• Health Services research
• participation
• illness perceptions

• Congress scholarships of the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD (2010, 2013, 2014)
• Congress Travel Scholarship of the European Health Psychology Society (2012)
• Postdoc scholarship from the University of Hamburg for a 4-week research stay (2014)

• Member of the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF)
• Spokeswoman of the working groups "Promotion of junior scientists" and "Participatory health services research" in the DNVF
• Member of the "Aktionsbündnis Teilhabeforschung"

Publications

Bolte, J., Dilger, EM. & Brütt, A.L. (2024). Leitlinienempfohlene standardisierte Instrumente bei multipler Sklerose. Nervenarzt. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-024-01752-z

Levelink, M., & Brütt, A. L. (2024). Versorgungsqualität und-sicherheit nach Implantation eines Linksherzunterstützungssystems: eine qualitative Studie zur Patient* innenperspektive auf relevante Versorgungsaspekte. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen.

Reinhold, A. K., Trudzik, P., & Brütt, A. L. (2024). Examining illness perceptions over time: an exploratory prospective analysis of causal attributions in individuals with depressive symptoms. BMC psychiatry, 24(1), 503. doi:10.1186/s12888-024-05949-z

Fricke, L. M., Krüger, K., Schaubert, K., Brütt, A. L., Dilger, E. M., Eichstädt, K., Grau, A., Heidenreich, F., Hemmerling, M., Hoekstra, D., Stahmann, A., Stahmeyer, J.T., Thiele, A. & Krauth, C. (2023). Non-Responder-Analyse der Eigenschaften der Teilnehmenden an einer Online-Befragung unter Multiple Sklerose Erkrankten der AOK Niedersachsen. Das Gesundheitswesen, 85(08/09), 814-814.

Levelink, M., Voigt-Barbarowicz, M., Ahlers, C., & Brütt, A. L. (2023). Identifizierung und Priorisierung von Forschungsfragen zu Paraplegie infolge einer unfallbedingten Querschnittlähmung mit Betroffenen, Angehörigen und professionell Versorgenden. Das Gesundheitswesen, 85(04), 250-257.

Wimmesberger, N., Bierbaum, T., Keßler, L., Brütt, A. L., & Farin-Glattacker, E. (2023). [Research partners in health services research: need, acceptance and feasibility of preparatory trainings]. Gesundheitswesen. doi.org/10.1055/a-2144-5973

Brütt, A. L. (2023, September). Patientenbeteiligung in der onkologischen (Versorgungs) forschung. In Forum (Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 282-285). Heidelberg: Springer Medizin.

Mooiweer, Y., Seeber, G. H., Brütt, A. L., Eleveld, R., Ulitzka, R., Lazovic, D., Ansmann, L. & Stevens, M. (2023). Influence of health system and patient characteristics on expectations and outcome in total hip arthroplasty patients in the Dutch-German border region: protocol for a mixed-methods prospective observational comparative study (hip across). BMJ open, 13(4), e067499.

Stiel, S., Brütt, A.L., Stahmeyer, J.T., Bockelmann, A.W.E., Schleef, T., Völkel, A. & Hoffmann, F. (2023). Implementation, barriers, and recommendations for further development of advance care planning for the last phase of life in nursing homes in Germany (Gut-Leben): protocol for a mixed-methods study. BMC Palliat Care 22, 27. doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01147-y

Baumann LA, Schüz N, Hessel A, Obiedzinski S, & Brütt AL. Handlungs-und Forschungsbedarf in der Psychosomatischen und Orthopädischen Rehabilitation aus der Sicht von Rehabilitand: innen und Mitarbeitenden in der Rehabilitation. Die Rehabilitation. 2023. doi.org/10.1055/a-2028-5963

Lander J, Altawil H, Dilger EM, Bruett AL, Fricke LM, Hoekstra D, John C, Krauth C, Krüger K, Schaubert K, von Sommoggy J, Thiele A & Dierks ML. Synchronous online focus groups in health research: application and further development of methodology based on experiences from two mixed-methods research projects. BMC Research Notes. 2023; 16(1):1-6. doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06288-0

Baumann LA, Brütt AL. Participation preferences of health service users in health care decision-making regarding rehabilitative care in Germany-A cross-sectional study. Health Expectations. 2022;25(1):125-137.  doi:10.1111/hex.13356

