Thomas E Dorner
Biographic Data
| ID | 1244626 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas E Dorner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas E |
| FAMILY NAME | Dorner |
| SIGNATURE | DORNER T E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Medical University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5218-1160 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 44 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The effect of frailty on hospitalisation trajectories in adults aged 65 and older across 10 European countries
Evidence indicates an association between frailty and hospitalisation. However, hospital admissions occur repeatedly over time in old age, and most research has only focussed on single hospital admission. This study examines how frailty influences subsequent hospital use— both the risk of hospital admission and the duration of overnight stays—among community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and older across ten European countries over a 14-year peri…
Implications of federalism
Background Austria’s nine federal states are responsible for healthcare provision, particularly hospital services. However, differences in political arrangements between states have resulted in spatial disparities in healthcare. This study evaluated whether the utilisation of primary and secondary healthcare services showed regional differences over time. Methods This analysis was based on data from the most recent Austrian Health Interview Surve…
A participatory research approach to strengthen health and climate competences of older people
Background: There is a strong link between healthy behaviours and climate friendly behaviours, and using these synergies to promote the need for lifestyle changes would profit both agendas but they must be well adapted to the specific needs of target groups and take their perspectives into account. Approach: Climate change is associated with extreme temperatures and weather events that affect health, and it should be high on the agenda of integra…
From Health-in-All-Policies to Climate-in-All-Policies
The climate crisis is developing into a life-changing event on a global level. Health promotion with the aim to increase the health status of individuals, independent of the present health status, has been developed on a scientific basis at least for the last eight decades. There are some basic principles which are prerequisites for both health promotion and climate protection. Those principles include (1) sustainability, (2) orientation on deter…
The Relationship Between Body, Mind, and Social Characteristics in a Sample of a Training Program for Developing Social and Personal Resources
In this cross-sectional study, the interactions between demographic characteristics and the body, mind, and social dimensions among participants of a holistic training program for social and personal development were examined and compared to a control group. The sample involved 223 adults from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, with 80 (37.2%) participants in the training group already having finished the training. To explore the variable relatio…
People Living with HIV and Aids
In conclusion, it can be said that it is not the disease itself that causes the greatest stress, but the process of coping with the diagnosis. Therapy, as well as lifelong adherence, is hardly worth mentioning today. Much more significant is currently still the burden of discrimination and stigmatization
Factors associated with informal, and professional care, and unmet care needs in persons with deficits in activities of daily living in Austria. Results of two repetitive population-based surveys in p…
Introduction: Europe’s population is growing older, a trend that is projected to continue. Increased life expectancy means, older individuals are at risk of falls, hip fractures, long-term health conditions, re-hospitalization, which leads to the possibility of increased time spent in poor health. Hence, it is paramount to identify the diverse factors influencing the ageing process and subsequent limitation in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)—ea…
Eight-year trends in cardio-vascular risk factors in people living with HIV
Background: The prognosis for people living with HIV (PLWHIV) has improved tremendously in the past years, and life expectancy in PLWHIV is almost the same as in the general population. HIV now is regarded as chronic condition, and as PLWHIV age, additional age-related problems emerge. These seem to occur more often and earlier compared to the general population, due to the virus itself, due to antiretroviral therapy, or due to lifestyle factors.…
Light through Life”– an inter-disciplinary long-term integrated health promotion programme for overweight and obese people
Introduction/Background: In 2019, around half of the Austrian adult population was overweight or obese, and this has only worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. While research is clear that sustainable weight loss needs a long-term and holistic approach to support lifestyle changes and address the underlying causes of overweight and obesity, most weight loss programmes offer only short-term and single intervention solutions, with a focus on eithe…
Care for and with people with severe disabilities. Results of a survey of residents in assisted living communities in Austria
