Publications
2024
Ruth Kutalek, Paul Grohma, Anna Christina Maukner, Silvia Wojczewski, Leo Palumbo, Cristiana Salvi (2025). The role of RCCE-IM in the mpox response: A qualitative reflection process with experts and civil society in three European countries, Journal of Infection and Public Health, Volume 18, Issue 7, 102787, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102787.
Kathryn Hoffmann, Florian O Stummer, Esther van Poel, Sara Willems, Silvia Wojczewski. Distress and Factors for Maintaining Good Mental Health among General Practitioners during the SARSCOV- 2 Pandemic. Archives of Clinical and Biomedical Research. 9 (2025): 17-27. DOI: 10.26502/acbr.50170430 Link: https://www.fortunejournals.com/articles/distress-and-factors-for-maintaining-good-mental-health-among-general-practitioners-during-the-sarscov2-pandemic.html
Paul Grohma, Silvia Wojczewski, Barbara Juen, Priya-Lena Riedel, Frederik Seufert, Vanessa Streifeneder, Steffen Reichel, Sandra Pichler, Vanessa Kulcar, Sandra Nestlinger, Monika Stickler, Cornelia Schober, Hermann Scheller, Ruth Kutalek, Defining vulnerabilities and enabling community engagement in epidemics preparedness: the CAVE model from Austria, European Journal of Public Health, 2024;, ckae173, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae173
Wojczewski, S. (2024). Afrodiasporic Identities in Germany: Life-Stories of Millennial Women (p. 268). transcript Verlag.https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839473412
S Wojczewski, V Adler, R Bagheri, A Ernst, S Durisova, Training for migrant live-in care workers in Austria: results from an online survey, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 34, Issue Supplement_3, November 2024, ckae144.1834, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1834
Roland Kraxner, Thomas E Dorner, Dominik Roth, Kathryn Hoffmann, Access points to different levels of health care over 13 years. Utilization behaviour in a changing health care system. Results of a three-wave cross-sectional series in Austria, European Journal of Public Health, 2024;, ckae180, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae180
Esther Van Poel, Pierre Vanden Bussche, Claire Collins, Susan Lagaert, Sara Ares-Blanco, Maria Pilar Astier-Pena, …, Kathryn Hoffmann, …, Sara Willems. Patient safety in general practice during COVID-19: a descriptive analysis in 38 countries (PRICOV-19), Family Practice, 2024;, cmae059, https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmae059
Wojczewski, S., Mayrhofer, M., Szabo, N., …, Hoffmann, K. “A bit of a cough, tired, not very resilient – is that already Long-COVID?” perceptions and experiences of GPs with Long-COVID in year three of the pandemic. a qualitative interview study in Austria. BMC Public Health 24, 3078 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20475-z
Gamillscheg P, Łaszewska A, Kirchner S, Hoffmann K, et al. Barriers and facilitators of healthcare access for long COVID-19 patients in a universal healthcare system: qualitative evidence from Austria. Int J Equity Health 23, 220 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02302-4
Guisado-Clavero M, Gómez-Bravo R, Gefaell Larrondo I, …, Hoffmann K, …et al. Diverse roles of Primary Health Care in COVID-19 vaccination across 28 European countries - Insights from the Eurodata study. Eur J Gen Pract. 2024;30(1):2409240. doi: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13814788.2024.2409240
Sperl L, Stamm T, Mosor E, Ritschl V, Sivan M, Hoffmann K, Gantschnig B. Translation and cultural adaptation of the COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Scale into German. Frontiers in Medicine. (11);2024. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1401491, DOI=10.3389/fmed.2024.1401491, ISSN=2296-858X.
Hackl Verena, Hoffmann Kathryn. Aus dem Leben gerissen – Postakute Infektionssyndrome nach Covid-19. physiopraxis 2024; 22(09): 36-39. DOI: 10.1055/a-2346-6668. Link: https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-2346-6668?device=mobile&innerWidth=980&offsetWidth=98
Hoffmann, K., Stingl, M., O’Mahony, L. et al. A Practical Approach to Tailor the Term Long COVID for Diagnostics, Therapy and Epidemiological Research for Improved Long COVID Patient Care. Infect Dis Ther (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40121-024-01025-x
Hoffmann K. Postakute Infektionssyndrome und Erkrankungen, In: Zelko E et al. (Hrsg.). Lehrbuch für Allgemein-/ Familienmedizin. EBook. Trauner Verlag; 2024. ISBN 978-3-99151-341-4 <Link>
Tatsioni, A., Groenewegen, P., Van Poel, E., ..., Hoffmann, K. et al. Recruitment, data collection, participation rate, and representativeness of the international cross-sectional PRICOV-19 study across 38 countries. BMC Prim. Care 24 (Suppl 1), 290 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02438-w
Gómez-Bravo R, Ares-Blanco S, Gefaell Larrondo I, …, Hoffmann K. The Use of COVID-19 Mobile Apps in Connecting Patients with Primary Healthcare in 30 Countries: Eurodata Study. Healthcare. 2024; 12(14):1420.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/14/1420
Ares-Blanco, S., Guisado-Clavero, M., Lygidakis, C., …, Hoffmann, K., … et al. Exploring the accessibility of primary health care data in Europe's COVID-19 response: developing key indicators for managing future pandemics (Eurodata study). BMC Prim. Care 25, 221 (2024). https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/14/1420
Hainzl A, Rohrhofer J, Schweighardt J, Hermisson J, Hoffmann K, Komenda-Lett M, Schlaff G, Schulz C, Stingl M, Thonhofer K, Untersmayr E. Care for ME/CFS. Praxisleitfaden für die Versorgung von ME/CFS-Betroffenen (Myalgische Enzephalomyelitis/Chronisches Fatigue-Syndrom). Wien: Medizinische Universität Wien/Österreichische Gesellschaft für ME/CFS; 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12091631.
