Dr. Annina Zysset

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

postdoctoral researcher

www.zhaw.ch/de/gesundheit/forschung/gesundheitswissenschaften/

Expertise and research interests

Promotion of mental health in childhood,children and youth public health,
child development, motor skills, executive functions, ADHD

Educational background

2016-2018 Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), PhD Program
2013-2018 Doctorate in Psychology (Dr.des), University of Zurich
2009-2011 Master in Psychology (M.Sc.), University of Bern
2006-2009 Bachelor in Psychology (B.Sc.), University of Bern

Professional milestones

2018-today ZHAW Winterthur, Institute of Public Health, Postdoc researcher
2013-2018 University Children's Hospital Zurich, PhD student

Membership of networks

• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Psychologie SGP
• Public Health Schweiz

Projects

• Take Care in der Schule / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Zielgruppenprofile in der Tabakprävention / Team member / Project ongoing
• Sport für Menschen mit psychischen Beeinträchtigungen in der Schweiz / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Machbarkeitsstudie Datenerhebung Kinder- und Jugendunfälle / Team member / Project completed
• Serious Game Approach to improving Writing Skills in School-Aged Children / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Nachdruck «Take Care» / Team member / Project completed
• Corona Immunitas - Winterthur (CIW) / Team member / Project completed
• HEalth in Students during the Corona pandemic / Team member / Project completed
• Erstellung digitaler Gesundheitsangebote für AXA Kunden / Team member / Project completed
• Digital Health for parents facing language and cultural access barriers to the Swiss health system / Team member / Project completed
• Fine motor skills in school-aged Children with ADHD: A case-control study using digital pens (FAST) / Team member / Project completed
• Physische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen / Team member / Project completed
• Health and prevention in early childhood / Team member / Project completed
• Psychosomatic comorbidities: Use of Screening instruments in General and Pediatric Practice / Team member / Project completed
• Chronische Erkrankungen und Behinderungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Zysset, Annina; Robin, Dominik; Albermann, Kurt; Dratva, Julia; Hotz, Sandra; Wieber, Frank; von Rhein, Michael,

  2023.

  Diagnosis and management of ADHD : a pediatric perspective on practice and challenges in Switzerland.

  BMC Pediatrics.

  23(1), pp. 103.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-03873-x

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

  2022.

  Change in alcohol consumption and binge drinking in university students during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

  Frontiers in Public Health.

  10(854350).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.854350

• Lelong, Miriam; Zysset, Annina; Nievergelt, Mirjam; Luder, Reto; Götz, Ulrich; Schulze, Christina; Wieber, Frank,

  2021.

  How effective is fine motor training in children with ADHD? : a scoping review.

  BMC Pediatrics.

  21(490).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02916-5

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

  2021.

  Generalized anxiety among Swiss health professions and non-health professions students : an open cohort study over 14 months in the COVID-19 pandemic.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  18(20), pp. 10833.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010833

• Wieber, Frank; Passalacqua, Silvia; Zysset, Annina; Crameri, Aureliano; Künzler, Alfred; von Wyl, Agnes,

  2021.

  Prävention psychischer Erkrankungen im Kindes- und ­Jugendalter.

  Schweizerische Ärztezeitung.

  102(38), pp. 1228-1231.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4414/saez.2021.20015

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

  2022.

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

  .

  In:

  Commodari, Elena; Coniglio, Maria Anna; Conti, Daniela; La Rosa, Valentina Lucia, eds.,

  Closure and Reopening of Schools and Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prevention and Control Measures, Support Strategies for Vulnerable Students and Psychosocial Needs.

  Lausanne:

  Frontiers Media.

  pp. 15-24.

  Frontiers Research Topics.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88974-282-0

• 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.

• Dratva, Julia; Zysset, Annina,

  2020.

  Körperliche Gesundheit und Entwicklung

  .

  In:

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

  Bern:

  Hogrefe.

  pp. 76-107.

• Zysset, Annina; Winogradow, Dana; Passalacqua, Silvia; Crameri, Aureliano; von Wyl, Agnes; Wieber, Frank,

  2020.

