Background: Nurse-sensitive indicators and nurses’ satisfaction with the quality of care are two commonly used ways to measure quality of nursing care. However, little is known about the relationship between these kinds of measures. This study aimed to examine concordance between nurse-sensitive screening …

Background: Patient participation in goal setting is important to deliver client-centered care. In daily practice, however, patient involvement in goal setting is not optimal. Patient-specific instruments, such as the Patient Specific Complaints (PSC) instrument, can support the goal-setting process …

Background—Self-management interventions are widely implemented in care for patients with heart failure (HF). Trials however show inconsistent results and whether specific patient groups respond differently is unknown. This individual patient data meta-analysis assessed the effectiveness of self-management …

Background. Adequate and user-friendly instruments for assessing physical function and disability in older adults are vital for estimating and predicting health care needs in clinical practice. The Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument Computer Adaptive Test (LLFDICAT) is a promising instrument …

Background: Functional decline is common in nursing home residents. Nursing staff can help prevent this decline, by encouraging residents to be more active in functional activities. Questionnaires measuring the extent to which nursing staff encourage functional activity among residents are lacking. …

Of all patients in a hospital environment, trauma patients may be particularly at risk for developing (device-related) pressure ulcers (PUs), because of their traumatic injuries, immobility, and exposure to immobilizing and medical devices. Studies on device-related PUs are scarce. With this study, the …

Door tegenstrijdige bronnen in de literatuur die voornamelijk berusten op opvattingen van patiënten heeft dit onderzoek zich gericht op het vaststellen van een eventuele relatie tussen psychologische stress en acne vulgaris. Om dit nader te onderzoeken is de volgende hoofdvraag opgesteld: “Hoe is de …

Body Dismorphic Disorder (BDD) is een psychiatrische aandoening waarbij de patiënt een stoornis heeft in de lichaamsbeleving. Voor de huidtherapeut is het relevant om de aandoening te kunnen signaleren om te voorkomen dat de disorder een chronisch beloop krijgt. Momenteel komt BDD veel voor, maar wordt …

Background In a large randomized trial, Utrecht PROactive Frailty Intervention Trial (U‐PROFIT), we evaluated the effectiveness of an integrated program on the preservation of daily functioning in older people in primary care that consisted of a frailty identification tool and a multicomponent nurse‐led …

Een onderzoek naar "professionals in the lead": hoe doen professionals het als manager? Wanneer hebben ze voordeel dan wel nadeel van hun professionele achtergrond?