All projects from the School of Health Sciences
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Ressources and barriers of health care at a distance
With the Covid 19 pandemic, the digital future has become the present: In the short term, interventions with physical presence have been replaced by interventions at a distance. The effectiveness of these interventions has little been researched, the legal requirements have not been conclusively clarified and are ...
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mHealthINX – The mental Health eXperience; Indication - iNtervention - eXperience
Mental health is a sensitive but important and pressing issue in the professional environment. It encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Chronic stress can have detrimental effects on both mental and physical health. The mHealthINX solution aims to help older workers (50+) manage stress, ...
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Caring for Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases in Switzerland
Background and Problem Neuromuscular diseases (NMD) are rare genetic conditions that have very serious repercussions for affected individuals and their families. The management of NMD is complex and requires a coordinated, interdisciplinary approach to care. At present, there is no primary causal treatment for the ...
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Applicability of the GripAble Therapy Robot to Patients After Hand Injuries
Hand injuries account for a significant number of injury-related treatments in the emergency room and cause high costs through medical care (medical treatment and therapy) and absenteeism. Since the recovery of hand function has an influence on the quality of life, and the duration of illness and incapacity to work ...
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Health Technology Assessment: Infliximab reference product versus biosimilar for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
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Wearables & Apps for mental health
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Challenges for families of longterm survivors of childhood cancer during transition from adolescence to young adulthood - phase 1
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GLAD Osteoarthritis Switzerland
The prevalence of hip and knee osteoarthritis (KH-OA) is constantly increasing in countries like Switzerland. This leads to an increasing number of total knee and hip joint replacements and its costs. Switzerland is the worldwide number one with is number of total knee and hip joint replacements. (2003-2014 knee ...
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Understanding the Interactions of Influencing Factors on Restraint Use in Swiss Intensive Care Units: A Mixed Methods Multi-Case Study
Background: Physical and pharmacological restraints are frequently applied in intensive care patients to prevent accidental removal of devices. However, due to their contradictory benefits and ethical considerations, legal and health care institutions recommended a reduction of restraint use. Despite the awareness ...
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Preventive Home Adaptation
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Measuring headache and headache-related dysfunction in Swiss office workers
Primary headaches belong to the most prevalent conditions, leading to pain and disability in the general population and especially in office workers (OW). In a Swiss survey in 2010, a monthly prevalence of 35% in OW has been demonstrated.The Swiss National Foundation has approved a study coordinated by ZHAW to ...
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Measuring participation of young children
The Young Children Participation Environment Measure (YC-PEM) is a proxy assessment that describes the participation of young children and environmental features in activities at home, in daycare and preschool and in the community. With the YC-PEM, parents and professionals can learn more about the current ...
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NM4SAFETY – Strengthening knowledge and competencies of Nurse Managers for a Safe care environment
Background: Although patient safety is a fundamental principle of health care, a significant number of patients are often unintentionally injured whilst receiving health care, resulting in permanent injury, disability, longer length of hospital stay, death. Nurses have a central role in promoting patient safety in ...
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Intercultural Nursing Educators and Students (TraINErs)
Background: The diverse society in Switzerland dictates that intercultural competent nurses are needed. The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) however claims that healthcare staff in Switzerland lack intercultural skills. Training programs for health care professionals is considered a key intervention to ...
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A corpus linguistic approach to childhood public health
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Digital Health for parents facing language and cultural access barriers to the Swiss health system
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Fine motor skills in school-aged Children with ADHD: A case-control study using digital pens (FAST)
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Telephone hotline of the Association of Midwives of Thurgau
Since the introduction of Swiss Diagnosis Related Groups (SwissDRG), the new tariff system for acute somatic inpatient hospital services, hospital stays after childbirth have shortened and accordingly outpatient postpartum care services provided by midwives have gradually gained more importance. It is therefore ...
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Accessible communication between hearing-impaired people and healthcare professionals
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. ...
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Prevention and Intervention of Neck Pain in Swiss Office-Workers (NEXpro)
Background and Aims Neck pain is among the most common musculoskeletal disorders worldwide. It poses a major burden on office workers, resulting in discomfort and decreased work productivity. Despite the expected growth of the service sector, the current literature does not offer a convincing approach to address ...
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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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The influence of parental use of smartphones on maternal and paternal sensitivity to the infant
Smartphones have become an integral part of our everyday lives. During pregnancy, they often serve as an important tool for accessing information and entertainment and for keeping in touch with others. However, with the birth of a child many things change in the lives of parents. There is still little research into ...
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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 ...