Background: Communication barriers, along with attitudinal, physical and financial barriers are among the strongest hurdles in the comprehensive care of people with disabilities. Especially due to communication barriers and patronising attitudes, care is often designed for people with disabilities and not with them. The Integration Team of Haus der Barmherzigkeit (HABIT) in Vienna and Lower Austria offers high-quality care to people with severe a…
Unequally Unequal? Contextual-level status inequality and social cohesion moderating the association between individual-level socioeconomic position and systemic chronic inflammation
Inequalities in hs-CRP were greatest among participants living in areas wherein a majority of residents were in advantaged SEPs and social cohesion was low. In other combinations of these contextual characteristics, inequalities in systemic chronic inflammation were not detectable or potentially even reversed
A Training Programme for Developing Social and Personal Resources and Its Effects on the Perceived Stress Level in Adults in Daily Life—Study Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study
Persistent stress and insufficient coping strategies have negative consequences for physical and mental health. Teaching adults the skills needed to sustainably improve stress-buffering aspects of their character could contribute to the prevention of stress-related diseases. In this non-randomised, observational, prospective cohort study, participants of a training programme for developing social and personal skills, to which they previously self…
Involvement, Perception, and Understanding as Determinants for Patient–Physician Relationship and Their Association with Adherence
The results reinforce the need for awareness among health care professionals (HCP) regarding understanding, involvement, and perception as important aspects to improve the quality of the patient-physician relationship for high adherence levels with maximized non-adherence in ART management by PLWH
Tapping the Potential of Resilience to Support an Integrated and Person-Centred Approach to Health and Wellbeing—Developing a Simple Assessment Tool for Practice
(1) Background: The push towards population health management and the need for new approaches in health services delivery focusing on the prevention and management of chronic diseases has helped in advocating for more person-centred care, and thus for integration of physical and mental health. Resilience plays a key role in supporting sustainable lifestyle changes and promoting health and wellbeing, but most assessment tools available today are t…
Partner loss and its effect on frailty trajectories
BACKGROUND: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome closely linked to a variety of adverse health outcomes. Thus, it is important to identify factors associated with the development of frailty. It was the aim of this study to examine, if, and to what extent partner loss, a highly stressful life event, affects frailty trajectories of community dwelling adults aged 50 or older. METHODS: Using six waves of panel data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Re…
‘We’re going around the subject’ improving sex education and adolescents’ awareness of sexually transmitted infections
Relatively few studies have identified the means to improve the quality of sex education in schools. This study aimed to qualitatively investigate whether sex education in Austria facilitates the development of adolescent sexuality and awareness of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and highlights practical ideas that could help achieve a comprehensive form of sex education in schools. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with amaximum v…
Adherence Is More Than Just Being Present
Adherence is much more than "being there". Adherence rate and category are limited parameters to describe the implementation of a complex lifestyle intervention, therefore a comprehensive documentation is needed
The Influence of Occupational Categories on Overall and Domain-Specific Physical Activity and the Association with Chronic Diseases. An Analysis Using the Austrian Health Interview Survey
Background : The performance of physical activity (PA) in different domains varies between different occupational groups and they contribute differently to the prevention and management of chronic diseases. This study aimed to give a fuller picture of the potential influence occupational categories have on the different domains of PA among the Austrian population of working age. Methods : A total of 8251 gainfully employed persons in 9 major and …
Lifestyle Parameters in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and in the General Adult Population—Trends over Five Years
Diabetogenic lifestyle behaviours increased in the general Austrian population in recent years, which was especially true for people with DM regarding PA
Diagnosis-Specific Work Disability before and after Lumbar Spine Decompression Surgery—A Register Study from Sweden
Low back pain (LBP) patients undergoing lumbar spine decompression surgery (LSDS) often suffer from multi-comorbidity and experience high work disability. This study aimed to identify diagnosis-specific work disability patterns in all LBP-patients before and after LSDS during 2008-2010, that were aged 19-60 years and living in Sweden ( n = 10,800) and compare these patterns to LBP-patients without LSDS ( n = 109,179), and to matched individuals w…
