Forschungsprofil

Dr. Kathrin Woitha ist seit 2025 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Medizinische Soziologie. Ihre Promotion schloss sie 2014 zu dem Thema „Development of quality indicators and ranking for the organisation of palliative care in Europe“ an der Radboud Universität Nijmegen in den Niederlanden ab. Seit 2014 arbeitete sie in verschiedenen Projekten im In- und Ausland als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin. 

Ihr Forschungsschwerpunkt sind die Versorgungsforschung im Bereich der Organisation der Palliativmedizin, Quality-of-Life-Care, Qualitätsindikatoren, klinischen Komplexinterventionen untersucht mit Mixed-Methods-Ansätzen.

Publikationen

Hempler I, Woitha K, Thielhorn U, Farin E. Post-stroke care after medical rehabilitation in Germany: a systematic literature review of the current provision of stroke patients. BMC Health Serv Res.2018.

Woitha K, Schneider N, Wünsch A, Wiese B, Film S, Müller-Mundt G. Integration and utilization of physiotherapy in hospice and palliative care: a survey on clinical practice in Germany. Der Schmerz.2016.

Ziehm J, Farin E, Schäfer J, Woitha K, Becker G, Köberich S. Palliative care for patients with heart failure: facilitators and barriers- a cross sectional survey of German health care professionals. BMC Health Serv Res.2016.

Carrasco JM, Lynch T, Garralda E, Woitha K, Elsner F, Filbet M, Ellershaw J, Clark D, Centeno C.Palliative Care Medical Education in European Universities: A descriptive study and numerical scoring system proposal for assessing educational development. JPSM 2015.

Woitha K, van Beek K, Ahmed N et al. Testing feasibility and reliability of a set of quality indicators to evaluate the organization of palliative care across Europe: A pilot study in 25 countries. Palliat Med. 2014

Effendy C, Vissers K, Woitha K, van Riet Paap J, Sunaryadi T, Vernooij-Dassen M, Engels Y. Face-validation of quality indicators for the organization of palliative care in hospitals in Indonesia: a contribution to quality improvement. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2014.

Wünsch A, Woitha K, Volsek S, Schneider N, Müller-Mundt G. Die Rolle der Physiotherapie auf Palliativstationen – Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Untersuchung. Z Palliativmedizin. 2014.

Woitha K, Hasselaar, J., van Beek, K., Radbruch, L., Jaspers, B., Engels, Y. and Vissers, K. Volunteers in Palliative Care – A Comparison of Seven European Countries: A Descriptive Study. Pain Practice. 2014Woitha K, Van Beek K, Ahmed N et al. Validation of quality indicators for the organization of palliative care: A modified RAND Delphi study in seven European countries (the Europall project). Palliat Med. 2013

Van Beek K, Woitha K, Ahmed N et al. Comparison of legislation, regulations and national health strategies for palliative care in seven European countries (Results from the Europall Research Group): a descriptive study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013;13:275.

Woitha K, Wünsch A, Müller-Mundt G et al. Entwicklung und Einsatz der Physiotherapie in der Palliativversorgung- Eine systematische Literaturanalyse. Z Palliativmedizin. 2013;14:1-10.

Woitha K, Van Beek K, Ahmed N et al. Development of a set of process and structure indicators for palliative care: the Europall project. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012;12:381.

Woitha K, Carrasco Gimeno JM, Clark D, Lynch T, Garralda E, Martin-Moreno JM, Cortes CC. National Policy on Palliative Care in the WHO European Region: progress since the Council of Europe’s (2003) Rec. 24. EUPHA. (submitted)

Ahmedzai S, Gomez-Batiste X, Engels Y et al. Assessing organisations to improve palliative care in Europe. Nijmegen: Vantilt Publishers; 2010:278. Centeno C, Carrasco JM, Woitha K, Gerralda E. Policy and Palliative Care for older people in Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2014.