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Forschungsfrage: In welchem Umfang werden Persönlichkeitseigenschaften in Stellenanzeigen verwendet, die eher als maskulin wahrgenommen werden?
Methodik: Wir nutzen einen Pool von deutschsprachigen Stellenanzeigen von Dax-30-Unternehmen, mittelständischen Unternehmen und des öffentlichen Sektors in den Bereichen Personalwesen (N=2.086) und Softwareentwicklung (N=1.811).
Praktische Implikationen: Unternehmen, die eine diverse Belegschaft anstreben, sollten nicht einseitig vor allem maskuline Persönlichkeitseigenschaften fordern. Die Eigenschaften signalisieren auch die Unternehmenskultur.
Für die Versorgungsforschung ist wichtig, dass verteilte und heterogene Daten so integriert werden, dass sie offen für neue Analyse-Anforderungen und leicht um neue Datenquellen erweiterbar sind. Für die Integration von Versorgungsdaten werden bislang hauptsächlich Data-Warehouses eingesetzt, die Daten dimensional oder als Entity-Attribute-Value-Struktur (EAV) modellieren. Diese Datenmodelle sind jedoch entweder unflexibel oder weisen ein zu geringes Maß an Datenorganisation auf, was longitudinale Analysen erschwert. Wir haben den EAV-Ansatz um die Data-Vault-Modellierung ergänzt und damit die Datenstrukturen der Krankenhaus-Qualitätsberichte des Gemeinsamen Bundesausschusses (G-BA) modelliert sowie die Daten der Jahre 2011 bis 2015 integriert. Dies ermöglicht eine Historisierung der Metadaten für Merkmale, insbesondere der Qualitätsindikatoren, sowie ein hohes Maß an Erweiterbarkeit gegenüber neuen heterogenen Datenquellen. Der vorgeschlagene Ansatz erlaubt es, den Abstraktionsgrad für die zu modellierenden Entitäten frei zu wählen, so dass auch ein vollständig generisches EAV-Modell mit historisierten Metadaten erstellt werden kann.
Background: For more than 30 years, there has been close cooperation between Japanese and German scientists with regard to information systems in health care. Collaboration has been formalized by an agreement between the respective scientific associations. Following this agreement, two joint workshops took place to explore the similarities and differences of electronic health record systems (EHRS) against the background of the two national healthcare systems that share many commonalities.
Objectives: To establish a framework and requirements for the quality of EHRS that may also serve as a basis for comparing different EHRS.
Methods: Donabedian's three dimensions of quality of medical care were adapted to the outcome, process, and structural quality of EHRS and their management. These quality dimensions were proposed before the first workshop of EHRS experts and enriched during the discussions.
Results: The Quality Requirements Framework of EHRS (QRF-EHRS) was defined and complemented by requirements for high quality EHRS. The framework integrates three quality dimensions (outcome, process, and structural quality), three layers of information systems (processes and data, applications, and physical tools) and three dimensions of information management (strategic, tactical, and operational information management).
Conclusions: Describing and comparing the quality of EHRS is in fact a multidimensional problem as given by the QRF-EHRS framework. This framework will be utilized to compare Japanese and German EHRS, notably those that were presented at the second workshop.
Multinational health IT benchmarks foster cross-country learning and have been employed at various levels, e.g. OECD and Nordic countries. A bi-national benchmark study conducted in 2007 revealed a significantly higher adoption of health IT in Austria compared to Germany, two countries with comparable healthcare systems. We now investigated whether these differences still persisted. We further studied whether these differences were associated with hospital intrinsic factors, i.e. the innovative power of the organisation and hospital demographics. We thus performed a survey to measure the “perceived IT availability” and the “innovative power of the hospital” of 464 German and 70 Austrian hospitals. The survey was based on a questionnaire with 52 items and was given to the directors of nursing in 2013/2014. Our findings confirmed a significantly greater IT availability in Austria than in Germany. This was visible in the aggregated IT adoption composite score “IT function” as well as in the IT adoption for the individual functions “nursing documentation” (OR = 5.98), “intensive care unit (ICU) documentation” (OR = 2.49), “medication administration documentation” (OR = 2.48), “electronic archive” (OR = 2.27) and “medication” (OR = 2.16). “Innovative power” was the strongest factor to explain the variance of the composite score “IT function”. It was effective in hospitals of both countries but significantly more effective in Austria than in Germany. “Hospital size” and “hospital system affiliation” were also significantly associated with the composite score “IT function”, but they did not differ between the countries. These findings can be partly associated with the national characteristics. Indicators point to a more favourable financial situation in Austrian hospitals; we thus argue that Austrian hospitals may possess a larger degree of financial freedom to be innovative and to act accordingly. This study is the first to empirically demonstrate the effect of “innovative power” in hospitals on health IT adoption in a bi-national health IT benchmark. We recommend directly including the financial situation into future regression models. On a political level, measures to stimulate the “innovative power” of hospitals should be considered to increase the digitalisation of healthcare.
