Publications

2025

• Rühl J, Baumgartner A, Kolominsky-Rabas PL. Evidence on Advance Care Planning in People with Dementia – A Systematic Review (2017–2023). Health Services. 2025 Nov 27. German. doi: 10.1055/a-2699-8545. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41309090. Link to publication

• Weidinger F, Räbel J, Gräßel E, Ganslandt T, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Emmert M. Costs of informal care for people with cognitive impairments: a cost study from the digital dementia registry Bavaria (digiDEM Bavaria). Z. Evid. Fortbild. Qual. Gesundh. wesen (ZEFQ) 2025;198-199:27-34. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2025.10.001. Link to publication

• Keefer A, Dehler M, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Graessel E, Saam JN, Drasch K. Driving with Cognitive Impairments: Results from the Population-Based Digital Dementia Registry Bavaria (digiDEM Bavaria). Journal of Continuing Education and Qualification in Health Care (ZEFQ) 2025;195:85-92. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2025.03.007. Link to publication

• Zeiler M, Dietzel N, Kolominsky-Rabas PL. Digitalization and technical support for relatives. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Ed), German Alzheimer Society (Ed). Relatives of People with Dementia – Research Findings and Perspectives. 69469 Weinheim: Beltz Juventa; 2025. pp. 339-354. Link to publication

• Dietzel N, Zeiler M, Kolominsky-Rabas PL. Scientific Evidence and Costs of DiGA. G+G Science. GGW – the Science Forum in Health and Society. Issue 1/2025, 25th Year. Link to publication

• Keefer A, Dietzel N, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Graessel E. The Use of Outpatient Support Services: Differences Between People With Mild Cognitive Impairment and People With Mild to Moderate Dementia. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025;104(1):73-82. doi: 10.1177/13872877251314060. PMID: 39871693. Link to publication

• Zeiler M, Dietzel N, Haug F, Haug J, Kammerer K, Pryss R, Heuschmann P, Graessel E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Prokosch HU: A User-Centered Design Approach for a Screening App for People With Cognitive Impairment (digiDEM-SCREEN): Development and Usability Study. JMIR Hum Factors 2025;12:e65022. doi: 10.2196/65022. PMID: 39849671. Link to publication

• Weidinger F, Dietzel N, Graessel E, Prokosch HU, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Using Health Information Resources for People with Cognitive Impairment (digiDEM Bavaria): Registry-Based Cohort Study. JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e54460. doi: 10.2196/54460. Link to publication

• Zeiler M, Dietzel N, Kammerer K, Frick U, Pryss R, Heuschmann P, Prokosch HU, Graessel E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Digital screening tool for the assessment of cognitive impairment in unsupervised settings - digiDEM-SCREEN: study protocol for a validation study. BMJ Open. 2025 Jan 11;15(1):e087256. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087256. PMID: 39800401. Link to publication

2024

• Laininger L, Dietzel N, Graessel E, Prokosch HU, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Impact of Social Network Composition on Cognitive Decline: Digital Dementia Registry Bavaria (digiDEM Bayern). PLoS One. 2024 Jul 12;19(7):e0306447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306447. PMID: 38995919; PMCID: PMC11244788. Link to publication

• Zeiler M, Dietzel N, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Graessel E, Prokosch HU: Evaluation of a Digital Dementia Registry's IT Architecture After a Three-Year Period in Practice: digiDEM Bayern. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2024 Apr 26;313:43-48. doi: 10.3233/SHTI240010. PMID: 38682503. Link to publication

• Rühl J, Brinkmann ST, Schaufler D, Gräßel E, Walker BB, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Spatial Accessibility of Memory Clinics – A Geographical Analysis within the Framework of digiDEM Bavaria. Health Care. 2024 Apr;86(4):263-273. German. doi: 10.1055/a-2233-6168. Epub 2024 Apr 5. PMID: 38579731. Link to publication

2023

• Klaas-Ickler D, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Dietzel N: Can Case Management Delay the Move of People with Dementia to a Care Home? – A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Health Care. 2023 Jun 12. doi: 10.1055/a-2075-7884. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37308111. Link to publication

• Keefer A, Steichele K, Graessel E, Prokosch HU, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Does volunteering contribute to cognitive performance? — A systematic review. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2023;16 : 1097-1109. doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S404880. Link to publication

• Zeiler M, Chmelirsch C, Dietzel N, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Scientific Evidence and User Quality of Mobile Health Applications for People with Cognitive Impairments and Their Relatives. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2023 Mar 6:S1865-9217(23)00006-5. German. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2023.01.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36890031. Link to publication

