Background To improve transmural palliative care for older adults acutely admitted to hospital, the PalliSupport intervention, comprising an educational programme and transmural palliative care pathway, was developed. This care pathway involves timely identification of palliative care needs, advance …

Student burnout is raising an increasing amount of concern. Burnout often leads to psychosocial problems and drop-out. In this study multiple regression analysis was used to examine the impact of performance pressure, loneliness, and sense of belonging on the underlying dimensions of burnout in 3,134 …

In Antenne Amsterdam wordt sinds 1993 jaarlijks het gebruik van alcohol, tabak, cannabis en andere drugs in de hoofdstad in kaart gebracht. Dit gebeurt op basis van een combinatie van kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve methoden: interviews met een uitgaanspanel van insiders die vertellen over het trendsettende …

AIM: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a more 'community-oriented' baccalaureate nursing curriculum on students' intervention choice in community care. BACKGROUND: Following a healthcare shift with increased chronic diseases in an ageing patient population receiving care at home, …

Background: Remote coaching might be suited for providing information and support to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) in the vulnerable phase between hospital discharge and the start of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Objective: The goal of the research was to explore and summarize information …

Objective To compare estimates of effect and variability resulting from standard linear regression analysis and hierarchical multilevel analysis with cross-classified multilevel analysis under various scenarios. Study design and setting We performed a simulation study based on a data structure from an …

Hoewel motiverende gespreksvoering (MGv) veel gebruikt wordt om intrinsieke motivatie voor gedragsverandering te bevorderen, is het onduidelijk hoe MGv werkt. De vraag is dus welke ingrediënten verantwoordelijk zijn voor succes: wat zijn de actieve ingrediënten en verandermechanismen van MGv? Na een …

Onderwijs kan worden gezien als een belangrijk middel om ‘de levens van anderen te verbeteren’ , en verpleegkundige curricula zijn, op grond van mondiale ontwikkelingen, dan ook gericht op een steeds ouder wordende populatie. Het percentage mensen ouder dan 60 neemt wereldwijd toe van 9,2% in 1990 tot …

OBJECTIVES:  To improve transmural palliative care for acutely admitted older patients, the PalliSupport transmural care pathway was developed. Implementation of this care pathway was challenging. The aim of this study was to improve understanding why the implementation partly failed. DESIGN:  A qualitative …

Objective To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the Cardiac Care Bridge (CCB) nurse-led transitional care program in older (≥70 years) cardiac patients compared to usual care. Methods The intervention group (n = 153) received the CCB program consisting of case management, disease management and home-based …