Baumann LA, Reinhold AK, Brütt AL. Public and patient involvement in health policy decision-making on the health system level - A scoping review. Health Policy. 2022;126(10):1023-1038. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.07.007

Euler S, Huwe L, Gablonski TC, Dehoust M, Schulz H, Brütt AL, Andreas S. Mentalizing Mediates the Association between Narcissism and Psychotherapeutic Treatment Outcome in a Mixed Clinical Sample. Psychopathology. 2022;55(5):282-291. doi:10.1159/000524203

Hahlweg P, Bieber C, Brütt AL, Dierks ML, Dirmaier J, Donner-Banzhoff N, Eich W, Geiger F, Klemperer D, Koch K, Körner M, Müller H, Scholl I, Härter M. Moving towards patient-centered care and shared decision-making in Germany. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen, 2022:171:49-57. doi:10.1016/j.zefq.2022.04.001

Levelink M, Voigt-Barbarowicz M, Ahlers C, Brütt AL. Identifizierung und Priorisierung von Forschungsfragen zu Paraplegie infolge einer unfallbedingten Querschnittlähmung mit Betroffenen, Angehörigen und professionell Versorgenden. Gesundheitswesen. 2022. doi:10.1055/a-1829-6781

Stuckenschneider T, Koschate J, Dunker E, Reeck N, Hackbarth M, Hellmers S, Kwiecien R, Lau S, Brütt AL, Hein A, Zieschang T. Sentinel fall presenting to the emergency department (SeFallED) – protocol of a complex study including long-term observation of functional trajectories after a fall, exploration of specific fall risk factors, and patients’ views on falls prevention. BMC Geriatrics. 2022;22(1):594. doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03261-7

Voigt-Barbarowicz M, Dietz G, Renken N, Schmöger R, Brütt AL. Patients' Health Literacy in Rehabilitation: Comparison between the Estimation of Patients and Health Care Professionals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022;19(6):3522. doi:10.3390/ijerph19063522

Baumann LA, Brütt AL. Public and patient involvement (PPI) in health policy decisionmaking on the health system- level: protocol for a systematic scoping review. BMJ Open. 2021;11(5):e043650. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043650

Buchholz A, Spies M, Stracke R, Brütt AL, Meyer-Steinkamp R. Das Modulare ICF-basierte Core Set Sucht (MCSS): Anwendung des Moduls Medizinische Rehabilitation für die Behandlungsplanung. Psychosoziale und Medizinische Rehabilitation. 2021;(114):15-23.

Krüger K, Fricke LM, Dilger EM, Thiele A, Schaubert K, Hoekstra D, Heidenreich F, Brütt AL, Stahmeyer JT, Röper AL, Kubiak KP, Hemmerling M, Grau A, Eichstädt K, Behrens S, Krauth C. How is and how should healthcare for people with multiple sclerosis in Germany be designed?–The rationale and protocol for the mixed-methods study Multiple Sclerosis–Patient-Oriented Care in Lower Saxony (MS-PoV). Plos one. 2021;16(11):e0259855. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259855

Kühne F, Brütt AL, Otterbeck MJ, Weck F. Research priorities set by people with OCD and OCD researchers: Do the commonalities outweigh the differences? Health Expectations. 2021;24 Suppl 1:40-46. doi:10.1111/hex.13005

Levelink M, Brütt AL. Factors influencing health-related quality of life of patients with a left ventricular assist device: a systematic review and thematic synthesis. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2021;20(8):803-815. doi:10.1093/eurjcn/zvab056

Levelink M, Reinhold AK, Dewald O, Brütt AL. Psychological burden and coping in destination therapy patients with a left ventricular assist device: A qualitative content analysis. Artificial Organs. 2021;46(6):1165-1180. doi:10.1111/aor.14158

Lubasch JS, Voigt-Barbarowicz M, Ernstmann N, Kowalski C, Brütt AL, Ansmann L. Organizational Health Literacy in a Hospital—Insights on the Patients’ Perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021;18(23):12646. doi:10.3390/ijerph182312646

