Current research projects: national

ProKaSaRe: prospective catamnesis study on sarcoidosis in rehabilitation; funded by the German Sarcoidosis Foundation and the BMBF

ProKAR: prospective catamnesis study on asthma in rehabilitation

Barriers to the implementation of the asthma guideline in GP practice:
- from the patients' point of view; funded by the German Respiratory League
- from the physicians' point of view; funded by the German Respiratory League - from the patients' point of view; funded by the German Respiratory League - from the physicians' point of view. Deutsche Atemwegsliga
- Formal & content analysis of the short form of the asthma guideline; gef. Deutsche Atemwegsliga
- due to a lack of knowledge on the part of physicians? gef. Deutsche Atemwegsliga

BeoNet Register, set up as part of the German Center for Lung Research DZL; BMBF funded LINK

COPD & BeoNet Register : Study on the care and quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis; funded by the BMBF

ELD & BeoNet Register: Study on the care and quality of life of patients waiting for a lung transplant and of patients after a lung transplant; funded by the BMBF

CTS: manual therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome; funded by the Carstens Foundation

ManRück: manual therapy for acute back pain; funded by the Bahlsen Foundation

Current research projects: international

FPDM depression; funded by the European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN)

FPDM-Multimorbidity; funded by EGPRN

WoManPower: Why become and stay a GP; funded by EGPRN

ATTENTIVE 3: Managing hypertension in frail oldest-old - the role of guideline use by general practitioners

LESS GP: Willingness of GPs to Deprescribe in Older Patients with Polypharmacy

COCO: Common Cold Study: Study on self-medication for colds; funded by EGPRN

PROCOPD: Identification of a prognostic, general practitioner-based COPD measurement tool

HEFESTOS: Identification of prognostic options in general practice for the individual assessment of the course of decompensated heart failure; funded by EGPRN

TATA

Googling in the waiting-room

Discreat-choice study