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 …

When patients die relatives and healthcare professionals may appreciate the quality of the dying phase differently, but comparisons are rare. In a cross-sectional study (June 2009–July 2012) the experiences of bereaved relatives, physicians, and nurses concerning the quality of dying in a large Dutch …

Inleiding: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is de meest voorkomende en agressieve vorm van hersentumoren. De behandeling van GBM bestaat uit een resectie met een maand later concurrent chemo-radiotherapie. Binnen 72 uur na de resectie moet de vroeg post-operatieve-magnetic resonance images (MRI) gemaakt …

Doelstelling: Het doel van deze studie is om op systematische wijze de psychometrische eigenschappen te beschrijven van de Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ). Tevens heeft deze studie de bedoeling om te informeren wat de CCQ voor een vragenlijst is en hoe ermee om te gaan. Methode: Om aan de gestelde …

The last decades, the number of dairy cows per farm has increased and the time spent on individual cows by the farmer has been reduced. To help the farmer detect changes in activity of cows associated with health issues, activity monitoring systems are being developed. The systems can help with daily …