Projects
The following projects were carried out by, or in cooperation with, the School of Health Sciences at the ZHAW.
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Prevention and Intervention of Neck Pain in Swiss Office-Workers (NEXpro)
Background: Non-specific neck pain is a widespread disease, especially among office workers. It reduces physical well-being, quality of life and job satisfaction and has a negative impact on productivity in the form of health-related reduced presenteeism and absenteeism. Various studies have shown the high ...
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The Social Integration of People with Chronic Diseases Through Quantified Self Technologies
The aim of the project is to make a contribution to the area "Diversity" of the research focus "Social Integration". A publication is intended to highlight the gap between the needs of patients and health professionals. The aim is to develop solutions for medical-therapeutic practice as well as training and further ...
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Prevention Admission into Nursing Homes (PAN B)
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Health inequalities and the prolongation of working life
Current demographic and economic developments in Western societies fuel a trend of extending working life. The public and academic debates about postponing retirement age give little attention to heterogeneity in aging. This project aims at examining the effects of the transition from employment to retirement on ...
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Sexual quality of life during the postpartum period
Sexual life is an important part of woman’s health. Childbirth is a stressful event, which can affect female sexual quality of life. Sexual dysfunction is prevalent in the postpartum period and might have adverse consequences on health and wellbeing but also burden the relationship. The sexuality after having given ...
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COPILOT - Cooperative Online Peer-assisted Online Learning in Occupational Therapy
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The Size and Structure of the Swiss Occupational Therapy Workforce.
Background The shortage of skilled workers in the health professions is also present in occupational therapy. In order to determine the need for occupational therapists in the various regions and fields of practice in Switzerland, to plan study places and to make political decisions, empirical data on the number and ...
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Feasibility and cost description of intensive rehabilitation involving new technologies in patients with sub-acute stroke: A multicenter single arm trial of the Swiss RehabTech Initiative
The objective of the current study is to develop and investigate training concepts involving rehabilitation technology, which aim at exploiting the potential for regaining the ability to perform skilled movements by maximizing training intensity and keeping the motivation of patients high. The evaluation focuses on ...
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Occupational Therapy for children with experience of displacement
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Research on international health promotion and prevention projects for the elderly