Burghard F Klapp
Biographic Data
| ID | 1359919 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Burghard F Klapp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Burghard F |
| FAMILY NAME | Klapp |
| SIGNATURE | KLAPP B F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Plasma kisspeptin and ghrelin levels are independently correlated with physical activity in patients with anorexia nervosa
Subjective experience of relaxation - induced by vibroacoustic stimulation by a Body Monochord or CD music - a randomised, controlled study in patients with psychosomatic disorders
Vibroacoustic stimulation via a Body Monochord can induce states of relaxation and subjective well-being. Sometimes unpleasant experiences such as fear, loss of control and unpleasant imagery can occur. Previous results were mainly deduced from investigations in healthy subjects.In this study, we examined psychosomatic patients’ subjective experiences during a single treatment with a Body Monochord in comparison to a listening session of relaxati…
Associations of physical activity with depressiveness and coping in subjects with high-grade obesity aiming at bariatric surgery
BACKGROUND: Reduced physical activity is supposed to be associated with depressiveness and more passive coping patterns. For further evaluation of this assumed relation we studied energy expenditure due to physical activity - usually referred to as activity thermogenesis (AT) - together with depressiveness (clinical diagnosis, depression module of the Patient Health Questionnaire), and coping behaviours (Brief COPE Inventory) in 50 patients with …
Gender differences in a resources-demands model in the general population
Personal resources seem to be more expressed by men than by woman, for whom the relation of resources to health is of greater importance than for men
Computerized Adaptive Testing—Ready for Ambulatory Monitoring
Background Computerized adaptive tests (CATs) have abundant theoretical advantages over established static instruments, which could improve ambulatory monitoring of patient-reported outcomes (PROs). However, an empirical demonstration of their practical benefits is warranted. Methods We reviewed the literature and evaluated existing data to discuss the potential of CATs for use in ambulatory monitoring outside clinical facilities. Results Compute…
Neuroenhancement Among German University Students
Recent research has indicated that neuroenhancement (NE), the use of legal or illegal drugs by healthy individuals to improve their cognitive performance, is widely practiced among students in both the United States and Germany. The primary objective of this study was to identify the motives for and beliefs regarding the benefits and risks of practicing NE among a sample of German university students and graduates. The secondary objective was to …
Impact of Cross-Calibration Methods on the Interpretation of a Treatment Comparison Study Using 2 Depression Scales
BACKGROUND: Many questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms are available. Most of these questionnaires are constructed based on classical test theory, making comparisons of individual scores difficult. Item response theory (IRT) allows the comparison of scores from different instruments. In this study, the impact of IRT-based cross-calibration methods on the results of a treatment outcome study was evaluated using 2 instruments. METHODS: Data …
Social support during pregnancy
BACKGROUND: The goal was to study the effects of social support during pregnancy on maternal depressive symptoms, quality of life and pregnancy outcomes. METHODS: Eight hundred ninety-six women were prospectively studied in the first trimester of pregnancy and following completion of the pregnancy. The sample was divided into quartiles yielding groups of low, medium and high social support based on perceived social support. RESULTS: Pregnant wome…
Development and evaluation of a computer adaptive test for ‘Anxiety’ (Anxiety-CAT)
The Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) Reconsidered
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to translate, revise, and standardize the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) by Levenstein et al. (1993) in German. The instrument assesses subjectively experienced stress independent of a specific and objective occasion. METHODS: Exploratory factor analyses and a revision of the scale content were carried out on a sample of 650 subjects (Psychosomatic Medicine patients, women after delivery, women after miscarriage, and …
Development of a Computer-adaptive Test for Depression (D-CAT)
Determinants of the quality of life of patients with congenital heart disease
Neurokinin-1 Receptor Mediates Stress-Exacerbated Allergic Airway Inflammation and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Mice
BACKGROUND: A wealth of clinical observation has suggested that stress and asthma morbidity are associated. We have previously established a mouse model of stress-exacerbated allergic airway inflammation, which reflects major clinical findings. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the current study was to investigate the role of the neurokinin- (NK-)1 receptor in the mediation of stress effects in allergic airway inflammation. METHODS: BALB/c mice were systemic…
Stress Enhances Airway Reactivity and Airway Inflammation in an Animal Model of Allergic Bronchial Asthma
OBJECTIVE: Despite the long-standing clinical assumption that stress and asthma morbidity are associated, convincing experimental evidence on mechanisms has been unavailable. A wide range of immunological, endocrinological, and neuronal pathways are known to mediate and modulate a systemic stress response. Interestingly, most of these mediators play a crucial role in initiating and perpetuating symptoms associated with bronchial asthma. To explor…
Body experience and mental representation of body image in patients with haematological malignancies and cancer as assessed with the Body Grid
The domain of body image plays a central role in the quality of life of patients with haematological malignancies and metastasized cancer, since the disease itself as well as the enrolled therapies interfere with psychological and bodily well‐being. We approached this highly subjective field by using the repertory grid technique and hypothesized that patients would display a restricted body image, focusing on functional aspects of the body. In al…
Subjective experience of relaxation - induced by vibroacoustic stimulation by a Body Monochord or CD music - a randomised, controlled study in patients with psychosomatic disorders
