Abstracts by keywords: Germany
Adipositas und ihre Folgeerkrankungen zählen weltweit zu den bedeutendsten Herausforderungen für die öffentliche Gesundheit. Mit der steigenden Verbreitung von Adipositas nehmen auch kardiometabolische Erkrankungen (z. B. Typ-2-Diabetes mellitus, arterielle Hypertonie, koronare Herzkrankheit und Herzinsuffizienz), bestimmte Tumorerkrankungen und Muskel-Skelett-Erkrankungen zu. Bei Erwachsenen in Deutschland zählt ein höherer Body-Mass-Index (BMI) zu den größten Risikofaktoren im Hinblick auf die […]
05.10.2026
According to estimates, around 260,000 people in Germany are affected by a stroke every year [1]. Numerous underlying diseases can result in the spastic syndrome (SMD; synonymous use: spastic movement disorder, spasticity, spasticity). The manifestation of the spastic syndrome is possible at different times in the course of the respective underlying disease [2,3]. In addition to multiple sclerosis, a craniocerebral trauma, a spinal cord lesion or cerebral palsy, stroke is one of the most common and causative underlying diseases [4]. Stroke survivors have almost a 50% chance of developing spasticity one to three months later [5,6]. Spastic movement disorders are damage to the central nervous system and the central nervous sensorimotor cell and pathway systems (“spastic movement disorder”, SMD). The disease is characterized by a massive limitation of joint mobility and therefore overall mobility, as well as involuntary activation of muscles [7]. In Germany, 250,000 people are probably affected and suffer from the disease and the associated reductions in quality of life [8].
21.09.2022
Damage to the central nervous system and the central nervous sensorimotor cell and pathway systems often result in spastic movement disorders (SMD). According to the guidelines for the treatment of spasticity syndrome (AWMF/DGN), spasticity is defined as "increased, speed-dependent stretch resistance of the skeletal muscles, which occurs as a result of a lesion of the descending motor pathways of the central nervous system (CNS) (cerebrum, brainstem, spinal cord) and usually accompanied by other symptoms such as muscle paresis, slowing of movement, increased intrinsic muscle reflexes, pathologically uninhibited synergism and spastic dystonia". In earlier studies, spasticity was described as a "rate-dependent increase in muscle tone resulting from hyperexcitability of the spinal tonic stretch reflex" [1]. An expanded definition of the SPASM group refers to spasticity as positive phenomena produced due to a disturbance in sensorimotor control resulting from a lesion of the first motor neuron. The manifestation is persistent involuntary activation of muscles [2]. SMD is a common syndrome of diseases such as stroke, multiple sclerosis or traumatic brain injury. According to estimates, up to 260,000 people in Germany suffer a stroke every year [3]. Almost half of survivors (up to 46%) experience spasticity within the first three months after the stroke [4, 5]. Spasticity can also develop at a later point in time [4]. Severe paralysis and sensory disorders are predictors of the development of spasticity, e.g. B. as a result of a stroke, and can be associated with severe limitations in coping with everyday life [6]. If you look at the time periods after a stroke in more detail, it can be seen that within the first four weeks at 4% to 27% the patient spasticity could be observed. The prevalence increases to 19% to 26.7% in the post-acute phase (one to three months). Over a period of three months there is a PSS (Post Stroke Spasticity) of 17% to 42.6% [4].
22.07.2022
In the healthcare system, users are increasingly required to be able to find, understand, assess and apply health information to their own situation in order to make decisions, for example, about the treatment and care of illnesses or the recovery and maintenance of health. The knowledge, motivation and skills to deal with health-related information are referred to by experts as health literacy (Sørensen et al. 2012). Health literacy is the interaction of personal abilities and the requirements and complexity of situations and systems in which people move (Schaeffer et al. 2018). But people often face difficulties in dealing with health information.
04.06.2018
Since the beginning of 2018, Germany has also had a “National Action Plan to Strengthen Health Literacy” following the example of other countries. Created by an independent group of experts, the plan contains fifteen recommendations that relate to four major areas of action: everyday living environments, the healthcare system, life with chronic illness and research (Schaeffer et al. 2018). The following article first provides a brief overview of the current state of discussion on the topic of “health literacy” and then explains why an action plan makes sense and is necessary, what empirical foundations it is based on and what its content focuses. The recommendation for promoting research on health literacy is then presented and explained. It is shown that the National Action Plan can also be read as an agenda for new approaches and topics in health services research.
04.06.2018
Every year around 5 million people die from injuries worldwide. This number accounts for 9% of all deaths [1]. It has been proven that men and young people die from injuries more often than women and the elderly, respectively [1–3]. In addition, injuries cause one million permanent disabilities in the European Union every year, and thus have a significant impact on public health in this region of the world [4]. The prevalence of injuries in Germany has only been examined by a few authors in recent years. In 2010, there were an estimated 8 million injuries and more than 20,000 injury deaths in this country [5,6]. In the same year, Rickels et al. found that the incidence of traumatic brain injuries in two separate regions of Germany was 332 per 100,000 people [7]. A cross-sectional telephone survey published in 2013 also estimated that more than 10% of the participants had been diagnosed with accidental injuries requiring medical treatment in the 12 months prior to the survey [8]. More recently, in 2016, Rommel and colleagues showed that at least 2.8% out of more than 14,000 adults were affected by an accident at work [9].
04.06.2018
This study examined the costs of a combination therapy of exenatide (EXE) and an oral antidiabetic drug (OAD) versus basal-supported oral therapy (BOT) with insulin glargine (GLA) in antihyperglycemic treatment in type 2 diabetics in Germany based on healthcare data . A historical cohort study was conducted using the representative IMS® Disease Analyzer database. Type 2 diabetics who started BOT with GLA or combination therapy with EXE and OAD between 1/2007 and 12/2008 were included.