Health‐related and socio‐economic burden of the Covid‐19 pandemic in Vienna
Previous pandemics have rarely affected everyone equally and, so far, the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Emerging evidence has shown that incidence rate, hospitalisation rate, and mortality due to COVID-19 are higher among people in lower socio-economic position (SEP). In addition, first investigations indicate that not everyone is equally affected by this pandemic's collateral public health damage. Using a stratified random sample of 1,004 p…
Physical Activity as Part of an Intramural Health Promotion Programme for People with and without Chronic Diseases. A New Tool in Health Care Run by a Public Social Health Insurance
This project combines the advantages of comprehensive active health promotion, and an intramural stay. It is a pioneering social insurance project for sustainable health promotion and integrated care
Factors Associated with Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Patients with Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease, which is associated with low levels of physical activity (PA). However, the factors related to low physical activity levels have rarely been studied. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 70 seropositive RA patients were included. Physical activity was objectively assessed with an ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer. In addition, body mass index, smoking status, work ability, and …
Adolescents’ Perspective on Their Sexual Knowledge and the Role of School in Addressing Emotions in Sex Education
Sex education for adolescents should include building knowledge on the emotional, social and physical aspects of sexuality. This study aimed to find out how adolescents from two different school types perceived their own knowledge on sexual matters, the importance they placed on sex education in school, and how well they felt that emotional, social and physical issues were raised within the frame of sex education. A cross-sectional 74-item questi…
Depressive Symptoms, Lack of Physical Activity, and Their Combination Towards Health Care Utilisation Frequency
Depressive symptoms and lack of physical activity are independent factors that lead to higher health care utilisation, often occurring simultaneously. We aimed to assess the effects of depressive symptoms, lack of aerobic physical activity (PA), and the combination of those factors on the probability of using in- and outpatient health care services in men and women. Data from 15,770 people from the nationally representative Austrian Health Interv…
Leisure Opportunities and Fatigue in Employees
The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between perceived leisure availability and fatigue in working individuals and the extent it mediates the known association between work hours and fatigue. A sample of 7,154 working individuals (ages 20–59) was drawn from the Austrian Health Survey 2006–07. The associations were determined using stepwise logistic regression analysis. Individuals perceiving few opportunities for leisur…
Partner loss and its effect on frailty trajectories
BACKGROUND: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome closely linked to a variety of adverse health outcomes. Thus, it is important to identify factors associated with the development of frailty. It was the aim of this study to examine, if, and to what extent partner loss, a highly stressful life event, affects frailty trajectories of community dwelling adults aged 50 or older. METHODS: Using six waves of panel data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Re…
Adolescents’ Perspective on Their Sexual Knowledge and the Role of School in Addressing Emotions in Sex Education
Sex education for adolescents should include building knowledge on the emotional, social and physical aspects of sexuality. This study aimed to find out how adolescents from two different school types perceived their own knowledge on sexual matters, the importance they placed on sex education in school, and how well they felt that emotional, social and physical issues were raised within the frame of sex education. A cross-sectional 74-item questi…
Unequally Unequal? Contextual-level status inequality and social cohesion moderating the association between individual-level socioeconomic position and systemic chronic inflammation
Inequalities in hs-CRP were greatest among participants living in areas wherein a majority of residents were in advantaged SEPs and social cohesion was low. In other combinations of these contextual characteristics, inequalities in systemic chronic inflammation were not detectable or potentially even reversed
Health‐related and socio‐economic burden of the Covid‐19 pandemic in Vienna
Previous pandemics have rarely affected everyone equally and, so far, the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Emerging evidence has shown that incidence rate, hospitalisation rate, and mortality due to COVID-19 are higher among people in lower socio-economic position (SEP). In addition, first investigations indicate that not everyone is equally affected by this pandemic's collateral public health damage. Using a stratified random sample of 1,004 p…