Kathryn Hoffmann, Silvia Wojczewski, Nicole Rumpler, Aaron George, Pauline de Boeckxstaens. Giving patients a voice for healthcare reform in Austria: the qualitative voice-study. Family Practice, 2024; cmae031, https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmae031
Hoffmann K, Hainzl A, Stingl M, et al. Interdisziplinäres, kollaboratives D-A-CH Konsensus-Statement zur Diagnostik und Behandlung von Myalgischer Enzephalomyelitis/Chronischem Fatigue-Syndrom [Interdisciplinary, collaborative D-A-CH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) consensus statement concerning the diagnostic and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2024 Aug;136(Suppl 5):103-123. German. doi: 10.1007/s00508-024-02372-y. Epub 2024 May 14. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11093804/
Sara Ares-Blanco, Marina Guisado-Clavero, Lourdes Ramos Del Rio, …, Kathryn Hoffmann, …, Raquel Gómez-Bravo, María Pilar Astier Peña, Heidrun Lingner. Primary care indicators for disease burden, monitoring and surveillance of COVID-19 in 31 European countries: Eurodata Study, European Journal of Public Health, 2024;, ckad224, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad224.
van Rhijn-Brouwer, F.C.CC., Hellemons, M., Stingl, M., Hoffmann, K., VanDerNagel J., Davenport T.E., Untersmayr-Elsenhuber, E., Scheibenbogen, C., Putrino, D. Graded exercise therapy should not be recommended for patients with post-exertional malaise. Nat Rev Cardiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-024-00992-5
Jirovsky-Platter, E.; Wakolbinger, M.; Kühn, T.; Hoffmann, K.; Rieder, A.; Haider, S. Experiences of Vegans with General Practitioners in the Austrian Health Care System: A Qualitative Study. Nutrients 2024, 16, 392. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16030392
Hoffmann K, Hainzl A, Stingl M, Kurz K, Biesenbach B, Thonhofer K, Untersmayr-Elsenhuber E. Myalgische Enzephalomyelitis/Chronisches Fatigue Syndrom (ME/CFS).In: Webtool für das „Management postakuter Zustände am Beispiel Post-COVID-19“ basierend auf der entsprechenden S1 Leitlinie. Wien, 25.01.2024. Link
Wojczewski, S., Leitner, K. M., Hoffmann, K., Kutalek, R., & Jirovsky-Platter, E. (2024). Vaccine hesitancy among physicians: a qualitative study with general practitioners and paediatricians in Austria and Germany. BMJ Open, 14(1), e077411. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077411
2023
Stummer, F.O. Implementierungsstrategien im Gesundheitswesen: Die 50 wichtigsten Implementierungs-Frameworks in der Praxis-eine Literaturrecherche. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, 2023.
Guisado-Clavero M, Ares-Blanco S, Serafini A, …, Hoffmann K, …, Gómez Bravo R. The role of primary health care in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in 30 European countries: a retrospective descriptive study (Eurodata study). Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2023 Oct 24;24:e60. doi: 10.1017/S1463423623000312.
Rabady, S., Mayrhofer, M., Szabo, N., Hoffmann, K. “We literally worked in parking lots, cars, garages, and separately set up party tents”: qualitative study on the experiences of GPs in the frame of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Austria. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 1394 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10363-4
Zelko E, Rabady S, Hoffmann K. Allgemeinmedizin/Familienmedizin unter der Zeit-Lupe. In: ZGP – Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspolitik. Volume 4. Linz: 2023.
