Patiënttevredenheid is een belangrijk begrip in de gezondheidszorg. Goede omgang en communicatie tussen patiënt en zorgverlener kan een positieve invloed hebben op patiënttevredenheid. In deze kwalitatieve studie wordt gekeken naar hoe MBB’ers de patiëntenomgang en communicatie ervaren in hun dagelijkse …

Although aging in place is preferred by most older adults and policy makers, there are situations in which aging in place can be challenging. This is particularly true in the case of cognitive decline, which has a profound influence on all aspects of life, including the use of technology

KEY MESSAGE: •  Statistical significance testing alone is not the most adequate manner to evaluate if there is indeed a clinically relevant effect •  Effect sizes should be added to significance testing •  Effect sizes facilitate the decision whether a clinically relevant effect is found, helps determining …

BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic medical conditions within a single individual, is increasingly becoming part of daily care of general medical practice. Literature-based discovery may help to investigate the patterns of multimorbidity and to integrate medical knowledge …

Objective: Multimorbidity is known for its negative effects on health related functioning. It remains unclear if these effects are stable over time. The aim was to investigate if the relation between single morbidity/multimorbidity and health related functioning is temporary or persistent. Methods: Data …

KEY MESSAGE(S): - Medical research will not improve if we simply interpret our results using the clear-cut difference between statistical significance and non-significance - Medical researchers should be more interested in the size of the observed result than in its statistical significance - Confidence …

BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity has been suggested to be associated with a variety of negative health-related outcomes. The present study was designed to evaluate the association between multimorbidity and subjective memory complaints. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was based on data obtained from a …

OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of multimorbidity has risen considerably because of the increase in longevity and the rapidly growing number of older individuals. Today, only little is known about the influence of multimorbidity on cognition in a normal healthy aging population. The primary aim of the present …

Doel Multimorbiditeit komt veel voor in de huisartsenpraktijk. Men associeert specifieke ziekten vaak met cognitieve achteruitgang, maar er is weinig bekend over de invloed van multimorbiditeit op het cognitief functioneren. Methode We selecteerden personen tussen de 24 en 81 jaar (n = 1763) uit het …

Contexte La multimorbidité est définie par la coexistence d’au moins deux pathologies chroniques. De précédents travaux ont montré un retentissement négatif de la multimorbidité sur la qualité de vie mentale ou physique1. En soins primaires, la prévalence d’un état dépressif caractérisé est 3 fois plus …