Prof. Dr. Thomas Volken

http://www.zhaw.ch/gesundheit

• Corona Immunitas - Winterthur (CIW) / 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

• 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.

  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

• 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.

  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

• 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

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

  2020.

  Correction to: 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(488).

  Available from : https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03507-8

• 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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