Objective: To pilot benchmark measures of health information and communication technology (ICT) availability and use to facilitate cross-country learning.
Materials and Methods: A prior Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development–led effort involving 30 countries selected and defined functionality-based measures for availability and use of electronic health records, health information exchange, personal health records, and telehealth. In this pilot, an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Working Group compiled results for 38 countries for a subset of measures with broad coverage using new and/or adapted country-specific or multinational surveys and other sources from 2012 to 2015. We also synthesized country learnings to inform future benchmarking.
Results: While electronic records are widely used to store and manage patient information at the point of care—all but 2 pilot countries reported use by at least half of primary care physicians; many had rates above 75%—patient information exchange across organizations/settings is less common. Large variations in the availability and use of telehealth and personal health records also exist.
Discussion: Pilot participation demonstrated interest in cross-national benchmarking. Using the most comparable measures available to date, it showed substantial diversity in health ICT availability and use in all domains. The project also identified methodological considerations (e.g., structural and health systems issues that can affect measurement) important for future comparisons.
Conclusion: While health policies and priorities differ, many nations aim to increase access, quality, and/or efficiency of care through effective ICT use. By identifying variations and describing key contextual factors, benchmarking offers the potential to facilitate cross-national learning and accelerate the progress of individual countries.
Der Beitrag untersucht, worin die Mängel der schweizerischen Direktdemokratie bestehen, welches Verhältnis die AfD – auch unter rechtspolitischem, verfassungstheoretischem und ideengeschichtlichem Blickwinkel – zu Volksabstimmungen aufweist und was demgegenüber eine grundrechtsbasierte, streng rechtsstaatlich eingebundene Volksgesetzgebung im Kontext der deutschen Verfassungstradition auszeichnet.
Mutterschaft ab 35 Jahren: Das Altersrisiko in der Wahrnehmung von Frauen – eine Literaturstudie
(2017)
Hintergrund Die Anzahl derjenigen Frauen, die im Alter von 35 Jahren oder später Mutter werden, steigt in den Industrienationen weltweit. Mit dem höheren Alter ist eine Zunahme von Risiken für die Fertilität, für die Schwangerschaft, für die Geburt und für die Neugeborenen verbunden. Risikozuschreibungen in der Schwangerschaft beeinflussen die psychosoziale Situation von Frauen negativ. Daher stellt sich die Frage, wie Frauen das Altersrisiko erleben.
Methodik Die internationale systematische Literaturrecherche wurde zwischen Dezember 2015 und März 2016 in den elektronischen Datenbanken PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO und Sowiport durchgeführt. Eingeschlossen wurden Studien, welche die Wahrnehmung der reproduktiven Altersrisiken der Mutterschaft in fortgeschrittenem Alter, definiert als ≥ 35 Jahre, fokussieren.
Ergebnisse Es wurden elf Studien unterschiedlichen Designs ausgewertet. Mit Ausnahme von Kenntnissen über die durch das Alter abnehmende Fertilität und die Zunahme bei Trisomie 21 zeigen sich insgesamt geringe Kenntnisse der Teilnehmenden über altersassoziierte Risiken. In der Konfrontation mit den Risiken werden diese als bedrohlich erlebt. Strategien im Umgang mit der Besorgnis sind vielfältig: Informationsmanagement mit Problemen von Über- und Fehlinformation und Informationsvermeidung, Ablenkung von Gedanken an Risiken, Bedürfnis nach Kontrolle und guter Vorbereitung oder eine emotionale Distanz zur Schwangerschaft. Die persönliche Risikobewertung durch die Frauen ist komplex und bezieht ihre sozialen Lebensumstände und ihren Lebensstil mit ein. Dabei werden die medizinischen Zuschreibungen relativiert. Durch die Fokussierung ein gesundes Kind zu gebären unterbleibt häufig die Vorbereitung auf das Leben mit dem Neugeborenen. Auswirkungen auf das Erleben von Mutterschaft zeigen sich insbesondere in einer postpartalen Überforderung in der Versorgung des Neugeborenen.
