[Measuring Attitudes towards Health Services Research among Representatives of German Rehabilitation Facilities: The REHA-KNOWS Study].

Purpose: The REHA-KNOWS study explores the perceptions of practice representatives of rehabilitation facilities in Southwest Germany regarding (healthcare) research and shows benefits and barriers in knowledge transfer from the perspective of practice. For this purpose, an instrument with 12 5-level items was developed, which is exploratively examined in this paper. The instrument includes statements on the benefits, costs and added value of rehabilitation research projects as well as on the framework conditions in the facilities.

Effects of a digital intervention on physical activity in adults: A randomized controlled trial in a large-scale sample.

Background: Physical inactivity is associated with health risks, contributing to various diseases and all-cause mortality. Despite recommendations for regular physical activity (PA), many adults remain inactive, influenced by socioeconomic and environmental factors. Digital interventions, particularly web-based PA programs, offer promising possibilities to promote PA across populations.

The Effect of Interactivity, Tailoring, and Use Intensity on the Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Over a 12-Month Period: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: eHealth approaches show promising results for smoking cessation (SC). They can improve quit rates, but rigorous research is sparse regarding their effectiveness and the effects of their interactivity, tailoring, and use intensity.

Objective: We examined the effectiveness of Techniker Krankenkasse Smoking Cessation Coaching (TK-SCC), an internet-based, tailored, and interactive SC intervention.

Effects of a Web-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Physical Fitness and Health in Physically Inactive Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Web-based lifestyle interventions are a new area of health research. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of an interactive web-based health program on physical fitness and health. = 189 healthy adults participated in a 12-week interactive (intervention) or non-interactive (control) web-based health program.

Rheuma-VOR study: optimising healthcare of rheumatic diseases by multiprofessional coordinating centres.

Objectives: Early diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis is critical to prevent joint damage and functional incapacities. However, the discrepancy between recommendations of early diagnosis and reality is remarkable. The Rheuma-VOR study aimed to improve the time to diagnosis of patients with early arthritis by coordinating cooperation between primary care physicians, specialists and patients in Germany.

A cross-sectoral approach to utilizing health claims data for quality assurance in medical rehabilitation: study protocol of a combined prospective longitudinal and retrospective cohort study.

Background: Measuring the quality of provided healthcare presents many challenges, especially in the context of medical rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is based on a holistic biopsychosocial model of health that includes a person's long-term functioning; hence, outcome domains are very diverse. In Germany, rehabilitation outcomes are currently assessed via patient and physician surveys.

Rehabilitation facilities' research needs and knowledge transfer in Southwest Germany: Data of the REHA-KNOWS study.

The REHA-KNOWS study was conducted to identify research needs, to explore attitudes and barriers towards health services research as well as to investigate knowledge transfer strategies in rehabilitation facilities in Southwest Germany. We designed a short online survey with 18 questions. From March to May 2023, we surveyed representatives of rehabilitation facilities in two German Federal States (Baden-Wuerttemberg and Saarland) using an online questionnaire provided via Unipark.

Effects of a Web-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Weight Loss and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults With Overweight and Obesity: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Background: The high proportion of people with overweight and obesity has become a worldwide problem in recent decades, mainly due to health consequences, such as cardiovascular diseases, neoplasia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Regarding effective countermeasures, the digitization of health services offers numerous potentials, which, however, have not yet been sufficiently evaluated. Web-based health programs are becoming increasingly interactive and can provide individuals with effective long-term weight management support.

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.

Costs of a structured early detection program for advanced liver fibrosis and cirrhosis: insights on the "plus" of Check-up 35.

Background: The implementation of an early detection program for liver cirrhosis in a general population has been discussed for some time. Recently, the effectiveness of a structured screening procedure, called SEAL (Structured Early detection of Asymptomatic Liver cirrhosis), using liver function tests (AST and ALT) and APRI to early detect advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis in participants of the German "Check-up 35" was investigated.

Methods: This study identifies the expected diagnostic costs of SEAL in routine care and their drivers and reports on prevailing CLD etiologies in this check-up population.

Effects of a Web-Based Weight Loss Program on the Healthy Eating Index-NVS in Adults with Overweight or Obesity and the Association with Dietary, Anthropometric and Cardiometabolic Variables: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

This randomized, controlled clinical trial examined the impact of a web-based weight loss intervention on diet quality. Furthermore, it was investigated whether corresponding changes in diet quality were associated with changes in measures of cardiovascular risk profile. Individuals with a body mass index (BMI) of 27.

