[What Medical Specialties do ME/CFS Sufferers Consult? A Public Health Study on the need for Better Medical Education and Training].

Background: The disease ME/CFS is unknown to many doctors in Germany. Within the healthcare system, significant deficits in dealing with ME/CFS patients have been repeatedly revealed. Hence, the aim of the present study was to identify the specialties of the doctors consulted by ME/CFS patients and to find out whether information on the medical procedure in the context of the diagnosis process can be derived from this.

Health Communication Preferences of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals - Development and First Psychometric Evaluation of the CommTrans Questionnaire.

Patient-doctor communication is an important component of patient-centered care and should be adapted to the target group. Adapting communication to transgender and gender-diverse individuals is particularly difficult, as little is known about the preferences of this group. Thus, the aim of the study was to develop a questionnaire to assess the communication preferences of the target group.

The economic impact of a local, collaborative, stepped, and personalized care management for older people with chronic diseases: results from the randomized comparative effectiveness LoChro-trial.

Background: Within the ageing population of Western societies, an increasing number of older people have multiple chronic conditions. Because multiple health problems require the involvement of several health professionals, multimorbid older people often face a fragmented health care system. To address these challenges, in a two-group parallel randomized controlled trial, a newly developed care management approach (LoChro-Care) was compared with usual care.

[Systems thinking, subjective findings and diagnostic "pigeonholing" in ME/CFS: A mainly qualitative public health study from a patient perspective].

Background: ME/CFS (Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) is an illness that is predominantly viewed as a neuroimmunological multisystem disease, which is still unknown to many doctors in Germany or which they classify as a psychosomatic disease. From their perspective, ME/CFS patients report significant deficits in terms of medical treatment and a doctor-patient relationship (DP relationship) that is perceived as problematic. The aim of the present study is to more precisely analyse the process of finding a diagnosis as an influencing factor on the DP relationship in ME/CFS from the point of view of those affected.

[Implications of the quality of the doctor-patient relationship on health in adult ME/CFS patients. A qualitative public health study from a patien perspective].

Background: Most patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are dissatisfied with medical care. They complain about e. g.

Needs assessment towards research data management at the Medical Faculty of the University of Freiburg - Data of the BE-KONFORM study.

In order to investigate employees' needs of the Medical Faculty of the University of Freiburg regarding research data management, the BE-KONFORM study was performed in a two-step approach. First, guideline-based qualitative video interviews with four researchers were performed to identify key constructs of relevance. Second, a standardized online survey was conducted from 1 to 15 of November 2020 based on e-mail invitation by the dean and a faculty newsletter.

Local, collaborative, stepped, and personalized care management for older people with chronic diseases - results from the randomized controlled LoChro-trial.

Background: In the aging population of Western societies, an increasing number of older adults have multiple chronic diseases. As multifaceted health problems imply the involvement of several healthcare professionals, multimorbid older people frequently face a fragmentation of health care. Addressing these challenges, we developed a local, collaborative, stepped, and personalized care management approach (LoChro-Care) and evaluated its effectiveness.