INTRODUCTION: The scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA©) is a validated tool for the screening, assessment and monitoring of malnutrition, and triaging of interventions. It contains a patient-generated component and a healthcare professional (HCP)-generated component. AIM: To …

Since it emerged in the early 2000's, intensive education about ‘how pain works’, widely known as pain neuroscience education or explaining pain, has evolved into a new educational approach, with new content and new strategies. The substantial differences from the original have led the PETAL collaboration …

Background & aims: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) approach to malnutrition diagnosis is based on assessment of three phenotypic (weight loss, low body mass index, and reduced skeletal muscle mass) and two etiologic (reduced food intake/assimilation and disease burden/inflammation) …

Aim: To examine the motives of people with dementia who desire euthanasia with a special focus on reasons related to family or relationships. In addition we aim to assess how family of people with dementia experience their situation and responsibilities and how this might change.Method: Fourteen interviews …

Wil je meer weten over wat een gezonde leefstijl is voor mensen met een lichte en (zeer) ernstige verstandelijke en meervoudige beperking (EMB)? En welke rol jij als zorgverlener kan hebben?

Broers en zussen zijn belangrijk in het leven van mensen met een verstandelijke beperking en pervasieve ondersteuningsbehoeften. De ervaringen van volwassenen met de dingen die ze doen met of voor hun broers en zussen met pervasieve ondersteuningsbehoeften blijven onderbelicht. Deze studie onderzocht …

Malnutrition is an alarming and ongoing healthcare problem globally. Malnutrition has a negative impact on the individual patient, leading to poorer clinical outcomes and increased mortality, but also poses an economic burden on society. Proper identification and diagnostics are prerequisites for initiation …

Personen met ernstige verstandelijke en meervoudige beperkingen (PIMD) hebben veel ondersteuningsbehoeften, die door hun familie moeten worden ingevuld. Door veerkrachtig te zijn, kunnen gezinnen zich positief aanpassen aan deze uitdaging en een positieve FQOL behouden. Daarom wilden we begrijpen hoe …

Background: Pain assessment is a necessary step in pain management in older people in palliative care. In older people, pain assessment can be challenging due to underreporting and atypical pain manifestations by other distressing symptoms. Anxiety, fatigue, loss of appetite, insomnia, dyspnoea, and …