Health Care Research
The "Health Care Research"- working group deals with the planning, monitoring and evaluation of studies in the field of Health Care Research.
A typical example of such studies are studies with complex interventions or innovative forms of care, which are tested for their effectiveness under everyday conditions in controlled and sometimes randomized studies or existing care models are compared with each other. With the resulting knowledge, the care of various patient and population groups should subsequently be improved on an evidence-based basis.
A complex intervention consists of several individual components. This can be, for example, a disease management program or a graded, cross-sector care model. In most cases, primary data is collected and evaluated in these studies; secondary data, such as the routine data collected for the billing of healthcare services, is also occasionally used.
This data is often analyzed in collaboration with colleagues of the Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research .
The Institute for Medical Biometry and Epidemiology is a part of the Center for Health Care Research and Public Health (CHCR & PH) .
If you are interested in a cooperation or have any questions, please contact Anne Daubmann via the
Clinical Studies at IMBE mailbox.
Current Projects
AMEND
Title: Music therapy for people with depression
Study biometrician: Anne Daubmann
Funding: DFG
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.05.2026 - 31.03.2028
HosMo AKTIV
Title: Development, implementation and piloting of a hospital mobility scheme to improve patients’ physical activity during a hospital stay
Study biometrician: Anne Daubmann
Funding: Innovationsfonds Versorgungsforschung
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.02.2026 - 31.01.2029
BASS-Teams
Title: Tiered, indication-based, interdisciplinary and cross-sector care for adults with autism spectrum disorder, provided by multi-professional autism teams
Study biometrician: Anne Daubmann
Funding: Innovationsfonds Neue Versorgungsformen
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.11.2025 - 30.04.2029
STARK
Title: A multicenter, randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of STARC‑SUD
(Skills Training in Affect Regulation – a Culture‑sensitive approach) versus treatment
as usual in trauma‑exposed refugees with substance use problems
Study biometrician: Antonia Zapf
Funding: BMBF
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.11.2025 -
CALMNESS
Title: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with advanced palliative oncology conditions – a randomised controlled pilot study
Study biometrician: Anne Daubmann
Funding: Hamburger Krebsgesellschaft
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.08.2025 - 31.01.2027
COVICare M-V
Title: Patient-centred and GP-initiated interprofessional teleconsultation for patients with post-viral symptom complexes
Study biometrician: Anne Daubmann
Funding: BMG
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.11.2024 - 31.12.2028
InATheGer
Title: Model project for intensified, interprofessional, outpatient therapy for geriatric patients
Study biometrician: Anne Daubmann
Funding: Innovationsfonds Neue Versorgungsformen
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.07.2024 - 31.01.2028
TIM-HF 4
Title: Telemedical Interventional Management in Heart Failure 4
Study biometrician: Eik Vettorazzi
Funding: Innovationsfonds Versorgungsforschung
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.05.2024 - 31.12.2028
AFT
Title: Alliance-focused training (AFT): An integrative concept for improving the interpersonal competence of psychotherapists and averting negative outcomes in the psychotherapy of depressive disorders. A randomized controlled multicenter study
Study biometrician: Antonia Zapf
Funding: DFG
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2027
SOMA.COV
Title: Long COVID: Psychological risk factors and their modification
Study biometrician: Antonia Zapf
Funding: DFG
Duration of study at IMBE: 25.10.2023 - 25.10.2026
ScreenAng
Title: Burdens and needs of relatives in palliative and hospice care – longitudinal assessment and validation of a newly developed short multidimensional screening instrument
Study biometrician: Antonia Zapf
Funding: DKH
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.04.2023 - 30.03.2026
StrokeCompass
Title: The project aims to develop and test a nurse-led coaching program to promote patient self-determination by implementing shared decision-making and support for medication adherence to prevent recurrent strokes
Study biometrician: Antonia Zapf
Funding: BMBF
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.10.2021 - 30.06.2027
MultiTool
Title: Planning to develop a computer-based tool and evaluate it in a cluster-randomized controlled trial with the aim of improving the management of multimorbidity in primary care practices
Study biometrician: Antonia Zapf
Funding: DLR
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.09.2021 - 30.05.2026
Res@t
Title: Resource-strengthening adolescent and parent training for media-related disorders
Study biometrician: Antonia Zapf
Funding: Innovationsfonds Versorgungsforschung
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.09.2021 - 31.05.2026
SOMACROSS (FOR PSS)
Title: Persistent SOMAtic Symptoms ACROSS Diseases: From Risk Factors to Modification
Research Group Persistent Somatic Symptoms
Study biometrician: Antonia Zapf
Funding: DFG
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.07.2021 - 31.03.2026
BENITA II
Title: Exercise and dietary intervention for ovarian cancer – development of a care programme and evaluation in routine clinical practice
Study biometrician: Anne Daubmann
Funding: Innovationsfonds Versorgungsforschung
Duration of study at IMBE:30.03.2020 - 30.11.2026
TopROC
Title: Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Transoral Head & Neck Surgery followed by adjuvant Radio(chemo)therapy versus primary Radiochemotherapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer
Study biometrician: Antonia Zapf
Funding: DKH
Duration of study at IMBE: 01.01.2015 - 30.06.2026