Diskussion Das Altersrisiko kann von den Betroffenen nur unzureichend eingeschätzt werden. Es zeigen sich verschiedene aus der Risikoforschung bekannte Phänomene. Die medizinische Risikoeinschätzung unterscheidet sich von der Risikowahrnehmung der Frauen. Die Folgen für das Erleben der Mutterschaft machen das Konzept des Altersrisikos diskussionswürdig. Diese Ergebnisse legen für die Gesundheitsberufe nahe, die Versorgung von Schwangeren in fortgeschrittenem Alter stärker auf gesundheitsfördernde Aspekte, Partnerschaft und das Neugeborene auszurichten.
Introduction
Socioeconomic deprivation in high‐income industrialized countries is a key factor in poor perinatal outcomes. Limited access, utilization, and quality of antenatal care seem to play an important role in poor perinatal outcomes.
Methods
This integrative review aimed to explore experiences of antenatal care among women who are socioeconomically deprived in high‐income industrialized countries. A search was conducted using 5 databases for articles published from 2004 to 2014. Six qualitative and 3 quantitative articles were selected. These were systematically appraised for quality independently by 3 researchers. Relevant themes were identified and organized into categories.
Results
The disadvantages experienced in antenatal care by women who are socioeconomically deprived start before the first contact with health care services and are notable throughout the entire pregnancy. There is disparity in choice of medical or midwifery service provision models. Six categories emerged during review: choice of service provision model, feeling valued, various types of discrimination, structural and interpersonal accessibility, comprehensibility and trustworthiness of information, and engagement and sense of responsibility. Categories underscored the importance of the woman's relationship with the antenatal care provider.
Discussion
Antenatal care models with women‐centered approaches and continuity of care, such as midwifery models, have potential to increase the satisfaction of women with low socioeconomic status with care; this may increase antenatal care utilization and improve perinatal outcomes.
Hintergrund: Für etwa 13% der Familien mit Säuglingen in Deutschland besteht Unterstützungsbedarf im Rahmen Früher Hilfen. Um die Entwicklungsbedingungen für Kinder zu fördern, gewinnt die Kooperation zwischen den Berufsgruppen des Gesundheits- und Sozialwesens an Relevanz. Freiberufliche Hebammen werden als Partnerinnen in den Netzwerken Früher Hilfen angesehen, ihre Perspektive zur Kooperation ist kaum erforscht.
Ziel: Die Studie analysiert zentrale Konzepte des Hebammenhandelns Fakultät Wirtschafts- und im Kontext der interprofessionellen Kooperation in den Frühen Hilfen. Sozialwissenschaften,
Methodik: 27 problemzentrierte Interviews mit freiberuflichen Hebammen in Deutschland bilden die Basis der qualitativen Untersuchung. Der Feldzugang erfolgte über lokale Mailverteiler, Anzeigen in Hebammenzeitschriften, Besuche von Kongressen und durch Unterstützung von Gatekeepern. Die Interviews wurdenmittels Leitfaden geführt, digital aufgezeichnet und transkribiert. Die Auswertung erfolgte mittels qualitativer Inhaltsanalyse nach Kuckartz.
Ergebnisse: Als zentrales Konzept der Kooperation von Hebammen in den Frühen Hilfen wurde die Vertrauensbildung zwischen Hebammen und Klientinnen identifiziert. Diese prägt die Arbeitsbeziehung der beiden, sowie die Zusammenarbeit der Hebammen mit den Akteurinnen und Akteuren der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe. Einige Hebammen bauen auf dem Vertrauen der Klientinnen auf, um sie an Angebote des Jugendamtes zu vermitteln, andere nutzen es zur Abgrenzung vom Jugendamt.
Schlussfolgerung: Die Herausforderung für die freiberuflichen Hebammen besteht darin, ihre Rolle als Kooperationspartnerin in den Netzwerke Früher Hilfen zu finden, ohne dabei das Vertrauen der Frauen zu verlieren. Dies erfordert klare und verständliche Rahmenbedingungen für alle in die Netzwerke eingebundenen Akteurinnen und Akteure.
