Contribution to the 13th edition of the Supporting Health by Technology Conference taking place in Groningen on Thursday, 30th and Friday, 31st of May 2024. Background Technological innovations are often viewed as a remedy for the challenges confronting the healthcare sector, such as demographic shifts …

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 …

Background: It is thought that physical health conditions start at a young age in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). Knowledge regarding the prevalence, associations and development of these physical health conditions could be used for purposes of prevention as well as …

In 2023 werd de handreiking 'Hulpverlening voor kinderen en jongeren met FASD' ontwikkeld door het lectoraat GGZ-Verpleegkunde, samen met de FASD Stichting, 's Heeren Loo en de FAS-poli in Zutphen. Ook jongvolwassenen met FASD, ouders en andere experts droegen bij aan de handreiking. Dit weblecture is …

Purpose: Until now, it is not clear whether there are differences in patient perception between multi-bedded rooms with two and four beds. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the physical (i.e. room type) and psychosocial (i.e. kindness of roommates and extraversion) aspects on …

Deze handreiking is voortgekomen uit het onderzoeksproject ‘Hulpverlening voor kinderen en jongeren met FASD’. Het onderzoek is gefinancierd door het Centre of Expertise Preventie in Zorg & Welzijn van de hogeschool Inholland en is uitgevoerd door het lectoraat GGZ-Verpleegkunde (Inholland) in samenwerking …

Abstract Background Clients with severe mental illness (SMI) have overall poor physical health. SMI reduces life expectancy by 5–17 years, primarily due to physical comorbidity linked to cardiometabolic risks that are mainly driven by unhealthy lifestyle behaviours. To improve physical health in clients …

Background: Frailty and multimorbidity are common among patients in geriatric rehabilitation care (GRC). Proper care of these patients involves multiple professionals which requires optimal interprofessional collaboration to provide the best possible support. Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) goes …

Wanneer patiënten hersteld zijn van een angststoornis of depressie, hebben zij een hoge kans terug te vallen. De onderzoekers ontwikkelden een terugvalpreventieprogramma. De interventie werd aangeboden aan patiënten die eerder behandeling ontvingen voor een angststoornis of depressie in de basis of specialistische …

Background: Frailty in older adults is an increasing challenge for individuals, health care organizations and public health, both globally and in The Netherlands. To focus on frailty prevention from a public health perspective, understanding of frailty status is needed. To enable measurement of frailty …