Investigation of facilitators and barriers to the implementation of systems medicineSubproject of the interdisciplinary consortium project:Systems medicine and health literacy – Theoretical, normative and empirical studies concerning mental disorders

Completed

• Conditions: o specific disease- or health problem: systems medicine

• Registration Number: DRKS00008955
• Lead Sponsor: Forschungsstelle Ethik, Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin, Klinikum der Universität zu Köln

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-08-17
• Study Completion: 2018-01-31
• Results First Posted: 2021-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 72

Inclusion Criteria

Focus Group interview: sufficient German language skills, informed consent form (paper-version) signed by participants
-Semi-structured Expert interviews: based on knowledge and experiences related to the research topic
-Policy-Delphi survey: relevant stakeholders

Recruitment:
-Through the early detection center for mental disorders (FETZ), at the University Hospital of Cologne (Patient for Focus Groups)
-Public commonplaces and advertisement in a newspaper Kölner Stadtanzeiger” (General population for Focus Groups)
-Nationally (Stakeholder/experts in health care for Expert Interviews and Policy-Delphi survey)

Exclusion Criteria

Language or cognitive disabilities, which affect the ability to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health policy recommendations to implement systems medicine in the German health care system based on perceived actions areas, facilitators and barriers from the perspective of relevant stakeholders in health care. (Policy-Delphi survey)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Attitudes, expectations, anxieties and possibly experiences related to the topics trend development due to the digitalization of mHealth applications or –technology in health care”, future vision regarding systems medicine-based care” and need for implementation of systems medicine”. (Focus Group Interview)