Aim: The aim of this study was to give an overview of family caregiver satisfaction within the home palliative care situation in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Design: A cross-sectional study.
Methods: An anonymous questionnaire, with seven validated scales, and comprising of 71 items, was used. The items investigated perceived needs and burdens of families within a home-based palliative care situation.
The satisfaction of the family caregivers with the services delivered by palliative care teams was measured by the FAMCARE-2 Scale. Descriptive statistics and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were performed.
Results: A convenience sample of 106 family members agreed to participate in the study. Overall, we found high satisfaction within our sample. There was high satisfaction with how the services respected the dignity of families, and how they provided comfort to patients. Satisfaction was lower with regard to information about patients.
Conclusion: High or low satisfaction with palliative care, tells us little about the quality of services. The high satisfaction within this study could be interpreted as a sign that palliative care was important to families at the time of availability. Regular and continuous assessment can serve to inform the continuous quality of care provision for patients and their families.
Die Primärversorgung in Brasilien ist in den letzten Jahren international viel diskutiert worden. Dieser Beitrag skizziert die Entwicklung des Gesundheitssystems und ihren Bezug zum Demokratisierungsprozess in Brasilien. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Darstellung der Familiengesundheitsstrategie, die mit ihren Prinzipien des universellen Zugangs, der sektorübergreifenden Herangehensweise und Partizipation der Bevölkerung prägend für die Primärversorgung ist. Der Pflege kommt in diesem System eine zentrale Bedeutung zu, die in dem Beitrag ebenso ausgeführt wird wie Fragen der Qualifizierung. Den Abschluss bilden Überlegungen, welche Lehren sich aus den brasilianischen Erfahrungen für anstehende Diskussionen zur Rolle der Pflege in der Primärversorgung in Deutschland ziehen lassen.
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IT und Emotion
(2017)
The aim of this study was to provide a systematic overview of available pressure ulcer prevention quality indicators and to evaluate the underlying empirical evidence. A systematic mapping review was conducted with combined searches in Embase and Medline, and websites of relevant institutions and organisations. The eligibility criteria were clear use of the term “quality indicator” regarding pressure ulcer prevention; English or German language; and all settings, populations, and types of resources, including articles, brochures, and online material. In total, n = 146 quality indicators were identified. Most indicators were published in the United States (n = 50). The majority of indicators was developed for the hospital setting (n = 102). Process indicators were the most common (n = 71), followed by outcome indicators (n = 49). Less than half of identified indicators appeared to be practically used. Evidence supporting the validity and reliability were reported for n = 25 and n = 30 indicators respectively. The high number of indicators demonstrate the importance of measuring pressure ulcer prevention quality. This is not an indicator of our ability to accurately measure and evaluate this construct. There is an urgent need to develop evidence-based and internationally comparable indicators to help improve patient care and safety worldwide.
Aktualisierter Expertenstandard Das Deutsche Netzwerk für Qualitätsentwicklung in der Pflege (DNQP) hat den Expertenstandard „Dekubitusprophylaxe in der Pflege zum zweiten Mal an den aktuellen Stand des Wissens angepasst. Änderungen nahmen die Autoren bei den Kommentierungen und dem Aufbau des Expertenstandards vor. Zudem wurde ein sogenanntes Indikatorenset entwickelt.
Background and purpose:
Clinical information logistics is a construct that aims to describe and explain various phenomena of information provision to drive clinical processes. It can be measured by the workflow composite score, an aggregated indicator of the degree of IT support in clinical processes. This study primarily aimed to investigate the yet unknown empirical patterns constituting this construct. The second goal was to derive a data-driven weighting scheme for the constituents of the workflow composite score and to contrast this scheme with a literature based, top-down procedure. This approach should finally test the validity and robustness of the workflow composite score.
Methods:
Based on secondary data from 183 German hospitals, a tiered factor analytic approach (confirmatory and subsequent exploratory factor analysis) was pursued. A weighting scheme, which was based on factor loadings obtained in the analyses, was put into practice.
Results:
We were able to identify five statistically significant factors of clinical information logistics that accounted for 63% of the overall variance. These factors were “flow of data and information”, “mobility”, “clinical decision support and patient safety”, “electronic patient record” and “integration and distribution”. The system of weights derived from the factor loadings resulted in values for the workflow composite score that differed only slightly from the score values that had been previously published based on a top-down approach.