Stummer, F.O., Voggenberger, …, Hoffmann, K. Insights into the use of telemedicine in primary care in times of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic - a cross-sectional analysis based on the international PRICOV-19 study in Austria. BMC Prim. Care 24 (Suppl 1), 218 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02113-6
Rabady, S., Hoffmann, K., Aigner, M. et al. Leitlinie S1 für das Management postviraler Zustände am Beispiel Post-COVID-19. Wien Klin Wochenschr (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-023-02242-z
Wojczewski S, Grohma P, Kutalek R. Risk communication and community engagement with vulnerable groups: Perceptions of social-services CSOs during Covid-19. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2023;94:103817. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103817.
Jason, L.A., Behrends, U., Blitshteyn, S., Gerner, P., Grande, B., Grande, T., Hammer, S., Hoffmann, K. et al. Die Übersicht zur aktuellen Evidenz ignoriert die aktuelle Evidenz. Nervenarzt (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-023-01515-2
Sara Ares-Blanco, Marina Guisado-Clavero, Lourdes Ramos Del Rio, Ileana Gefaell Larrondo, Louise Fitzgerald, Limor Adler, Radost Assenova, Maria Bakola, Sabine Bayen, Elena Brutskaya-Stempkovskaya, Iliana-Carmen Busneag, Philippe-Richard Domeyer, Dragan Gjorgjievski, Kathryn Hoffmann, et a. (2023) Clinical pathway of COVID-19 patients in primary health care in 30 European countries: Eurodata study, European Journal of General Practice, DOI: 10.1080/13814788.2023.2182879
Petrazzuoli F, Collins C, Van Poel E, Tatsioni A, Streit S, Bojaj G, Asenova R, Hoffmann K, Gabrani J, Klemenc-Ketis Z, Rochfort A, Adler L, Windak A, Nessler K, Willems S. Differences between Rural and Urban Practices in the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Outcomes from the PRICOV-19 Study in 38 Countries. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 19;20(4):3674. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043674.
2022
Windak, A.; Nessler, K.; Van Poel, E.; Collins, C.; Wójtowicz, E.; Murauskiene, L.; Hoffmann, K.; Willems, S. Responding to COVID-19: The Suitability of Primary Care Infrastructure in 33 Countries. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 17015. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417015
Rabady, S., Altenberger, J., Brose, M. Denk-Linnert D.-M., Fertl E., Götzinger F., Gomez Pellin M. de la Cruz, Hofbaur B., Hoffmann K. et al. Leitlinie S1: Long COVID: Differenzialdiagnostik und Behandlungsstrategien. Wien Klin Wochenschr 133 (Suppl 7), 237–278 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-021-01974-0
Hoffmann K. Die Zukunft der österreichischen Gesundheitsreform zur Stärkung der Primärversorgung. Lernen aus der COVID-19-Pandemie zur Steigerung der Gesundheitssystem-Resilienz. In: Hainzl C, Dialer D, Kruske H (Hrsg.). Gesundheitspolitik und Gesellschaft in der COVID-19-Krise. Eine globale Herausforderung. Münster: LIT-Verlag; 2022. ISBN: 978-3-643-51100-3.
Rabady S, Hoffmann K, Brose M, Lammel O, Poggenburg S, Redlberger-Fritz M, Stiasny K, Wendler M, Weseslindtner L, Zehetmayer S, Kamenski G. Symptoms and risk factors for hospitalization of COVID-19 presented in primary care. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2022; 134: 335-343. Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00508-021-01992-y
Muckenhuber J, Stocker MB, Hoffmann K, Roller-Wirnsberger R. Herausforderungen der interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit in der gesundheitlichen Primärversorgung in ländlichen Regionen in der Steiermark. soziales_kapital. 2022; 26:300-310.
Hoffmann K. Medizinischer Hintergrund/ Handlungsempfehlungen. In: Szelag M. Sexualität bei chronischen Erkrankungen. Wiener Gesundheitsberichterstattung. Magistrat der Stadt Wien, MA 24 – Strategische Gesundheitsversorgung. Wien; 2022.
Stummer FO, Hoffmann K. Telemedizin in der Allgemeinmedizin. „Oh Telemedizin, where are thou?“ In: Frauengesundheit und Digitalisierung. Sammelband des Wiener Programms für Frauengesundheit. Schriftenreihe Frauen*Gesundheit*Wien Nr. 2. Wien; 2022
Carl Llor, Ana Moragas, Manfred Maier.
Evaluation of Publication of COVID-19–Related Articles Initially Presented as Preprints https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799314?guestAccessKey=d061234b-2821-4145-9db9-4b5de18d5982&utm_source=jps&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author_alert-jamanetwork&utm_content=author-author_engagement&utm_term=1m
Maier M., "Consequences of COVID-19 regulations on the competences of medical graduates and FM/GP interns – teachers' views." European Journal of General Practice, 28(1), pp. 13–14 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/igen20/28/1?nav=tocList