Lubasch JS, Voigt-Barbarowicz M, Lippke S, De Wilde RL, Griesinger F, Lazovic D, Ocampo Villegas PC, Roeper J, Salzmann D, Seeber GH, Torres-de-la-Roche LA, Weyhe D, Ansmann L, Brütt AL. Improving professional health literacy in hospitals: study protocol of a participatory codesign and implementation study. BMJ Open. 2021;11(8):e045835. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045835

Reinhold AK, Magaard JL, Brütt AL. Influence of established and subjectively perceived as well as evaluated individual characteristics on the utilization of mental health services among individuals with depressive disorders: protocol of a longitudinal study examining how to supplement the “behavioral model of health services use” and on need-congruent use of mental health services. BMC Psychiatry. 2021;21(1):68. doi:10.1186/s12888-021-03065-w

Seeralan T, Härter M, Koschnitzke C, Scholl M, Kohlmann S, Lehmann M, Eisele M, Braunschneider LE, Marx G, Scherer M, Löwe B, Magaard JL, Brütt AL. Patient involvement in developing a patient-targeted feedback intervention after depression screening in primary care within the randomized controlled trial GET.FEEDBACK.GP. Health Expectations: an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy. 2021;24:95-112. doi:10.1111/hex.13039

Levelink M, Eichstaedt HC, Meyer S, Brütt AL. Living with an LVAD – Psychological burden and coping: Protocol for a longitudinal and cross-sectional qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2020;10(10):e037017. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037017

Levelink M, Voigt-Barbarowicz M, Brütt AL. Priorities of patients, caregivers and health‐care professionals for health research – A systematic review. Health Expectations. 2020;23(5):992–1006. doi:10.1111/hex.13090

Spies M, Kulisch K, Streibelt M, Pohl A, Schulz H,  Brütt AL. [Insurants' Views on Different Forms of Medical Rehabilitation - A Qualitative Study]. Rehabilitation (Stuttgart). 2020;59(5):282-290. doi:10.1055/a-1148-5051

Voigt-Barbarowicz M,  Brütt AL. The Agreement between Patients’ and Healthcare Professionals’ Assessment of Patients’ Health Literacy—A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020;17(7):2372. doi:10.3390/ijerph17072372

Magaard JL, Seeralan T, De A, Schulz H, Brütt AL. [Beliefs about Treatment of Depression - A Qualitative Analysis of Treatment Beliefs about Psychotherapy and Primary Care among People with Depression]. Psychiatrische Praxis. 2019;46(5):268-273. doi:10.1055/a-0787-6956

Spies M, Brütt AL, Buchholz A. Content comparison of guideline-recommended instruments used in treatment for alcohol use disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2019;41(14):1682-1689. doi:10.1080/09638288.2018.1433724

Bartsch A-L, Carlsen LM, Härter M, Brütt AL, Buchholz A. A cross-sectional survey of factors associated with the uptake of smoking cessation aids among smokers and ex-smokers. Journal of Substance Use. 2018;23(6):1-6. doi:10.1080/14659891.2018.1459906

Bartsch A-L, Härter M, Brütt AL, Buchholz A. Prozessevaluation einer Intervention zur kooperativen Raucherentwöhnung. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. 2018;13(3):237-247. doi:10.1007/s11553-017-0635-9

Bernges T, Iden L, Gielen R, Scholl M, Brütt AL. [Research for us! Which Topics are Relevant for Patients with Depression]?. Psychiatrische Praxis. 2018;45(7):383-386. doi:10.1055/s-0043-118147

Magaard JL, Lowe B, Brütt AL, Kohlmann S. Illness beliefs about depression among patients seeking depression care and patients seeking cardiac care: an exploratory analysis using a mixed method design. BMC Psychiatry. 2018;18(1):366. doi:10.1186/s12888-018-1936-z

Magaard JL, Liebherz S, Melchior H, Engels A, König HH, Kriston L, Schulz H, Jahed J, Brütt AL, Reber KC, Härter M. Collaborative mental health care program versus a general practitioner program and usual care for treatment of patients with mental or neurological disorders in Germany: protocol of a multiperspective evaluation study. BMC Psychiatry. 2018;18(1):347. doi:10.1186/s12888-018-1914-5