Conclusion:
Our findings give insight into the internal composition of clinical information logistics both in terms of factors and weights. They also allowed us to propose a coherent model of clinical information logistics from a technical perspective that joins empirical findings with theoretical knowledge. Despite the new scheme of weights applied to the calculation of the workflow composite score, the score behaved robustly, which is yet another hint of its validity and therefore its usefulness.
Information Technology (IT) continues to evolve and develop with electronic devices and systems becoming integral to healthcare in every country. This has led to an urgent need for all professions working in healthcare to be knowledgeable and skilled in informatics. The Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Initiative was established in 2006 in the United States to develop key areas of informatics in nursing. One of these was to integrate informatics competencies into nursing curricula and life-long learning. In 2009, TIGER developed an informatics competency framework which outlines numerous IT competencies required for professional practice and this work helped increase the emphasis of informatics in nursing education standards in the United States. In 2012, TIGER expanded to the international community to help synthesise informatics competencies for nurses and pool educational resources in health IT. This transition led to a new interprofessional, interdisciplinary approach, as health informatics education needs to expand to other clinical fields and beyond.
In tandem, a European Union (EU) - United States (US) Collaboration on eHealth began a strand of work which focuses on developing the IT skills of the health workforce to ensure technology can be adopted and applied in healthcare. One initiative within this is the EU*US eHealth Work Project, which started in 2016 and is mapping the current structure and gaps in health IT skills and training needs globally. It aims to increase educational opportunities by developing a model for open and scalable access to eHealth training programmes. With this renewed initiative to incorporate informatics into the education and training of nurses and other health professionals globally, it is time for educators, researchers, practitioners and policy makers to join in and ROAR with TIGER.
Characterisation of pain in people with hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy
(2017)
Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) has historically been considered a pain-free condition, though some people with HNPP also complain of pain. This study characterised persistent pain in people with HNPP. Participants provided cross-sectional demographic data, information on the presence of neurological and persistent pain symptoms, and the degree to which these interfered with daily life. The painDETECT and Central Sensitization Inventory questionnaires were used to indicate potential neuropathic, central sensitisation and musculoskeletal (nociceptive) pain mechanisms. Additionally, participants were asked if they thought that pain was related to/part of HNPP. 32/43 (74%) subjects with HNPP had persistent pain and experience this pain in the last week. Of those with pain, 24 (75%) were likely to have neuropathic pain and 27 (84%) were likely to have central sensitisation. All 32 participants felt that their pain could be related to/part of their HNPP. Significant negative impact of the pain was common. Pain characterisation identified neuropathic pain and/or central sensitisation as common, potential underlying processes. Pain may plausibly be directly related to the underlying pathophysiology of HNPP. Further consideration of including pain as a primary symptom of HNPP is warranted.
Objectives
The aims of the present study were to provide back pain (BP) point prevalence data from inpatients at an Australian tertiary hospital on one day, and compare this with Australian non-hospitalized population prevalence data; to collect data around the development of BP throughout hospital admission; and to analyse the association between BP and past history of BP, gender, age, admission specialty and hospital length of stay (LOS).
Methods
This was a single-site, prospective, observational study of hospitalized inpatients on one day during 2016, with a subsequent survey over the following 11 days (unless discharge or death occurred sooner).
Results
Data were collected from 343 patients (75% of the hospitalized cohort). A third of patients (n = 108) reported BP on admission, and almost a fifth (n = 63) developed new BP during their hospitalization. Patients who described BP at any time during their hospital stay had a higher chance of having had a history of BP, with odds increasing after adjustment for age and gender (odds ratio 5.89; 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.0 to 11.6; p < 0.001). After adjusting for age and gender, those experiencing BP had a significantly longer LOS (median 13 days; CI 10.8 to 15.3) than those who did not (median 10 days; CI 8.4 to 11.6; p = 0.034).
Conclusions
Hospital LOS for patients who complained of BP at any time during their admission was 3 days longer than those who had no BP, and a history of BP predicted a higher likelihood of BP during admission. Screening of patients on admission to identify any history of BP, and application of a package of care including early mobilization and analgesia may prevent the onset of BP and reduce LOS.