  Wie bewerten Eltern Tipps zur Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit von Kindern? [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2020, Luzern (Virtual Conference), 2.-3. September 2020.

• von Rhein, Michael; Albermann, Kurt; Dratva, Julia; Zysset, Annina; Robin, Dominik; Hotz, Sandra; Wieber, Frank,

  2019.

  Diagnostics and treatment of ADHD in Switzerland : a physician perspective on practice and challenges [poster].

  In:

  Jahresversammlung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Pädiatrie, Bellinzona, 6. - 7. Juni 2019.

• 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

• Zysset, Annina; Stapel, Leonie; Dratva, Julia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Robin, Dominik; Albermann, Kurt; von Rhein, Michael; Wieber, Frank,

  2019.

  Towards an automatic assessment of impaired handwriting (and visuo-motor skills) in children with ADHD [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-18493

• Zysset, Annina; Stapel, Leonie; Dratva, Julia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Robin, Dominik; Albermann, Kurt; von Rhein, Michael; Wieber, Frank,

  2019.

  Towards an automatic assessment of impaired handwriting (and visuo-motor skills) in children with ADHD [poster].

  In:

  1. Digital Health Lab Day, Wädenswil, 3. Oktober 2019.

• Truninger, Dominique; Zysset, Annina; Wehrli, Samuel; Albermann, Kurt; von Rhein, Michael; Wieber, Frank,

  2022.

  Digital pens for measuring fine motor skills in school-aged children with and without ADHD [poster].

  In:

  4. Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Schweiz, 12. September 2022.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25701

• Klein Swormink, Anthony Martinus; Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia,

  2022.

  Can I see my friends ever again without worries? : uncertainty in Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, 7. Stakeholderkonferenz Nationale Strategie zur Prävention nichtübertragbarer Krankheiten (NCD), Bern, Schweiz, 13.-14. September 2022.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26295

• Amstad, F.; Suris, J.; Barrense-Dias, Y.; Dratva, J.; Meyer, M.; Nordström, K.; Weber, D.; Bernath, J.; Süss, D.; Suggs, S.; Bucher della Torre, S.; Wieber, F.; von Wyl, A.; Zysset, A.; Schiftan, R.; Wittgenstein Mani, A.-F.,

  2022.

  Gesundheitsförderung für und mit Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen : wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und Empfehlungen für die Praxis.

  Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz Bericht

  ; 9.

  Bern:

  Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz.

  Available from: https://gesundheitsfoerderung.ch/node/8253

• Wieber, Frank; Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia; von Wyl, Agnes; Passalacqua, Silvia; Crameri, Aureliano,

  2019.

  BAG Projekt : Möglichkeiten zur Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen [poster].

  In:

  4. Health and Life Sciences Forum, Zürich, 17. Oktober 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

• Wieber, Frank; Zysset, Annina; von Wyl, Agnes,

  2022.

  Central concepts in mental health promotion programs for children and adolescents : evidence and examples from Switzerland.

  In:

  15th European Public Health Conference, Berlin, Germany, 9-12 November 2022.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. ckac129.451.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.451

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

  2021.

  Health of Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic : impact and management.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Bern, 25.-26. August 2021.

• Wieber, Frank; Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia; Passalacqua, Silvia; Crameri, Aureliano; von Wyl, Agnes,

  2021.

  How pediatricians promoted mental health of children and adolescents during COVID-19 : evaluation of the “Take Care” information brochures.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Bern, 25.-26. August 2021.

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

  2021.

  Mental health in Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  In:

  14th European Public Health Conference, online, 10-12 November 2021.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. ckab164.690.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.690

• Wieber, F.; von Rhein, M.; Gawrilow, C.; Zysset, A.; Kühnhausen, J.; Stapel, L.; Dratva, J.; Albermann, K.; Juvalta, S.; Robin, D.,

  2021.

  Objektive Bewegungsdaten als Grundlage für die Entwicklung digitaler Interventionen bei Kindern mit ADHS.

  In:

  Careum Konferenz “Chronisch krank in der digitalen Welt”, Aarau (online), 13. Januar 2021.

