Broers en zussen van mensen met een zeer ernstige verstandelijke beperking (ZEVB) vervullen vaak meerdere rollen in het leven van hun broer of zus. In deze workshop bespreken we de eerste resultaten van een vragenlijst in het onderzoek naar de rollen en ervaringen van volwassen broers en zussen. Vervolgens …

Workshop AW EMB congres i.s.m. Talant

10th International Lymphoedema Framework Conference

BACKGROUND: Prognostic assessments of the mortality of critically ill patients are frequently performed in daily clinical practice and provide prognostic guidance in treatment decisions. In contrast to several sophisticated tools, prognostic estimations made by healthcare providers are always available …

BACKGROUND: The FI-35 is a valid multidimensional Chinese frailty assessment instrument. Like other scales, functional measures rely on the information the total score provides. Our research aimed to analyze the contribution of each item. METHODS: Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the sample …

Community care is becoming increasingly important. In the Netherlands, the percentage of people over the age of 65 is expected to increase to 22% by 2025, leading to more elderly patients, often with long-term and complex health problems (multimorbidity). Because many of these patients continue to live …

Background: Evidence-based practice has developed over the last 30 years as a tool for the best possible nursing care. Nevertheless, many nurses do not regularly participate in the evidencebased practice process. Barriers to participation include nurses’ self-perceived ability in successfully fulfilling …