Der Big-Data-Bluff
(2017)
Objective
Gross mandibular position and masticatory muscle activity have been shown to influence cervical muscles electromyographic activity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of three different mandible positions including conscious occlusion, tongue tip against the anterior hard palate (Palate tongue position) and natural resting position (Rest), on sagittal plane cervical spine range of motion (ROM) as well as the flexion-rotation test (FRT) in asymptomatic subjects.
Materials and methods
An experienced single blinded examiner evaluated ROM using an Iphone in 22 subjects (7 females; mean age of 29.91years, SD 5.44).
Results
Intra-rater reliability for range recorded was good for the FRT with ICC (intraclass correlation) 0.95 (95% CI: 0.88–0.98) and good for sagittal plane cervical ROM with ICC 0.90 (95% CI: 0.77–0.96). A repeated measures ANOVA determined that mean ROM recorded during the FRT differed significantly between assessment points (F(1.99, 41.83) = 19.88, P < 0.001). Bonferroni Post hoc tests revealed that both conscious Occlusion and Palate tongue position elicited a significant large reduction in ROM recorded during the FRT from baseline (p < 0.01). Despite this, one activation strategy did not influence ROM more than the other. An additional repeated measures ANOVA determined that mean sagittal cervical ROM did not significantly vary between assessment points (F(2, 42) = 8.18, P = 0.08).
Conclusion
This current study provided further evidence for the influence of the temporomandibular region on upper cervical ROM. Results suggest that clinicians should focus on the natural mandible rest position when evaluating upper cervical mobility.
Objective:
To compare the short- and long-term effects of a structural-oriented (convential) with an activity-oriented physiotherapeutic treatment in patients with frozen shoulder.
Design:
Double-blinded, randomized, experimental study.
Setting:
Outpatient clinic.
Subjects:
We included patients diagnosed with a limited range of motion and pain in the shoulder region, who had received a prescription for physiotherapy treatment, without additional symptoms of dizziness, a case history of headaches, pain and/or limited range of motion in the cervical spine and/or temporomandibular joint.
Interventions:
The study group received treatment during the performance of activities. The comparison group was treated with manual therapy and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (conventional therapy). Both groups received 10 days of therapy, 30 minutes each day.
Main measures:
Range of motion, muscle function tests, McGill pain questionnaire and modified Upper Extremity Motor Activity Log were measured at baseline, after two weeks of intervention and after a three-month follow-up period without therapy.
Results:
A total of 66 patients were randomized into two groups: The activity-oriented group (n = 33, mean = 44 years, SD = 16 years) including 20 male (61%) and the structural-oriented group (n = 33, mean = 47 years, SD = 17 years) including 21 male (64%). The activity-oriented group revealed significantly greater improvements in the performance of daily life activities and functional and structural tests compared with the group treated with conventional therapy after 10 days of therapy and at the three-month follow-up (p < 0.05).
Conclusions:
Therapy based on performing activities seems to be more effective for pain reduction and the ability to perform daily life activities than conventional treatment methods.
Hintergrund
Ziel dieser Studie ist es, die Auswirkungen einer Kinesiophobie auf die Emotions- sowie Lateralitätserkennung zu untersuchen.
Material und Methoden
67 Probanden mit chronischen muskuloskeletalen Schmerzen wurden untersucht. Hierbei erzielten 24 Probanden einen Wert von >37 auf der Tampa-Skala für Kinesiophobie und wurden in die Querschnittstudie eingeschlossen. Die Fähigkeit zur Erkennung mimisch codierter Basisemotionen wurde mittels des Facially-Expressed-Emotion-Labeling(FEEL)-Tests und die Lateralitätserkennung anhand eines speziellen Face-Mirroring-Assessment-and-Treatment-Programms ermittelt. Die Toronto-Alexithymie-Skala (TAS) 26 diente zur Erfassung einer Alexithymie.
Ergebnisse
Der FEEL-Score der Probanden mit Kinesiophobie war signifikant niedriger (p = 0,019). Die Basisemotionen Angst (p = 0,026), Ärger (p = 0,027) und Überraschung (p = 0,014) verdeutlichten einen signifikanten Unterschied zwischen den Ergebnissen der Querschnittstudie und gesunden Probanden. Der Alexithymiefragebogen TAS-26 zeigte lediglich in der TAS 1 (Schwierigkeiten bei der Identifikation von Gefühlen; p = 0,008) einen signifikanten Unterschied zwischen Probanden mit Kinesiophobie.
