Dr. med. Karin Zimmermann

Mitterer, Stefan, Zimmermann, Karin, Fink, Günther, Simon, Michael, Gerber, Anne-Kathrin, & Bergsträsser, Eva. (2024). Hospitalization- and death-related financial and employment effects in parents of children with life-limiting conditions: a fixed-effects analysis [Journal-article]. European Journal of Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-024-05680-7

Gerber, Anne-Kathrin, Feuz, Ursula, Zimmermann, Karin, Mitterer, Stefan, Simon, Michael, von der Weid, Nicolas, & Bergsträsser, Eva. (2024). Work-related quality of life in professionals involved in pediatric palliative care: a repeated cross-sectional comparative effectiveness study [Journal-article]. Palliative Care and Social Practice, 18. https://doi.org/10.1177/26323524241247857

Mitterer, Stefan, Zimmermanna, Karin, Fink, Günther, Simon, Michael, Gerber, Anne-Kathrin, & Bergsträsser, Eva. (2023). The funding of specialised paediatric palliative care in Switzerland: a conceptualisation and modified Delphi study on obstacles and priorities [Journal-article]. Swiss Medical Weekly, 153(12), 3498. https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3498

Bergsträsser, Eva, Lukose, Saumya, Zimmermann, Karin, & Oxenius, Angela. (2022). Palliative Care in Children With Advanced Heart Disease in a Tertiary Care Environment: A Mini Review. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9, 863031. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.863031

Zimmermann, Karin, Marfurt-Russenberger, Katrin, Cignacco, Eva, & Bergstraesser, Eva. (2022). Bereaved parents’ perspectives on their child’s end-of-life care: connecting a self-report questionnaire and interview data from the nationwide Paediatric End-of-LIfe CAre Needs in Switzerland (PELICAN) study. BMC Palliative Care, 21(1), 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-00957-w

Zimmermann, K., Simon, M., Scheinemann, K., Tinner Oehler, E. M., Widler, M., Keller, S., Fink, G., Mitterer, S., Gerber, A. K., von Felten, S., & Bergstraesser, E. (2022). Specialised Paediatric PAlliativE CaRe: assessing family, healthcare professionals and health system outcomes in a multi-site context of various care settings: SPhAERA study protocol. BMC Palliat Care, 21(1), 188. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-01089-x

Mitterer, Stefan, Zimmermann, Karin, Bergsträsser, Eva, Simon, Michael, Gerber, Anne-Kathrin, & Fink, Günther. (2021). Measuring Financial Burden in Families of Children Living With Life-Limiting Conditions: A Scoping Review of Cost Indicators and Outcome Measures. Value in Health, 24(9), 1377–1389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2021.03.015

Leemann, Tanja, Bergstraesser, Eva, Cignacco, Eva, & Zimmermann, Karin. (2020). Differing needs of mothers and fathers during their child’s end-of-life care: secondary analysis of the “Paediatric end-of-life care needs” (PELICAN) study. BMC Palliative Care, 19(1), 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00621-1

Ramelet, Anne-Sylvie, Bergstraesser, Eva, Grandjean, Chantal, Dorsaz, Anouk, Fahrni-Nater, Patricia, Cignacco, Eva, Zimmerman, Karin, & Pediatric End-of-LIfe CAre Needs in Switzerland Consortium. (2020). Comparison of End-of-Life Care Practices Between Children With Complex Chronic Conditions and Neonates Dying in an ICU Versus Non-ICUs: A Substudy of the Pediatric End-of-LIfe CAre Needs in Switzerland (PELICAN) Project. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : A Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 21(5), e236–e246. https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000002259

Belle, Fabiën N., Wenke-Zobler, Juliane, Cignacco, Eva, Spycher, Ben D., Ammann, Roland A., Kuehni, Claudia E., & Zimmermann, Karin. (2019). Overweight in childhood cancer patients at diagnosis and throughout therapy: A multicentre cohort study. Clinical Nutrition, 38(2), 835–841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2018.02.022

Zimmermann K, Cignacco E, Engberg S, Ramelet AS, von der Weid N, Eskola K, Bergstraesser E, PELICAN Consortium, Ansari M, Aebi C, Baer R, Popovic MB, Bernet V, Brazzola P, Bucher HU, Buder R, Cagnazzo S, Dinten B, Dorsaz A, et al. (2018). Patterns of paediatric end-of-life care: a chart review across different care settings in Switzerland. BMC pediatrics, 18(1), 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1021-2

Belle, Fabiën N., Weiss, Annette, Schindler, Matthias, Goutaki, Myrofora, Bochud, Murielle, Zimmermann, Karin, von der Weid, Nicolas, Ammann, Roland A., & Kuehni, Claudia E. (2018). Overweight in childhood cancer survivors: the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 107(1), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqx006

Zimmermann K, Bergstraesser E, Engberg S, Ramelet AS, Marfurt-Russenberger K, Von der Weid N, Grandjean C, Fahrni-Nater P, Cignacco E, & PELICAN Consortium. (2017). Erratum to: When parents face the death of their child: a nationwide cross-sectional survey of parental perspectives on their child’s end-of life care. (Patent No. 1). 16(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-017-0188-x

Eskola, Katri, Bergstraesser, Eva, Zimmermann, Karin, & Cignacco, Eva. (2017). Maintaining family life balance while facing a child’s imminent death-A mixed methods study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(10), 2462–2472. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13304

Zimmermann, Karin, Bergstraesser, Eva, Engberg, Sandra, Ramelet, Anne-Sylvie, Marfurt-Russenberger, Katrin, Von der Weid, Nicolas, Grandjean, Chantal, Fahrni-Nater, Patricia, & Cignacco, Eva. (2016). When parents face the death of their child: a nationwide cross-sectional survey of parental perspectives on their child’s end-of life care. BMC Palliative Care, 15, 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-016-0098-3

Bergstraesser, Eva, Zimmermann, Karin, Eskola, Katri, Luck, Patricia, Ramelet, Anne-Sylvie, & Cignacco, Eva. (2015). Paediatric end-of-life care needs in Switzerland: current practices, and perspectives from parents and professionals. A study protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(8), 1940–1947. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12650

Eskola, Katri, Bergstraesser, Eva, Zimmermann, Karin, & Cignacco, Eva. (2015). Paediatric end-of-life care in the home care setting (PELICAN HOME)--a mixed methods study protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(1), 204–213. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12463

Gianinazzi, Micòl E., Rueegg, Corina S., Zimmerman, Karin, Kuehni, Claudia E., Michel, Gisela, & Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group. (2015). Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of a medical record abstraction study on transition of care after childhood cancer. PloS One, 10(5), e0124290. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124290

Graf, Elisabeth, Cignacco, Eva, Zimmermann, Karin, & Zúñiga, Franziska. (2015). Affective Organizational Commitment in Swiss Nursing Homes: A Cross-Sectional Study. The Gerontologist, 56(6), 1124–1137. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnv053

Zimmermann, Karin, Cignacco, Eva, Eskola, Katri, Engberg, Sandra, Ramelet, Anne-Sylvie, Von der Weid, Nicolas, & Bergstraesser, Eva. (2015). Development and initial validation of the Parental PELICAN Questionnaire (PaPEQu)--an instrument to assess parental experiences and needs during their child’s end-of-life care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(12), 3006–3017. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12741

Zimmermann, Karin, Ammann, Roland A., Kuehni, Claudia E., De Geest, Sabina, & Cignacco, Eva. (2013). Malnutrition in pediatric patients with cancer at diagnosis and throughout therapy: A multicenter cohort study. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 60(4), 642–649. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.24409