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

  2021.

  Preventive and risky health behavior of Swiss university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  In:

  14th European Public Health Conference, online, 10-12 November 2021.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. ckab164.015.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.015

• Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia,

  2020.

  Digital maternal health booklets : do they help reaching migrant populations.

  In:

  WCPH2020 : 16th World Congress in Public Health : Public health for the future of humanity, online, 12-16 October 2020.

• Zysset, Annina; Dratva, Julia,

  2020.

  Digital health information seeking of migrant populations : a scoping review.

  In:

  WCPH2020 : 16th World Congress on Public Health, Online, 12-16 October 2020.

• Zysset, Annina; Winogradow, Dana; Passalacqua, Silvia; Crameri, Aureliano; von Wyl, Agnes; Wieber, Frank,

  2020.

  Ten recommendations to foster mental health in children : systematic development of information materials for parents and pediatricians.

  In:

  WCPH2020 : 16th World Congress on Public Health : Public Health for the future of humanity, online, 12-16 October 2020.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 104.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.277

• Wieber, Frank; Passalacqua, Silvia; Crameri, Aureliano; Zysset, Annina; von Wyl, Agnes,

  2020.

  “Take care of yourself” : a psychoeducational tool for adolescents for the mental health promotion (MHP) in the pediatric primary care (PPC).

  In:

  WCPH2020 : 16th World Congress on Public Health : Public Health for the future of humanity, online, 12-16 October 2020.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 457.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1246

• Crameri, Aureliano; Wieber, Frank; Zysset, Annina,

  2020.

  Psychische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen stärken.

  In:

  Vernetzungstreffen zum Thema «Psychische Gesundheit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen 2019-2020» der Fachstelle «Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung» der Gesundheitsdirektion des Kantons Zürich, 29. September 2020.

• 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.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Zysset AE, Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Stülb K, Arhab A, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Munsch S, Jenni OG. Stability and prediction of motor performance and cognitive functioning in preschoolers: a latent variable approach, Infant and Child Development. 2020. doi: 10.1002/icd.2186

Zysset AE, Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Stülb K, Arhab A, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Munsch S, Jenni OG. Predictors of Executive Functions in Preschoolers: Findings from the SPLASHY study. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018 Oct, 9:2060, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02060

Zysset AE, Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Stülb K, Arhab A, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Ferrazzini V, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Munsch S, Jenni OG. The validity of parental reports on motor skills performance level in preschool children: A comparison with a standardized motor test, Eur J Pediatr. 2018;177(5):715-722, doi: 10.1007/s00431-017-3078-6

Schmutz, E. A., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., Kakebeeke, T. H., Zysset, A. E., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Stülb, K., . . . Kriemler, S. (2020). Motor Competence and Physical Activity in Early Childhood: Stability and Relationship. Frontiers in Public Health, 8(39). doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00039

Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., Schmutz, E. A., Zysset, A. E., Kakebeeke, T. H., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Stülb, K., . . . Kriemler, S. (2019). Accelerometer-derived physical activity estimation in preschoolers – comparison of cut-point sets incorporating the vector magnitude vs the vertical axis. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 513. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6837-7

Arhab, A., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Kakebeeke, T. H., Stülb, K., Zysset, A., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., . . . Puder, J. J. (2019). Association of physical activity with adiposity in preschoolers using different clinical adiposity measures: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatrics, 19(1), 397. doi:10.1186/s12887-019-1764-4

Stülb, K., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Kakebeeke, T. H., Arhab, A., Zysset, A. E., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., . . . Munsch, S. (2018). Prevalence and Predictors of Behavioral Problems in Healthy Swiss Preschool Children Over a One Year Period. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-10. doi:10.1007/s10578-018-0849-x

Stülb, K., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Kakebeeke, T. H., Arhab, A., Zysset, A. E., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., . . . Munsch, S. (2018). Age-Adapted Stress Task in Preschoolers Does not Lead to Uniform Stress Responses. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1-17. doi:10.1007/s10802-018-0475-x