Hospitals as professional organizations
Health promotion, as one tool of hospital managers to reorient hospitals towards more clientoriented healthcare services, has been emphasized for almost three decades. Yet, it is recognized that change in hospitals is challenging and is more desired than substantially enacted. To overcome organizational challenges, health promotion has, so far, adapted organizational change strategies primarily applied in business organizations. However, in this …
Predictors of Suicide and Suicide Attempt in Subway Stations
First lessons from the ‘Austrian patient questionnaire’ for chronic conditions in Austria
Aims and objectives: Integrated care presumes the chronic patient as its main target group. Data are sparse on demands and satisfaction of these patients with service delivery and system performance in Austria. Therefore, several surveys among patients with different chronic diseases were performed. The analysis and comparison of the patient questionnaires is aimed at collecting data on patients' needs and their priorities in chronic care within …
Development of a practical tool to measure the impact of publications on the society based on focus group discussions with scientists
Focus group discussions with scientists suggested that the societal impact factor of a publication should consider the effect of the publication in a wide set of non-scientific areas, but also the motivation behind the publication, and efforts by the authors to translate their findings. The proposed tool provides some valuable insights for further research and practical applications in the topic area
Women show a closer association between educational level and hypertension or diabetes mellitus than males
EL affects lifestyle, overweight and obesity in both sexes. The apparent sex-specific differences in the association between the prevalence of some chronic disease with EL call for further investigation
Public health
Predictors of Suicide and Suicide Attempt in Subway Stations
Predictors of participation in preventive health examinations in Austria
Attendance rates for health check-ups in the general Austrian population are comparatively high but not equally distributed among subgroups. Health check-ups must increase among people at a young age, with a lower socio-economic status, migration background and in good health
Nutritional intervention and physical training in malnourished frail community-dwelling elderly persons carried out by trained lay “buddies”
[corrected] ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01991639
Health information regarding diabetes mellitus reduces misconceptions and underestimation of consequences in the general population
Objective To evaluate self-assessed knowledge about diabetes mellitus, to assess determinants of health knowledge and to evaluate consequences of health knowledge on appraisal about consequences of the disease. Design Population-based computer-assisted web interview survey, supplemented with a paper-and-pencil survey via post. Setting Representative sample of the general Austrian population aged 15 years and older. Subjects Men ( n 1935) and wome…
Access points to the different level of health care in a country without a gatekeeping system; numbers and reasons
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Evaluation of a modular scalable system for silver-ager located in assisted living homes in Austria – study protocol of the ModuLAAr ambient assisted living project
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02130102
Leisure Opportunities and Fatigue in Employees
The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between perceived leisure availability and fatigue in working individuals and the extent it mediates the known association between work hours and fatigue. A sample of 7,154 working individuals (ages 20–59) was drawn from the Austrian Health Survey 2006–07. The associations were determined using stepwise logistic regression analysis. Individuals perceiving few opportunities for leisur…
Health resorts as gateways for regional, standardised, sports club based exercise programmes to increase the weekly time of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity
ClinicalTrials.gov (Identifier: NCT02552134 ; date of registration: 15 September 2015)
Hospitals as professional organizations
Health promotion, as one tool of hospital managers to reorient hospitals towards more clientoriented healthcare services, has been emphasized for almost three decades. Yet, it is recognized that change in hospitals is challenging and is more desired than substantially enacted. To overcome organizational challenges, health promotion has, so far, adapted organizational change strategies primarily applied in business organizations. However, in this …
Associations between daily physical activity, handgrip strength, muscle mass, physical performance and quality of life in prefrail and frail community-dwelling older adults
ASMM did not play a role in the QoL context of the prefrail and frail older adults, whereas balance and DPA were relevant. These parameters were particularly associated with 'social participation' and 'autonomy
Changes of dietary patterns during participation in a web-based weight-reduction programme
