does an educational pain management intervention in a nursing home improve nurse's knowledge to decrease pain in patients with dementia? [poster].

  In:

  EAPC 2018 Abstract Book.

  10th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), Berne, 24-26 May 2018.

  Bern:

  Sage.

  pp. 214-215.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318787744

• de Wolf-Linder, Susanne; Zigan, Nicole; Bosshard, G.; Volken, Thomas; Hediger, Hannele; Espin, A.; Spichiger, Frank; Payne, S.; Koppitz, Andrea Luise,

  2018.

  How do staff recognise clinical emergencies in a nursing home? : a case study [poster].

  In:

  EAPC 2018 Abstract Book.

  10th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), Berne, 24-26 May 2018.

  Bern:

  Sage.

  pp. 215.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318787744

• Bräutigam, Michelle; Volken, Thomas; Plattner, Alexandra; Passweg, Jakob R; Halter, Jörg; Buser, Andreas; Infanti, Laura; Drexler, Beatrice; Heim, Dominik; Holbro, Andreas,

  2018.

  Occurence and dynamics of HLA and HPA antibodies in the setting of matched related HSCT [poster].

  In:

  44th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), Lisbon, Portugal, 17-21 March 2018.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4759

• Baumann, Isabel; Glässel, Andrea; Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter; Dratva, Julia; Wieber, Frank,

  2017.

  Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention [paper].

  In:

  European Journal of Public Health.

  European Public Health Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, November 2017.

  pp. 410.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx186.024

• Koppitz, Andrea Luise; de Wolf-Linder, Susanne; Spichiger, Frank; Volken, Thomas; Murthag, F.E.M.,

  2019.

  Does the POS-DemA improve dementia care in swiss nursing homes? [poster].

  In:

  SAMW-Symposium, Bern, 21. November 2019.

• Koppitz, Andrea Luise; de Wolf-Linder, Susanne; Zigan, Nicole; Braun, Astrid; Spichiger, Frank; Bosshard, Georg; Volken, Thomas,

  2019.

  Pain intervention for people with dementia (PID) [poster].

  In:

  SAMW-Symposium, Bern, 21. November 2019.

• Volken, Thomas; de Wolf-Linder, Susanne; Zigan, Nicole; Braun, Astrid; Spichiger, Frank; Bosshard, Georg; Koppitz, Andrea Luise,

  2019.

  Pain intervention for people with dementia in nursing homes (PID): Recognition of pain events in routine nursing home care [poster].

  In:

  16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Berlin, 23-25 May 2019.

• Dratva, Julia; Grylka, Susanne; Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina,

  2019.

  Wissenschaftliche Übersichtsarbeit frühe Kindheit (0-4j.) in der Schweiz : Gesundheit und Prävention : Schlussbericht.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Dokument.aspx?DocumentID=50035

• Spichiger, Frank; Seiler, K.; Hediger, Hannele; Volken, Thomas; Koppitz, Andrea Luise,

  2018.

  RAI und BESA : Wie gut werden darin End-of-Life Care Aktivitäten abgebildet? [poster].

  In:

  Nationaler Palliative Care Kongress, Biel, 14.-15. November 2018.

  palliative.ch.

• Wieber, Frank; Baumann, Isabel; Glässel, Andrea; Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter,

  2017.

  Evaluation „Via-Pilotprojekt Sturzprävention“ [Evaluation Via pilotproject on fall prevention].

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://gesundheitsfoerderung.ch/assets/public/documents/de/5-grundlagen/publikationen/gfia/faktenblaetter/Faktenblatt_024_GFCH_2017-10_-_Sturzpraevention_bei_Personen_mit_erhoehtem_Sturzrisiko.pdf

• Volken, Thomas,

  2017.

  Obst- und Gemüseverzehr : eine Frage der Nationalität?.

  Schweizer Zeitschrift für Ernährungsmedizin.

  2017(3), pp. 9-12.