Schmutz, E. A., Haile, S. R., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., Kakebeeke, T. H., Zysset, A. E., Messerli-Burgy, N., . . . Kriemler, S. (2018). Physical activity and sedentary behavior in preschoolers: a longitudinal assessment of trajectories and determinants. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, 15(1), 35. doi:10.1186/s12966-018-0670-8

Messerli-Burgy N, Stulb K, Kakebeeke TH, Arhab A, Zysset AE, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Meyer AH, Ehlert U, Garcia-Burgos D, Kriemler S, Jenni OG, Puder JJ, Munsch S (2018) Emotional eating is related with temperament but not with stress biomarkers in preschool children. Appetite 120:256-264

Messerli-Burgy, N., Arhab, A., Stulb, K., Kakebeeke, T. H., Zysset, A. E., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., . . . Puder, J. J. (2018). Physiological stress measures in preschool children and their relationship with body composition and behavioral problems. Dev Psychobiol, 60(8), 1009-1022. doi:10.1002/dev.21782

Kakebeeke TH, Zysset AE, Messerli-Burgy N, Chaouch A, Stulb K, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Arhab A, Rousson V, Kriemler S, Munsch S, Puder JJ, Jenni OG (2017) Impact of age, sex, socioeconomic status, and physical activity on associated movements and motor speed in preschool children. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol:1-12

Arhab, A., Messerli-Burgy, N., Kakebeeke, T. H., Lanzi, S., Stulb, K., Zysset, A. E., . . . Puder, J. J. (2018). Childcare Correlates of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Adiposity in Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the SPLASHY Study. J Environ Public Health, 2018, 9157194. doi:10.1155/2018/9157194

Stülb, K., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Kakebeeke, T. H., Arhab, A., Zysset, A. E., Leeger-Aschmann, C. S., . . . Munsch, S. (2017). Physiological stress response to an age-adapted stress task in preschoolers and its potential determinants. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 83, 57. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.07.394

Schmutz EA, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Radtke T, Muff S, Kakebeeke TH, Zysset AE, Messerli-Bürgy N, Stülb K, Arhab A, Meyer AH, Munsch S, Puder JJ, Jenni OG, Kriemler S (2017) Correlates of preschool children’s objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior: a cross-sectional analysis of the SPLASHY study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 14:1

Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Burgy N, Meyer AH, Zysset AE, Stulb K, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Arhab A, Puder JJ, Kriemler S, Munsch S, Jenni OG (2017) Contralateral Associated Movements Correlate with Inhibitory Control and Selective and Visual Attention in Preschool Children. Percept Mot Skills

Kakebeeke TH, Lanzi S, Zysset AE, Arhab A, Messerli-Burgy N, Stuelb K, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Meyer AH, Kriemler S, Munsch S, Jenni OG, Puder JJ (2017) Association between Body Composition and Motor Performance in Preschool Children. Obes Facts 10:420-431

Herzig D, Eser P, Radtke T, Wenger A, Rusterholz T, Wilhelm M, Achermann P, Arhab A, Jenni OG, Kakebeeke T, Leeger-Aschmann C, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Munsch S, Puder JJ, Schmutz E, Stülb K, Zysset A, Kriemler S. Relation of heart rate and its variability during sleep with age, physical activity and body composition in young children. Frontiers Physiology 2017, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00109.

Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Radtke T, Kakebeeke TH, Zysset AE, Messerli-Burgy N, Stulb K, Arhab A, Meyer AH, Munsch S, Jenni OG, Puder JJ, Kriemler S (2016) Regional sociocultural differences as important correlate of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Swiss preschool children. Swiss Medical Weekly 146

Messerli-Burgy N, Kakebeeke TH, Arhab A, Stulb K, Zysset AE, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Fares F, Meyer AH, Munsch S, Kriemler S, Jenni OG, Puder JJ (2016) The Swiss Preschoolers' health study (SPLASHY): objectives and design of a prospective multi-site cohort study assessing psychological and physiological health in young children. Bmc Pediatr 16:85

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