In this demonstration workshop, the topic of health literacy and its key importance in good, clear communication with patients will be discussed. The workshop will invite participation from the attendees to consider what they think constitutes good communication and the presenters will share their multi-professional …

PURPOSE: Describe prevalence and severity of fatigue in children and adolescents with burns during six months after hospital discharge, identify potential explanatory variables, and examine the relationship with exercise capacity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fatigue was assessed using the Pediatric-Quality-of-Life-Inventory-Multidimensional-Fatigue-Scale …

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 …

Mensen met een verstandelijke beperking worden steeds ouder. Deze veroudering gaat vaak samen met inactiviteit, ongezonde voedingspatronen en gezondheidsproblemen die al op jongere leeftijd ontstaan. Dit leidt bij mensen met een verstandelijke beperking tot een groter risico op leeftijds- en leefstijlgerelateerde …

Patients on general wards are at risk of complications, often associated with deviations in vital signs. Unfortunately, the currently used manual method of intermittently measuring vital signs is not optimal, potentially leading to late recognition and treatment of complications, and sometimes with serious …

Workshop held at LB Forum

Background Adult siblings are important in the lives of individuals with profound intellectual disabilities, especially as parents age. However, little is known about the roles they assume. Method We examined these roles among 58 participants from the Netherlands, who completed an online questionnaire. …

In 2010, the definition of cachexia was jointly developed by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) Special Interest Groups (SIG) "Cachexia-anorexia in chronic wasting diseases" and "Nutrition in geriatrics". Cachexia was considered as a synonym of disease-related malnutrition …