Evaluation of an Interactive Web-Based Health Program for Weight Loss-A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Personal behavior patterns, such as unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity, lead to the development of overweight and obesity. These are associated with other comorbidities, reduced quality of life, premature frailty and increased mortality. Personalized web-based interventions are promising in inducing behavioral change leading to effective reductions in body weight at relatively low costs.

[Development of specific guidance for the safe opening and operation of recreational destinations under pandemic conditions].

Background: The SARS-CoV‑2 pandemic led to the closure of leisure and recreation facilities worldwide. As part of a model study funded by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Integration, it was possible to demonstrate how a hygiene and safety concept can be successfully implemented in practice using the example of the opening and operation of an amusement park in Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany) under scientific supervision.

Objective: The aim of the model project was, besides the verification of a possible infection event through a visit to the amusement park, to develop and review a recommended course of action for the safe opening and operation of leisure facilities under pandemic conditions, which can be transferred to other destinations.

Psychometric properties of the German version of the Psychological Consequences of Screening Questionnaire (PCQ) for liver diseases.

Background: This study aimed to translate the negative and positive items of the Psychological Consequences Questionnaire (PCQ) into German, to adapt this version to the context of screening for cirrhosis and fibrosis of the liver, and to test its psychometric properties.

Materials And Methods: The three subscales (physical, emotional, and social) were translated into German using a forward-backward translation method. Furthermore, we adapted the wording to the context of liver diseases.

A nationwide registry for recurrent urolithiasis in the upper urinary tract - The RECUR study protocol.

Background: Urinary stone disease is a widespread disease with tremendous impact on those affected and on societies around the globe. Nevertheless, clinical and health care research in this area seem to lag far behind cardiovascular diseases or cancer. This may be due to the lack of an immediate deadly threat from the disease and therefore less public and professional interest.

Structured Early detection of Asymptomatic Liver Cirrhosis: Results of the population-based liver screening program SEAL.

Background & Aims: Detection of patients with early cirrhosis is of importance to prevent the occurrence of complications and improve prognosis. The SEAL program aimed at evaluating the usefulness of a structured screening procedure to detect cirrhosis as early as possible.

Methods: SEAL was a prospective cohort study with a control cohort from routine care data.

Health Effects of a 12-Week Web-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Physically Inactive and Overweight or Obese Adults: Study Protocol of Two Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials.

Web-based lifestyle interventions have attracted considerable research interest. Available evidence on such interventions suggests health-promoting effects, but further research is needed. Therefore, this study aims to investigate short-, medium-, and long-term health effects of a web-based health program ("TK-HealthCoach", TK-HC) offered by a national statutory health insurance fund (Techniker Krankenkasse, TK).

[RECUR - Establishment of An Automated Digital Registry for Patients with Recurrent Stones in the Upper Urinary Tract].

Kidney stones, like cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus, affect a large number of people. Patients suffer from acute pain, repeated hospitalizations and associated secondary diseases, such as arterial hypertension and renal insufficiency. This results in considerable costs for the society and its health care system.

Abnormal FeV1 and body mass index are associated with impaired cough-related quality of life in sarcoidosis patients.

Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease that mainly manifests within the lungs and may thereby impair lung function. Beyond and independently from organ impairment, sarcoidosis may affect quality of life which can be quantified by questionnaires. The Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ) has been developed to assess cough-related quality of life.

[Online Rehab-Need Test (OREST): Effectiveness of an Invitation to Proactive Screening (self-test) for the Need for Medical Rehabilitation Among Individuals Covered by the German Statutory Pension Insurance Agencies in Baden-Württemberg and the Rhine Region].

Purpose: Up to now, there has been a lack of proactive approaches on the part of the rehabilitation providers, while simultaneously a suspected unmet rehabilitation need exists in some groups of insured persons. Therefore, the effectiveness of the invitation to a web-based self-test for rehabilitation needs as a new access route to medical rehabilitation was evaluated. The main question was whether the intervention leads to more approved rehabilitation applications in the follow-up period of 22 months and whether this effect is also apparent after controlling other influencing variables.

Psychometric properties of the German version of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire in sarcoidosis.

Background: Cough is one of the most common symptoms in general and pulmonary medicine with profound negative impact on health-related quality of life (HRQL). The Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ) is a validated HRQL questionnaire, yet a validated German version of the LCQ is not available and it has never been tested in a cohort with sarcoidosis.

Objectives: To translate the LCQ into German and determine its psychometric properties.