Door de vergrijzing neemt de groep ouderen met een kwetsbare gezondheid toe. En daarmee ook de kans voor deze groep op een acuut gezondheidsprobleem en opname op de SEH. Wat zijn de ervaringen van deze ouderen met de Acute Zorg op de SEH? En hoe zit het met hun behoeftes en voorkeuren?

Background: There is an increase in the number of frail elderly patients presenting to the emergency department. Diagnosis and treatment for this patient group is challenging due to multimorbidity, a-typical presentation and polypharmacy and requires specialised knowledge and competencies from healthcare …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic taught us how to rethink care delivery. It catalyzed creative solutions to amplify the potential of personnel and facilities. This paper presents and evaluates a promptly introduced triaging solution that evolved into a tool to tackle the ever-growing waiting lists at …

A first episode of psychosis (FEP) is a stressful, often life-changing experience. Scarce information is available about personal preferences regarding their care needs during and after a FEP. Whereas a more thorough understanding of these preferences is essential to aid shared decision-making during …

Background There is an increase in the number of frail elderly patients presenting to the emergency department. Diagnosis and treatment for this patient group is challenging due to multimorbidity, a-typical presentation and polypharmacy and requires specialised knowledge and competencies from healthcare …

Eenzaamheid is niet exclusief voor ouderen. Ook jongeren treft het en de gevolgen voor hun leven zijn ingrijpend. Wieteke Hiemstra en Sigrid Ackerman, beiden werkzaam bij jeugd-GGZ RIOzorg, zochten naar een praktische interventie om eenzaamheid onder jongeren te signaleren en aan te pakken. Vanuit de …

This paper reports on the first stage of a research project1) that aims to incorporate objective measures of physical activity into health and lifestyle surveys. Physical activity is typically measured with questionnaires that are known to have measurement issues, and specifically, overestimate the amount …

BACKGROUND: The care sector for persons with disabilities considers the physical environment relevant for the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities. However, scientific evidence is limited. OBJECTIVE: To obtain evidence regarding comforting and encouraging environments and to develop …

Purpose: To establish age-related, normal limits of monocular and binocular spatial vision under photopic and mesopic conditions. Methods: Photopic and mesopic visual acuity (VA) and contrast thresholds (CTs) were measured with both positive and negative contrast optotypes under binocular and monocular …