• Koppitz, Andrea Luise; Bosshard, Georg; Volken, Thomas; Hediger, Hannele; Imhof, Lorenz,

  2015.

  Pain intervention for people with dementia in nursing homes (PID) : Studienprotokoll einer Interventionsstudie [poster].

  In:

  Nationale Palliative Care Tage, Bern, 2.-3. Dezember 2015.

• Rüesch, Peter; Bänziger, Andreas; Dutoit, Laure; Gardiol, Lucien; Juvalta, Sibylle; Volken, Thomas; Künzi, Kilian,

  2014.

  Prognose Gesundheitsberufe Ergotherapie, Hebammen und Physiotherapie 2025.

  ZHAW Reihe Gesundheit

  ; 3.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  ISBN 978-3-905983-07-4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-87

• Pehlic, Vildana; Volken, Thomas; Holbro, Andreas; Jirout, Zuzana; Drexler, Beatrice; Buser, Andreas; Infanti, Laura,

  2019.

  Long-term course of hemoglobin and ferritin values in high-frequency blood donors donating whole blood or double erythrocyte apheresis.

  In:

  Abstract of 29th regional congress of the ISBT.

  29th Regional Congress of the ISBT, Basel, 22-26 June 2019.

  Wiley.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.12792

• Zysset, Annina; Grylka, Susanne; Volken, Thomas; Dratva, Julia,

  2019.

  Projekte zur Erreichbarkeit von vulnerablen Familien in der Schweiz.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Winterthur, 28. - 29. August 2019.

• de Wolf-Linder, Susanne; Koppitz, Andrea Luise; Moser, A.; Spichiger, Frank; Friederich, H.; Blanc, Geneviève; Volken, Thomas; Bosshard, G.,

  2017.

  Patient safety in nursing homes depends on effective communication : how are we doing?.

  In:

  European Association for Nursing Science, Malmö, Schweden, 26. Juni 2017.

• Polit, Denise F.; Sidani, Souraya; Richards, David A.; Willman, Ania; Kitson, Alison; Huijben-Schoenmakers, Marleen; Rademaker, Arno; Scherder, Erik; Bjuresäter, Kaisa; Larsson, Maria; Bergsten, Ulrika; Smith, Margaret Coulter; Pearson, Claire; Tropea, Savina; O’May, Fiona; Irvine, Lindesay; Rush, Robert; Wilson, Rowena; Rahn, Anne C.; Behncke, Anja; Buhl, Anke; Köpke, Sascha; Rodrigues, Maria Goreti Da Rocha; Shaha, Maya; Hjelm, Markus; Bohman, Doris M.; Willman, Ania; Kristensson, Jimmie; Holst, Göran; Øverlie, Anne; Machiels, Mariska; Zwakhalen, Sandra M. G.; Metzelthin, Silke F.; Hamers, Jan P. H.; Darcy, Laura; Karlsson, Katarina; Galvin, Kathleen; Van Hecke, Ann; Malfait, Simon; Eeckloo, Kristof; Råberus, Anna; Holmström, Inger K.; Sundler, Annelie J.; Dijkstra, Ate; Gesar, Berit; Bååth, Carina; Hedin, Hanne; Hommel, Ami; Helou, Nancy; Shaha, Maya; Zanchi, Anne; Varsi, Cecilie; Børøsund, Elin; Mirkovic, Jelena; Marcheschi, Elizabeth; Von Koch, Lena; Pessah-Rasmussen, Hélène; Elf, Marie; Audulv, Åsa; Kneck, Åsa; Koppitz, Andrea Luise; de Wolf-Linder, Susanne; Blanc, Geneviève; Bosshard, Georg; Volken, Thomas,

  2017.

  European academy of nursing science and the Swedish Society of Nursing summer conference 2017 : the future direction of European nursing and nursing research.

  In:

  European Academy of Nursing Science and the Swedish Society of Nursing Summer Conference, Malmö, Sweden, 4-5 July 2017.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-017-0218-2

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