Probst T, Dehoust M, Brütt AL, Schulz H, Pieh C, Andreas S. Mentalization and Self-Efficacy as Mediators between Psychological Symptom Severity and Disabilities in Activities and Participation in Psychotherapy Patients. Psychopathology. 2018;51(1):38-46. doi:10.1159/000485980

Brütt AL, Bernges T, Magaard J, Sielaff G. [How to do Research? Development and Evaluation of a Research Training for Patients with Mental Disorders]. Psychiatrische Praxis. 2017;44(2):99-104. doi:10.1055/s-0041-108968

Brütt AL, Meister R, Bernges T, Moritz S, Härter M, Kriston L, Kühne F. [Patient involvement in a systematic review: Development and pilot evaluation of a patient workshop]. Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen. 2017;127-128:56-61. doi:10.1016/j.zefq.2017.07.005

Magaard JL, Schulz H, Brütt AL. What Do Patients Think about the Cause of Their Mental Disorder? A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Causal Beliefs of Mental Disorder in Inpatients in Psychosomatic Rehabilitation. PloS one. 2017;12(1):e0169387. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169387

Magaard JL, Seeralan T, Schulz H, Brütt AL. Factors associated with help-seeking behaviour among individuals with major depression: A systematic review. PloS one. 2017;12(5):e0176730. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0176730

Bartsch AL, Harter M, Niedrich J, Brütt AL, Buchholz A. A Systematic Literature Review of Self-Reported Smoking Cessation Counseling by Primary Care Physicians. PloS one. 2016;11(12):e0168482. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168482

Brütt AL, Buschmann-Steinhage R, Kirschning S, Wegscheider K. [Participatory research : Meaning, concept, objectives and methods]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz. 2016;59(9):1068-1074. doi:10.1007/s00103-016-2403-y

Brütt AL, Magaard JL, Andreas S, Schulz H. A qualitative investigation of barriers and facilitators of rehabilitation success from the psychosomatic inpatients' perspective. Patient preference and adherence. 2016;10:1881-1888. doi:10.2147/PPA.S108117

Kendrick T, El-Gohary M, Stuart B, Gilbody S, Churchill R, Aiken L, Bhattacharya A, Gimson A, Brütt AL, de Jong K, Moore M. Routine use of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for improving treatment of common mental health disorders in adults. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016;7:Cd011119. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD011119.pub2

Härter M, Bartsch AL, Egger N, König HH,  Kriston L, Schulz H, Tiemann M, Brütt AL, Buchholz A. Evaluating a collaborative smoking cessation intervention in primary care (ENTER): study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015;16:447. doi:10.1186/s13063-015-0977-6

Spies M, Brütt AL, Freitag M, Buchholz A. [Application of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in Psychosomatic Rehabilitation and Addiction Rehabilitation in Germany - The Current State]. Die Rehabilitation. 2015;54(5):297-303. doi:10.1055/s-0035-1555908

Buchkapitel

Brütt AL. Partizipative Forschungsansätze. In T. Meyer, J. Bengel, & M. A. Wirtz (Ed.), Lehrbuch Rehabilitationswissenschaften. 2022. (S. 448-454): Hogrefe.

Lippke S, Ansmann L, Brütt AL. Kommunikationskonzepte zur Verbesserung der professionellen Gesundheitskompetenz. In K. Rathmann, K. Dadaczynski, O. Okan, & M. Messer (Ed.), Gesundheitskompetenz. 2022. (S. 1-11): Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Brütt AL. Partizipative Versorgungsforschung: Nicht nur über, sondern mit Patienten forschen. In Frankfurter Forum für gesellschaftspolitische Grundsatzfragen e.V. (Ed.), Frankfurter Forum: Diskurse. 2020. Heft 22: Versorgungsforschung - Methoden und Ziele (S. 26-33): Springer.

Bullinger M, Brütt AL. Lebensqualität und Wohlbefinden. In C.-W. Kohlmann, C. Salewski, & M. A. Wirtz (Ed.), Psychologie in der Gesundheitsförderung. 2018. (S. 155-167): Hogrefe Verlag.

Brütt AL, Magaard J, Niedrich J, Schulz H. Behandlungskonzepte auf der Basis individueller Risiken. In R. Deck & R. Glaser-Möller (Ed.), Bedarfsorientierung und Flexibilisierung in der Rehabilitation. 2016. (S. 83-92): Verlag Hans Jacobs.