Vibroacoustic stimulation via a Body Monochord can induce states of relaxation and subjective well-being. Sometimes unpleasant experiences such as fear, loss of control and unpleasant imagery can occur. Previous results were mainly deduced from investigations in healthy subjects.In this study, we examined psychosomatic patients’ subjective experiences during a single treatment with a Body Monochord in comparison to a listening session of relaxati…
Body experience and mental representation of body image in patients with haematological malignancies and cancer as assessed with the Body Grid
The domain of body image plays a central role in the quality of life of patients with haematological malignancies and metastasized cancer, since the disease itself as well as the enrolled therapies interfere with psychological and bodily well‐being. We approached this highly subjective field by using the repertory grid technique and hypothesized that patients would display a restricted body image, focusing on functional aspects of the body. In al…
Stress Enhances Airway Reactivity and Airway Inflammation in an Animal Model of Allergic Bronchial Asthma
OBJECTIVE: Despite the long-standing clinical assumption that stress and asthma morbidity are associated, convincing experimental evidence on mechanisms has been unavailable. A wide range of immunological, endocrinological, and neuronal pathways are known to mediate and modulate a systemic stress response. Interestingly, most of these mediators play a crucial role in initiating and perpetuating symptoms associated with bronchial asthma. To explor…
Neurokinin-1 Receptor Mediates Stress-Exacerbated Allergic Airway Inflammation and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Mice
BACKGROUND: A wealth of clinical observation has suggested that stress and asthma morbidity are associated. We have previously established a mouse model of stress-exacerbated allergic airway inflammation, which reflects major clinical findings. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the current study was to investigate the role of the neurokinin- (NK-)1 receptor in the mediation of stress effects in allergic airway inflammation. METHODS: BALB/c mice were systemic…
The Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) Reconsidered
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to translate, revise, and standardize the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) by Levenstein et al. (1993) in German. The instrument assesses subjectively experienced stress independent of a specific and objective occasion. METHODS: Exploratory factor analyses and a revision of the scale content were carried out on a sample of 650 subjects (Psychosomatic Medicine patients, women after delivery, women after miscarriage, and …
Development of a Computer-adaptive Test for Depression (D-CAT)
Determinants of the quality of life of patients with congenital heart disease
Social support during pregnancy
BACKGROUND: The goal was to study the effects of social support during pregnancy on maternal depressive symptoms, quality of life and pregnancy outcomes. METHODS: Eight hundred ninety-six women were prospectively studied in the first trimester of pregnancy and following completion of the pregnancy. The sample was divided into quartiles yielding groups of low, medium and high social support based on perceived social support. RESULTS: Pregnant wome…
Development and evaluation of a computer adaptive test for ‘Anxiety’ (Anxiety-CAT)
Computerized Adaptive Testing—Ready for Ambulatory Monitoring
Background Computerized adaptive tests (CATs) have abundant theoretical advantages over established static instruments, which could improve ambulatory monitoring of patient-reported outcomes (PROs). However, an empirical demonstration of their practical benefits is warranted. Methods We reviewed the literature and evaluated existing data to discuss the potential of CATs for use in ambulatory monitoring outside clinical facilities. Results Compute…
Neuroenhancement Among German University Students
Recent research has indicated that neuroenhancement (NE), the use of legal or illegal drugs by healthy individuals to improve their cognitive performance, is widely practiced among students in both the United States and Germany. The primary objective of this study was to identify the motives for and beliefs regarding the benefits and risks of practicing NE among a sample of German university students and graduates. The secondary objective was to …
Impact of Cross-Calibration Methods on the Interpretation of a Treatment Comparison Study Using 2 Depression Scales
BACKGROUND: Many questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms are available. Most of these questionnaires are constructed based on classical test theory, making comparisons of individual scores difficult. Item response theory (IRT) allows the comparison of scores from different instruments. In this study, the impact of IRT-based cross-calibration methods on the results of a treatment outcome study was evaluated using 2 instruments. METHODS: Data …
Gender differences in a resources-demands model in the general population
Personal resources seem to be more expressed by men than by woman, for whom the relation of resources to health is of greater importance than for men
Associations of physical activity with depressiveness and coping in subjects with high-grade obesity aiming at bariatric surgery
BACKGROUND: Reduced physical activity is supposed to be associated with depressiveness and more passive coping patterns. For further evaluation of this assumed relation we studied energy expenditure due to physical activity - usually referred to as activity thermogenesis (AT) - together with depressiveness (clinical diagnosis, depression module of the Patient Health Questionnaire), and coping behaviours (Brief COPE Inventory) in 50 patients with …
Plasma kisspeptin and ghrelin levels are independently correlated with physical activity in patients with anorexia nervosa
Subjective experience of relaxation - induced by vibroacoustic stimulation by a Body Monochord or CD music - a randomised, controlled study in patients with psychosomatic disorders
Vibroacoustic stimulation via a Body Monochord can induce states of relaxation and subjective well-being. Sometimes unpleasant experiences such as fear, loss of control and unpleasant imagery can occur. Previous results were mainly deduced from investigations in healthy subjects.In this study, we examined psychosomatic patients’ subjective experiences during a single treatment with a Body Monochord in comparison to a listening session of relaxati…
Medicine (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Item response theory (3 works)