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The data collected will be used to formulate concrete proposals for the promotion of health behaviour across the organisation. &nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Experiences of Family Caregivers and Health and Social Work Professionals with Ethical Issues Related to People with Dementia (Ethics of Dementia Care Project)<\/td><td>2024 &#8211; 2026<\/td><td>Merle Varik<\/td><td>The aim of the research is to identify and describe the experiences of family caregivers, doctors, nurses, and social workers with ethical issues in the support and care process of people with dementia. The study will be conducted in Albania, Estonia, Israel, Moldova, Portugal, and Turkey.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&#8220;Patient Satisfaction with Services Received in the Radiology Department in Various Estonian Hospitals&#8221;<\/td><td>2024 &#8211; 2028<\/td><td>Eerik Land\u00f5r, Terje Markus, Janelle M\u00e4rs, Triin Markus<\/td><td>The aim of the project is to determine patient satisfaction with services received in the radiology department in various Estonian hospitals. 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The research will assess the quality of nursing home services by incorporating the opinions of residents, relatives, and staff to improve the quality of nursing home services and communication.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title Period Responsible researcher(s) The aim of the study \u201ePrevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Health Care Workers and Impact of Interventions on Musculoskeletal Disorders \u201c &nbsp; 2021 \u2013 2026 &nbsp; Kristi Vahur &nbsp; The aim of the study is to identify the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, the functional status of the musculoskeletal system and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":5973,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9212","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ongoing Applied Research - TARTUH.EE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ongoing Applied Research at Tartu Health Care College.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/research\/ongoing-applied-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ongoing Applied Research - TARTUH.EE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ongoing Applied Research at Tartu Health Care College.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/research\/ongoing-applied-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TARTUH.EE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-02T13:10:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/research\\\/ongoing-applied-research\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/research\\\/ongoing-applied-research\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ongoing Applied Research - TARTUH.EE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-27T09:32:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-02T13:10:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ongoing Applied Research at Tartu Health Care College.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/research\\\/ongoing-applied-research\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/research\\\/ongoing-applied-research\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/research\\\/ongoing-applied-research\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Research and Development\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Research\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/research\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Ongoing Applied Research\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/\",\"name\":\"TARTUH.EE\",\"description\":\"Tartu Tervishoiu K\u00f5rgkool on Eestis ja rahvusvaheliselt hinnatud k\u00f5rgkool ning kompetentsikeskus tervise ja heaolu valdkonnas. 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