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Keywords

Health Promotion; Intellectual Disability; Mental Health; Oncology; Palliative Care; Psychology, Clinical; Psychometrics; Statistics

Research group(s)

• Palliative and Geriatric Oncology Science Group
  Head: Matthias Unseld
  Research Area: Physiology and Psychology of the Elderly in a Palliative and Geriatric Context.
  Members:
  Connie Sifuentes Caccire
  Omar Keritam
  Markus Kieler
  Lea Kum
  Matthias Unseld
  Elisabeth Zeilinger
• A Bio-Psycho-Social Approach to Health Equity
  Head: Elisabeth Zeilinger
  Research Area: We target health and healthcare for vulnerable or marginalised populations, e.g. people with disabilities, people of low socio-economic status, and people with advanced diseases, taking into account a holistic approach to health that includes somatic, psychological, and social aspects.
  Members:
  Matthias Knefel
  Amelie Fuchs
  Nadine Brunevskaya
  Chiara Popinger
  Orcun Ilker Döger
  Theresa Wagner
  Alma Herscovici
  Elisabeth Zeilinger

Grants

• Cancer - Understanding Prevention in Intellectual Disabilities (CUPID) (2022)
  Source of Funding: EU, COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
  Coordinator of the collaborative project
• Colorectal Cancer Prevention in Austria: Including People with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (2022)
  Source of Funding: OeGHO (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hämatologie & Medizinische Onkologie), ASHO Clinical Research Grant
  Principal Investigator
• Facilitators and Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening in Women with Intellectual Disability in Austria (2022)
  Source of Funding: Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of the City of Vienna, City of Vienna Fund for Innovative Interdisciplinary Cancer Research
  Principal Investigator
• Mental Health in People with Intellectual Disabilities (2022)
  Source of Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund), ESPRIT
  Principal Investigator
• Psycho-oncology Care in the Outpatient Setting (2022)
  Source of Funding: PHARMIG, MSD Join4Care
  Principal Investigator
• Back-2-Research Grant (2019)
  Source of Funding: MedUni Vienna & University of Vienna, Marie Jahoda Stipendium
  Principal Investigator
• Mobility Grant to Rome, Italy (2010)
  Source of Funding: Australian Federal Government, Department of Education and Training, Internationale Mobilität und wissenschaftlicher Austausch
  Principal Investigator

Selected publications

1. Zeilinger, E.L. et al. (2022) ‘The impact of COVID‐19 on cancer care of outpatients with low socioeconomic status’, International Journal of Cancer, 151, p. 77-82. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33960.
2. Zeilinger, E.L. et al. (2022) ‘Prevalence of anxiety and depression in people with different types of cancer or haematologic malignancies: a cross-sectional study’, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 31. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2045796022000592.
3. Zeilinger, E.L. et al. (2022) ‘Informant-based assessment instruments for dementia in people with intellectual disability: A systematic review and standardised evaluation’, Research in Developmental Disabilities, 121, p. 104148. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104148.
4. Zeilinger, E.L. et al. (2022) ‘Challenges in Palliative Care Nursing at a University Hospital’, Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/njh.0000000000000886.
5. Zeilinger, E.L. et al. (2020) ‘Intellectual disability literacy and its connection to stigma: A multinational comparison study in three European countries’, PLOS ONE. Edited by T. van Amelsvoort, 15(10), p. e0239936. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239936.