Anja Lindig
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Anja Lindig
Research Interests
- Patient-centeredness and decision-making processes in oncology and women’s health (focusing on pregnancy and birth)
- Psycho-social burden and resources of vulnerable groups and their needs in the health care system
- Process evaluation and patient participation
- Mixed-method studies, effectiveness and implementation trial
Academic positions
| Since October 2025 | Medical Scientist and project investigator for the ExpOnko project (Evaluating the psychosocial exposome in oncology for improved treatment decisions and personalized care), intramural funding of the University Medicine Oldenburg (Medical Scientist Program) |
| Since November 2024 | Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Psychology, Division for Psychological Methods and Statistics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg Project INGVER - Intersectoral care for vulnerable groups [Intersektorale Versorgung vulnerabler Gruppen], funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
| 03/2022 – 02/2025 | Postdoctoral Researcher, project leader and deputy head of the research group “Patient-centered care: Evaluation and Implementation” at the Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) |
| 10/2017 – 02/2022 | Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) |
Education
| 03/2018 – 02/2022 | PhD Student in the program “PhD für Nicht-Mediziner:innen“ at the Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) |
| 01/2010 – 11/2013 | Master of Science in Neurocognitive Psychology at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg |
| 10/2007 – 09/2010 | Diploma in Neuroscience at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg |
| 10/2005 – 09/2007 | Pre-Diploma in Psychology at the Technical University Dresden |
Publications (only first authorships)
Lindig, A.*, Mannagottera, L.*, Kriston, L., Hahlweg, P., Zeh, S., Scholl, I. (2024) Effects of a program for routine implementation of shared decision-making on patient-centered communication in clinical consultations – a secondary analysis. Health Expectations. 27(2): e14030. [*shared first authorship]. doi: 10.1111/hex.14030
Lindig, A., Heger, S., Zill, J. (2024) Assessment of relevance and actual implementation of person-centeredness in healthcare and social support services for women with unintended pregnancy in Germany (CarePreg): results of expert workshops. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. 24(1):247. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06453-8.
Lindig, A.*, Mielke, K.*, Frerichs, W., Cöllen, K., Kriston, L., Härter, M., Scholl, I. (2024) Evaluation of a patient-centered communication skills training for nurses (KOMPAT): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Nursing. 23:2. [*shared first authorship]. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01660-8.
Hahlweg, P.*, Lindig, A.*, Frerichs, W., Zill., J., Hanken, H., Müller, V., Peters, M.-C., Scholl, I. (2023) Major influencing factors on routine implementation of shared decision-making in cancer care: qualitative process evaluation of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. BMC Health Services Research. 23: 840. [*shared first authorship]. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09778-w.
Lindig, A., Frerichs, W., Hahlweg, P., Scholl, I. (2023) Partizipative Entscheidungsfindung in der Onkologie. best practice oncology. 18: 366-372.
Lindig, A., Hahlweg, P., Christalle, E., Scholl, I. (2021). Translation and psychometric evaluation of the German version of the IcanSDM – a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1):541. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06430-3.
Lindig, A., Hahlweg, P., Frerichs, W., Topf, C., Reemts, M., Scholl, I (2020). Adaptation and qualitative evaluation of Ask 3 Questions – a simple and generic intervention to foster patient empowerment. Health Expectations. 00:1-16. doi: 10.1111/hex.13114.
Lindig, A., Hahlweg, P., Christalle, E., Scholl, I (2020). Translation and psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change measure (ORIC) – a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 10(6):e034380. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034380.
Awards
| September 2024 | poster prize: Lindig, A. & Zill, J. (2024). Internalized, expected and experienced stigmatization in psycho-social and medical abortion care in Germany – an online survey of the CarePreg study |
| October 2022 | Inclusion in the mentoring program of the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF) |
| May 2022 | Inclusion in the 5th DFG Young Investigators Academy for Health Services Research |
| June 2019 | 1st poster prize: Lindig, A., Hahlweg, P., Frerichs, W., Scholl, I. (2019). Development and evaluation of a patient empowerment intervention to support shared decision-making in cancer care. 4th Junior Researchers' Day on Health Services Research, 06.06.2019, UKE, Hamburg |
Funding
| 2024 | Project: “Psychological intervention to reduce psychological burden of patients with endometriosis – collaborative development of an exploratory clinical trial (Endo-PINE)”, Funder: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Amount: 150.000 Euro |
| December 2023 | Symposium of the CarePreg Studie on medical and psycho-social abortion care in Germany, Funder: Funding fonds science communication of the Hamburg Research Academy and the Claussen-Simon-Stiftung, Amount: 2.000 Euro |
| August 2023 | Project: Provision of audio recordings of decision-making encounters in breech birth planning – evaluation of acceptance, relevance, and feasibility of a person-centered intervention (PregAUDIO), Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Amount: 75.549 Euro |