2022

• Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Tauscher M, Gerlach R, Perleth M, Dietzel N: How valid are studies on currently permanently approved digital health applications (DiGA)? Methodological quality of studies proving positive care effects of DiGA. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2022 Dec;175:1-16. German. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2022.09.008. Epub 2022 Nov 24. PMID: 36437182. Link to publication

• Dietzel N, Graessel E, Kürten L, Meuer S, Klaas-Ickler D, Hladik M, Chmelirsch C, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: The Dementia Assessment of Service Needs (DEMAND): Development and Validation of a Standardized Needs Assessment Instrument. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022 Sep 27; 89(3): 1051-1061. Link to publication

• Steichele K, Keefer A, Dietzel N, Graessel E, Prokosch HU, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: The effects of exercise programs on cognition, activities of daily living, and neuropsychiatric symptoms in community-dwelling people with dementia—a systematic review. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2022 Jul 22; 14, 97. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-022-01040-5. Link to publication

• Karrer L, Pfleger E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Current evidence on assessing fitness to drive in people with cognitive impairments: A systematic review. Health Care. 2022 Jan. doi: 10.1055/a-1690-6940. Link to publication

2021

• Reichold M, Heß M, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Gräßel E, Prokosch HU: Usability evaluation of an offline electronic data capture app in a prospective multicenter dementia registry (digiDEM Bayern): mixed methods study. Journal of Medical Internet Research: Form Res. 2021 Nov 3; 5(11): e31649. doi: 10.2196/31649. PMID: 34730543. Link to publication

• Reichold M, Dietzel N, Chmelirsch C, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Grässel E, Prokosch HU: Designing and Implementing an IT Architecture for a Digital Multicenter Dementia Registry: digiDEM Bayern. Applied Clinical Informatics 12. 2021: 551–563. Link to publication

• Bujan Rivera J, Dietzel N, Meuer S, Reichold M, Prokosch HU, Gräßel E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Dementia and Digitalization. neuroreha. 2021; 13(2): 87–94. Link to publication

• Reichold M, Selau M, Graessel E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Prokosch HU: eHealth Interventions for Dementia – Using WordPress Plugins as a Flexible Dissemination for Dementia Service Providers. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 May 7; 279: 1-9. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210081. PMID: 33965911. Link to publication

• Kürten L, Dietzel N, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Gräßel E: Predictors of one-year change in depressiveness among informal caregivers of community-dwelling individuals with dementia. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 3;21(1):177. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03164-8. PMID: 33812389; PMCID: PMC8019174. Link to publication

• Dietzel N, Kürten L, Karrer L, Reichold M, Köhler L, Nagel A, Chmelirsch C, Seebahn K, Hladik M, Meuer S, Kirchner A, Holm K, Selau M, Wendel M, Trinkwalter J, Prokosch HU, Graessel E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Digital Dementia Registry Bavaria-digiDEM Bavaria: Study Protocol for a Multicenter, Prospective, Longitudinal Registry Study. BMJ Open. 2021 Feb 8;11(2):e043473. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043473. PMID: 33558357. Link to publication

2020

• Reichold M, Dietzel N, Karrer L, Gräßel E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Prokosch HU: Stakeholder Perspectives on the Key Components of a Digital Service Platform Supporting Dementia – digiDEM Bavaria. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Jun 23; 271: 224-231. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200100. PMID: 32578567.
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• Wolff F, Dietzel N, Karrer L, Kratzer A, Hess M, Gräßel E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Timely Diagnosis in People with Dementia: The Bavarian Dementia Survey (BayDem). Healthcare 2020; 01. Link to publication

• Karrer L, Dietzel N, Wolff F, Kratzer A, Hess M, Gräßel E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: When It's No Longer Possible Alone – Utilization of Outpatient Support Services for People with Dementia: The Bavarian Dementia Survey (BayDem). Healthcare 2020; 01. Link to publication

• Dietzel N, Karrer L, Wolff F, Kratzer A, Hess M, Gräßel E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Influencing Factors on the Caregiver Burden of Relatives of People with Dementia: The Bavarian Dementia Survey (BayDem). Healthcare 2020; 01. Link to publication

• Kratzer A, Karrer L, Dietzel N, Wolff F, Hess M, Gräßel E, Kolominsky-Rabas PL: Symptom burden, Utilization of the healthcare system and circumstances of death of people with dementia in the final phase of life: the Bavarian Dementia Survey (BayDem). Healthcare 2020; 01. Link to publication