SELMA-Study
Self-management for patients on ventricular assist device supportThis page introduces the SELMA study. SELMA stands for Improved Self-Management for Patients on Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Support. This research program is run by an interprofessional team in cooperation with leading heart centres.
Project description
The aim of the SELMA project is for develop an evidence-based, interprofessional curriculum for self-management in people with ventricular assistive devices and to integrate and evaluate this curriculum in the daily care of these people. Smartphone based apps give the patients additional support with their self-management ability. The study works on the principle that improved self-management among patients can reduce the incidence of VAD-specific complications and inpatient admissions. These two improvements can positively influence quality of life and sink costs.
Should the study prove successful, the curriculum and App will be available for distribution to all heart centres and hospitals in Germany. Distribution could occur via the relevant professional specialty interest groups, the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians and patient support groups.
Team
Dr. Hannah Spielmann
Scientific employee / Project coordination
Project-Supervision / Project lead
Prof. Dr. rer. biol. hum. Christiane Kugler
Collaboration
German Heart Center Berlin / Prof. Dr. W. Albert, Dr. R. Wacker, F. Richter
Medical Center – University of Freiburg, University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen / C. Spitz-Köberich, L. Rösner, Dr. D. Schibilsky
Leipzig Heart Center / S. Semmig-Könze, M. Neubert
Heart and Diabetes Center North-Rhine Westphalia, University Hospital of the Ruhr University Bochum,Bad Oeynhausen / Dr. K. Tigges-Limmer, V. Lauenroth, C. Pfeiffer, E. Kastning, C. Schneider
Spielmann, H., Seemann, M., Friedrich, N., Tigges-Limmer, K., Albert, W., Semmig-Könze, S., Spitz-Köberich, C. & Kugler, C. (2021). Self-management with the therapeutic regimen in patients with ventricular assist device (VAD) support–a scoping review. Heart & Lung, 50(3), 388-396. Doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2021.01.019
Kugler, C., Spielmann, H., Seemann, M., Lauenroth, V., Wacker, R., Albert, W., Spitz-Köberich, C., Semmig-Könze, S., von Cube, M. & Tigges-Limmer, K. (2021). Self-management for patients on ventricular assist device support: a national, multicenter study: protocol for a 3-phase study. BMJ open, 11(5), e044374.
08.10.20 – 29. Annual Meeting of the German Transplantation Society (DTG):
Psychopathologische Faktoren bei Patienten mit Ventrikulärem Assist Device (VAD)SELMA-Projektteam vertreten durch M. Seemann, Wissenschaftliches Poster
28.02.21 – Symposium of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (DGTHG):
Angst und Lebensqualität bei VAD Patienten – Ergebnisse der SELMA-Studie
SELMA Team represented by C. Kugler, Keynote-Präsentation
24.04.21 – International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT):
Psychosocial Factors And Adverse Clinical Events In Patients With Ventricular Assist Device Support - A National, Multi-center Study
SELMA Team represented by C. Kugler, Präsentation
27.04.21 – International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT):
Self-Management Interventions: What Really Works?
SELMATeam represented by C. Kugler, Keynote-Präsentation
27.04.22 – International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT):
Professional Employment in Patients with Ventricular Assist support - A muti-Center Prevalence study
SELMA Team represented by C. Kugler, Präsentation
27.04.22 – International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT):
Measuring Quality of Life in Patients with Ventricular Assist Device - Psychometric Evaluation of the German Version of the Disease Specific QoLVAD-Questionnaire
SELMA Team represented by H. Spielmann, Präsentation