The number of people, especially older adults, with disabling hearing loss is steadily increasing. To date, existing knowledge about this health condition and its impact on patients’ everyday life has not been transferred into developing a standardised communication model for inclusive practice in healthcare. Research, in fact, has mainly focused ...

Non-specific neck pain is a major burden in industry in relation to lost productivity (reduced work performance, lost days) and personal suffering (pain, disability, and reduced quality of life and job satisfaction), particularly in light of a tendency for chronicity and recurrence. With more than 50% of office workers experiencing neck pain at ...

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 education in order to support the ...

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 health outcomes for different social ...