@booklet {562, title = {Schnittstellenmanagement bei der Hausstaubmilben-Allergie}, year = {2016}, keywords = {orp-publications}, author = {Elisabeth Brettlecker and Renate Hoffmann-Dorninger and Reinhart Jarisch and Johannes Neuhofer and Otto Pichlh{\"o}fer and Erwin Rebhandl and Gunter Sturm and Felix Wantke and Rudolf Schmitzberger} } @conference {564, title = {The comparative effects of a Buddhist meditation retreat and vacation on mindfulness and measures of well-being.}, year = {2015}, abstract = {

*BACKGROUND: * Recovery from work through respite and vacations is necessary to maintain well-being and health and is essential to avoid a variety of negative health outcomes like burnout, chronic fatigue, psychosomatic diseases and longer sick-leave. To identify activities enhancing the duration of recovery effects are of interest. *METHODS: * A sample of Europeans and North Americans was invited to participate in the study. A questionnaire was electronically administered 10 days prior, 10 days after and 66 days after the retreat/vacation. Respondents in the meditation retreat group (n=60) were compared to vacation with meditation (n=40) and vacation without meditation (n=26). Measures were {\textquotedblleft}act with awareness{\textquotedblright} (10 items) and {\textquotedblleft}accept without judgment{\textquotedblright} (9 items), the {\textquotedblleft}fatigue assessment scale{\textquotedblright} (10 items), the {\textquotedblleft}perceived stress scale{\textquotedblright} (10 items) and the {\textquotedblleft}WHO-5 Well-being Index{\textquotedblright} (5 items). First, the retreat was compared with those individuals taking a vacation without meditating during vacation. Second, the retreat was compared with those individuals taking a vacation in which they did meditated. Within person contrast were calculated comparing assessment 1 \& 2 as well as assessment 1 \& 3. *RESULTS: * The total group time effect was significant for all variables between assessment times 1 \& 2 and 1 \& 3. The within-subject contrasts of retreat versus vacation without meditation showed a significant difference for act with awareness and accept without judgment at both time intervals and for perceived stress and emotional well being at time 3. *DISCUSSION: * Participation in a residential meditation retreat of 1-week or longer and leisure vacation with meditation, leads to significant stress reduction and increased mindfulness compared to leisure vacation alone. Our findings suggest benefits of mindfulness meditation on retreats and mindfulness meditation on vacation over vacation alone in promoting a more enduring, long-lasting, resilient response to daily stressors and improved, sustained psychological well-being.

}, keywords = {orp-publications}, author = {Otto Pichlh{\"o}fer and Adrienne Chang and Gerhard Blasche} } @conference {560, title = {Ecology of Care - health seeking behaviour of migrants in {Austria}}, booktitle = {The Ecology of Medical Care in Austria {\textendash} disease burden and the health seeking behaviour across levels of care in Austria}, year = {2013}, keywords = {orp-publications}, url = {https://docs.google.com/a/nordrandklinik.at/presentation/d/1Owughbs1V6AUYwbre6A4pCpLSLuSXHI38VBNSw1UcwU/edit$\#$slide=id.p}, author = {Otto Pichlh{\"o}fer and Manfred Maier and Ruth Kutalek and Wolfgang Spiegel} } @conference {565, title = {The Ecology of Medical Care in {Austria} {\textendash} disease burden and the health seeking behaviour across levels of care in {Austria}}, booktitle = {Abstracts of the 20\textsuperscript{th} WONCA World Conference {\textendash} Prague}, year = {2013}, keywords = {orp-publications}, author = {Otto Pichlh{\"o}fer and Ruth Kutalek and Wolfgang Spiegel and Manfred Maier} } @article {558, title = {{A}ntibiotikaeinsatz verbessern {\textendash} {S}chnelldiagnosetest erleichtert bei {R}acheninfekten die {D}ifferenzierung in bakteriell oder viral.}, journal = {{\"A}rztewoche}, year = {2009}, abstract = {

Racheninfekte mit Gruppe-A- Streptokokken sind ein h{\"a}ufiges Krankheitsbild und damit auch ein betr{\"a}chtliches Gesundheits- problem. Eine klare Differenzie- rung zu viralen Infekten ist nicht zuletzt deshalb w{\"u}nschenswert, weil sich dadurch potentielle Ne- benwirkungen durch unn{\"o}tigen Antibiotikagebrauch reduzieren lassen. Eine zeitgem{\"a}{\ss}e Diag- nostik der akuten Pharyngitis hilft dem niedergelassenen Arzt bei der Entscheidungsfindung.

}, keywords = {orp-publications}, author = {Berthold Reichardt and Otto Pichlh{\"o}fer and Sonja Zehetmayer and Manfred Maier} } @conference {557, title = {{A B}ias of {S}pecialty {C}hoice {\textendash} {W}hy did you become a {F}amily {P}hysician in {A}ustria?}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14\textsuperscript{th} Regional Conference of Family Doctors (WONCA Europe) in Istanbul.}, year = {2008}, abstract = {

Aims: At some point in her career a physician makes a specialty choice hoping that eventually practicing her chosen medical specialty (CMS) will result in her optimal job satisfaction. On the other hand anecdotal evidence suggests that the medical job selection process in Austria is at best arbitrary and therefore many physicians do not attain their CMS. The aims of this study were to assess the extent to which physicians fail to attain their CMS and how that affects actual job satisfaction. Methods: All board-certified physicians practicing in Vienna were polled with a 12-item questionnaire sent out in two mailings. Their actual job satisfaction was correlated to their expected job satisfaction had they attained their CMS. Results: Of the 8,127 physicians included in the study 2,736 (34\%) completed the questionnaire. 50.3\% of all physicians and 65.1\% of family physicians (FPs) did not attain their CMS. There was a significant difference in RJS between specialists who reached their CMS (RJS=0.95) and those who didn{\textquoteright}t (RJS=0.62) (Chi-square p\<0.000). No significant difference in RJS could be found between FPs who originally aspired to become specialists (RJS=0.89) and specialists who originally wanted to become FPs (RJS=0.81). Conclusion: There is a high percentage of FPs in Austria who had originally aspired to becoming specialized in a different discipline. Nevertheless they obtained a high level of job satisfaction in Family Medicine. The contrary can be observed in specialists who do not fare well when not having attained their CMS.

}, keywords = {orp-publications}, author = {Otto Pichlh{\"o}fer and Wolfgang Spiegel} } @conference {561, title = {{E}pidemiologie der {CED}}, booktitle = {4. Kongress f{\"u}r Allgemeinmedizin und Integrierte Gesundheitsversorgung {\textendash} Wien}, year = {2008}, month = {Mai}, address = {MuseumsQuartier, Arena21, Wien}, keywords = {orp-publications}, author = {Otto Pichlh{\"o}fer} }