Schlussfolgerung
Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass kinesiophobische Patienten Veränderungen in der Emotions- und Lateralitätserkennung sowie alexithyme Merkmale aufweisen.
Due to new research results in the past few years, interest in the fascia of the human body has increased. Dysfunctions of the fascia are indicated by various symptoms, amongst others, musculoskeletal pain. As a result stronger focus has been put on researching therapeutic approaches in this area. The main aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Foam Roll exercises on the mobility of the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF). Study has been conducted in a randomized and controlled trial which sampled 38 healthy athletic active men and women.
The subjects were randomly assigned to a Foam Roll Group (FMG), a Placebo Group (PG) and a Control Group (CG). Depending on the assigned group the volunteers were either instructed to do exercises with the Foam Roll, received a pseudo treatment with the Foam Roll or received no treatment.
A total of three measurements were carried out. The most important field of research was the mobility of the TLF, which was determined using a sonographic assessment. In addition the lumbar flexion and the mechanosensivity of relevant muscles were determined.
After the intervention, the FMG showed an average increase of 1.7915 mm for the mobility of the TLF (p < 0.001/d = 0.756). In contrast, only an average improvement of 0.1681 mm (p = 0.397) was shown in the PG, while the CG showed a slight improvement of 0.0139 mm (p = 0.861). However, no significant changes were observed with regard to the lumbar flexion and mechanosensivity of the treated muscles.
Thus, evidence is that the use of Foam Roll exercises significantly improves the mobility of the thoracolumbar fascia in a healthy young population.
The primary objective of this study was to determine the structural and known-group validity as well as the inter-rater reliability of a test battery to evaluate the motor control of the craniofacial region. Seventy volunteers without TMD and 25 subjects with TMD (Axes I) per the DC/TMD were asked to execute a test battery consisting of eight tests. The tests were video-taped in the same sequence in a standardised manner. Two experienced physical therapists participated in this study as blinded assessors. We used exploratory factor analysis to identify the underlying component structure of the eight tests. Internal consistency (Cronbach's α), inter-rater reliability (intra-class correlation coefficient) and construct validity (ie, hypothesis testing-known-group validity) (receiver operating curves) were also explored for the test battery. The structural validity showed the presence of one factor underlying the construct of the test battery. The internal consistency was excellent (0.90) as well as the inter-rater reliability. All values of reliability were close to 0.9 or above indicating very high inter-rater reliability. The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.93 for rater 1 and 0.94 for rater two, respectively, indicating excellent discrimination between subjects with TMD and healthy controls. The results of the present study support the psychometric properties of test battery to measure motor control of the craniofacial region when evaluated through videotaping. This test battery could be used to differentiate between healthy subjects and subjects with musculoskeletal impairments in the cervical and oro-facial regions. In addition, this test battery could be used to assess the effectiveness of management strategies in the craniofacial region.
The acceptance of mobile payments has been limited. This paper, therefore, attempts to investigate the determinants of mobile payment adoption. To this end, it examines the relationships between the personality trait dimensions of the Technology Readiness Index 2.0 and the system-specific dimensions of the Technology Acceptance Model in Germany and South Africa. The model was tested using structural equation modeling. Results show that some, but not all, of the Technology Readiness Index 2.0 variables had a significant influence on the dimensions of the Technology Acceptance Model. Perceived Usefulness was the strongest predictor of the intention to use mobile payments. The factor “country” did not moderate the structural relationships.
Preise erzeugen Emotionen - sei es Freude über ein Schnäppchen, eine gute Marge oder Ärger über ein zu teures Produkt. Was aber, wenn der Preis an sich schon positive Gefühle hervorruft? Emotional Pricing ist ein neuer Ansatz, bei dem nicht der Wert des Produktes, sondern die absolute Zahl eine Rolle spielt. Dies erhöht nicht nur die Zahlungsbereitschaft sondern zahlt gleichzeitig auch auf die Marke ein.
Ein Date mit der IMTA
(2017)
Geoffrey Maitlands Behandlungsweise prägt die Physiotherapie bis heute und hat nichts an Aktualität verloren. 1992 gründete er mit von ihm ausgebildeten Instruktoren die Internationale Maitland Teacher Association (IMTA). Diese feiert am 27. Januar 2018 in Stuttgart ihr 25-jähriges Bestehen im Rahmen des physiokongresses. Es erwarten Sie zehn Vorträge von hochkarätigen Referenten.