Objective To examine the weight-loss success associated with distinct dietary patterns and to determine changes of these dietary patterns during participation in a web-based weight-reduction programme. Design Factor analysis was used to identify the dietary patterns of twenty-two food groups that were administered in 14 d dietary protocols at baseline and after 3 months. Successful weight loss (≥5 % of initial weight) and BMI were calculated. Log…
Clinical setting-based smoking cessation programme and the quality of life in people living with HIV in Austria and Germany
Quality of life results may be used to better understand the underlying motivation of PLWHIV who start cessation programs. In order to reduce the high prevalence and health burden that smoking causes in PLWHIV, it is necessary to introduce effective interventions that can be used in the clinical settings
How Does Counselling in a Stationary Health Care Setting Affect the Attendance in a Standardised Sports Club Programme? Process Evaluation of a Quasi-Experimental Study
Actions in partnership across sectors is one principle for the promotion of health behaviours. The objective of this study was to describe the participation in a sports club-based exercise programme-named JACKPOT-following an intervention in a health care setting. Focus was given to the recruitment into JACKPOT, the attendance level, and whether the different programme elements were implemented as intented. The practicability of the project was a…
Depressive Symptoms, Lack of Physical Activity, and Their Combination Towards Health Care Utilisation Frequency
Depressive symptoms and lack of physical activity are independent factors that lead to higher health care utilisation, often occurring simultaneously. We aimed to assess the effects of depressive symptoms, lack of aerobic physical activity (PA), and the combination of those factors on the probability of using in- and outpatient health care services in men and women. Data from 15,770 people from the nationally representative Austrian Health Interv…
Short-and Long-Term Effectiveness of a Physical Activity Intervention with Coordinated Action between the Health Care Sector and Local Sports Clubs. A Pragmatic Trial in Austrian Adults
(1) Background: Collaboration between the health care sector and the sports sector to increase physical activity (PA) behaviour among inactive adults is still rare. The objective of the study was to evaluate the short- and long-term effectiveness of a mixed PA intervention on the PA behaviour in an adult population. (2) Methods: In a quasi-experimental study with two follow-up measurements (four and 12 months), adults were contacted by post befor…
Integrated care for older people in Kosovo
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Physical Activity as Part of an Intramural Health Promotion Programme for People with and without Chronic Diseases. A New Tool in Health Care Run by a Public Social Health Insurance
This project combines the advantages of comprehensive active health promotion, and an intramural stay. It is a pioneering social insurance project for sustainable health promotion and integrated care
Factors Associated with Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Patients with Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease, which is associated with low levels of physical activity (PA). However, the factors related to low physical activity levels have rarely been studied. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 70 seropositive RA patients were included. Physical activity was objectively assessed with an ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer. In addition, body mass index, smoking status, work ability, and …
Adolescents’ Perspective on Their Sexual Knowledge and the Role of School in Addressing Emotions in Sex Education
Sex education for adolescents should include building knowledge on the emotional, social and physical aspects of sexuality. This study aimed to find out how adolescents from two different school types perceived their own knowledge on sexual matters, the importance they placed on sex education in school, and how well they felt that emotional, social and physical issues were raised within the frame of sex education. A cross-sectional 74-item questi…
‘We’re going around the subject’ improving sex education and adolescents’ awareness of sexually transmitted infections
Relatively few studies have identified the means to improve the quality of sex education in schools. This study aimed to qualitatively investigate whether sex education in Austria facilitates the development of adolescent sexuality and awareness of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and highlights practical ideas that could help achieve a comprehensive form of sex education in schools. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with amaximum v…
Adherence Is More Than Just Being Present
Adherence is much more than "being there". Adherence rate and category are limited parameters to describe the implementation of a complex lifestyle intervention, therefore a comprehensive documentation is needed
Medicine (34 works) · Gerontology (22 works) · Environmental health (16 works) · Population (16 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Nursing (14 works) · Public health (13 works) · Physical therapy (12 works) · Internal Medicine (11 works) · Political science (10 works)