Katrin Balzer

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 931 citations indexed

About

Katrin Balzer is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Occupational Therapy. According to data from OpenAlex, Katrin Balzer has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 931 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in General Health Professions, 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 16 papers in Occupational Therapy. Recurrent topics in Katrin Balzer's work include Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management (16 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (15 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (12 papers). Katrin Balzer is often cited by papers focused on Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management (16 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (15 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (12 papers). Katrin Balzer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and United Kingdom. Katrin Balzer's co-authors include Jan Kottner, Theo Dassen, Janet Cuddigan, Zena Moore, Keryln Carville, Emily Haesler, Mary D. Litchford, Susan Law, Joyce Pittman and Dan R. Berlowitz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and British Journal of Dermatology.

In The Last Decade

Katrin Balzer

55 papers receiving 898 citations

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Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers/injuries: The protocol for the second update of the international Clinical Practice Guideline 2019

2019 220 citations Jan Kottner, Janet Cuddigan et al. Journal of Tissue Viability profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Katrin Balzer	472	299	200	197	192	62	931
Michelle Collinson	185 0.4×	110 0.4×	170 0.8×	178 0.9×	102 0.5×	59	930
Chunhu Shi	247 0.5×	204 0.7×	150 0.8×	370 1.9×	119 0.6×	46	916
Lis Ribu	265 0.6×	278 0.9×	501 2.5×	107 0.5×	761 4.0×	33	1.2k
Mary Sieggreen	788 1.7×	494 1.7×	62 0.3×	362 1.8×	384 2.0×	29	1.2k
Allison Mandrusiak	73 0.2×	222 0.7×	261 1.3×	62 0.3×	57 0.3×	68	1.1k
Claudia Gorecki	1.4k 2.9×	828 2.8×	78 0.4×	616 3.1×	685 3.6×	15	1.6k
George Bennett	485 1.0×	323 1.1×	124 0.6×	258 1.3×	250 1.3×	6	726
Mary Bliss	329 0.7×	200 0.7×	40 0.2×	212 1.1×	110 0.6×	39	614
Leila Blanes	347 0.7×	262 0.9×	53 0.3×	245 1.2×	202 1.1×	46	708
Elizabeth McGinnis	833 1.8×	564 1.9×	35 0.2×	429 2.2×	416 2.2×	46	1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Pohontsch, Nadine Janis, et al.. (2025). A new role profile for nurses with expanded competencies promoting person-centered care in long-term care: a mixed-methods intervention development study. BMC Geriatrics. 25(1). 492–492.

Schmidt, Manuela, et al.. (2024). Innovative Regional Services and Heterogeneous Communication Channels: Results from the Nationwide German egePan Project for Pandemic Management. Healthcare. 12(21). 2192–2192.

Hirt, Julian, et al.. (2024). Evidenzbasierte Praxis in Bachelor-Pflegestudiengängen in Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz: ein Survey zu Rahmenbedingungen, Lehrinhalten und -methoden. Zeitschrift für Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 186. 77–85.

Tetzlaff, Britta, et al.. (2024). Interprofessional collaboration in the home care setting: perspectives of people receiving home care, relatives, nurses, general practitioners, and therapists—results of a qualitative analysis. BMC Primary Care. 25(1). 79–79. 6 indexed citations

Tetzlaff, Britta, Martin Scherer, Katrin Balzer, et al.. (2023). Development of an interprofessional person-centred care concept for persons with care needs living in their own homes (interprofHOME): study protocol for a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. 13(7). e069597–e069597.

Tetzlaff, Britta, Tina Mallon, Martin Scherer, et al.. (2023). Cluster randomised trial of a complex interprofessional intervention (interprofACT) to reduce hospital admission of nursing home residents. Age and Ageing. 52(3). 3 indexed citations

Cuddigan, Janet, Keryln Carville, Zena Moore, et al.. (2023). Protocol for the Development of the Fourth Edition of the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries: Clinical Practice Guideline Using GRADE Methods. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 37(3). 136–146. 4 indexed citations

Balzer, Katrin, Tim Friede, Eva Hummers, et al.. (2023). Cost-Effectiveness of Inter-Professional Collaboration to Reduce Hospitalisations in Nursing Home Residents: Results from the German Interprof ACT Trial. International Journal of Integrated Care. 23(2). 8–8.

Neumann, Konrad, Kathrin Hillmann, Ulrike Blume‐Peytavi, et al.. (2023). Enhancing skin health and safety in aged care (SKINCARE trial): A cluster-randomised pragmatic trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 149. 104627–104627. 5 indexed citations

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Hirt, Julian, et al.. (2021). Evaluation von digitalen Assistenzsystemen für die Pflege in öffentlich geförderten Forschungsprojekten in Deutschland, Österreich und der deutschsprachigen Schweiz (EvaDigiAssSys): ein Survey. 131–155. 1 indexed citations

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Tetzlaff, Britta, Tina Mallon, Martin Scherer, et al.. (2020). Effects of strategies to improve general practitioner-nurse collaboration and communication in regard to hospital admissions of nursing home residents (interprof ACT): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials. 21(1). 913–913. 11 indexed citations

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Kottner, Jan, Janet Cuddigan, Keryln Carville, et al.. (2020). Pressure ulcer/injury classification today: An international perspective. Journal of Tissue Viability. 29(3). 197–203. 96 indexed citations

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Lechner, Anna, Jan Kottner, Susanne Coleman, et al.. (2019). Outcomes for Pressure Ulcer Trials (OUTPUTs): protocol for the development of a core domain set for trials evaluating the clinical efficacy or effectiveness of pressure ulcer prevention interventions. Trials. 20(1). 449–449. 7 indexed citations

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Kottner, Jan, Janet Cuddigan, Keryln Carville, et al.. (2019). Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers/injuries: The protocol for the second update of the international Clinical Practice Guideline 2019. Journal of Tissue Viability. 28(2). 51–58. 220 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kottner, Jan, et al.. (2019). Enhancing SKIN health and safety in aged CARE (SKINCARE Trial): a study protocol for an exploratory cluster-randomized pragmatic trial. Trials. 20(1). 302–302. 12 indexed citations

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Berg, Almuth, Steffen Fleischer, Sascha Köpke, et al.. (2015). Effect of person-centred care on antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes (EPCentCare): study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Implementation Science. 10(1). 26 indexed citations

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Balzer, Katrin, et al.. (2013). Medical specialist attendance in nursing homes [Beschreibung und Bewertung der fachärztlichen Versorgung von Pflegeheimbewohnern in Deutschland]. 9. 10 indexed citations

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Balzer, Katrin, Sascha Köpke, Dagmar Lühmann, et al.. (2013). Designing trials for pressure ulcer risk assessment research: Methodological challenges. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 50(8). 1136–1150. 10 indexed citations

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Meyer, Gabriele, Katrin Balzer, & Sascha Köpke. (2012). [Comments on the 3rd MDS report on nursing quality. Much noise about little change].. PubMed. 65(7). 392–5. 1 indexed citations

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Lohrmann, Christa, Katrin Balzer, Ate Dijkstra, & Theo Dassen. (2003). Pflegeabhängigkeit im Pflegeheim –eine psychometrische Studie. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 36(4). 255–259. 10 indexed citations

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