Client diversity and participation, shared decision-making and increasing demands for impact in health care lead to more complexity in occupational therapy (OT) practice. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) can assist OTs in making conscientious and evidence-informed decisions in complex care. Giving …

Over the past 30 years, evidence-based medicine (EBM) has become increasingly important in healthcare. EBM is "the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.

In many countries, the need for physical therapists to use standardised measures has been recognised and is recommended in clinical practice guidelines. Research has shown a lack of clinimetric knowledge and clinical application of measurement instruments in daily practice may hamper implementation of …

Patients with poststroke aphasia have higher mortality rates and worse functional outcome than patients without aphasia. Nurses are well aware of aphasia and the associated problems for patients with stroke because they have daily contact with them. The challenge is to provide evidence-based care directed …

This article describes the challenges in communication and medical, ethical and legal issues a physician might have to deal with when faced with children and adolescents that are deaf or severely hard of hearing.

The use of measurement instruments has become a major issue in physical therapy, but their use in daily practice is infrequent. The aims of this case report were to develop and evaluate a plan for the systematic implementation of two measurement instruments frequently recommended in Dutch physical therapy …

De afgelopen decennia is enorm veel wetenschappelijk onderzoek gedaan en zijn de resultaten steeds sneller beschikbaar. Toch verloopt implementatie van nieuwe kennis in de praktijk nog traag. (1) Hierdoor krijgt een groot aantal mensen nog steeds niet de best beschikbare behandeling of zorg. (2,3) Dit …

Accurate assessment of TP53 gene status in sporadic tumors and in the germline of individuals at high risk of cancer due to Li–Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) has important clinical implications for diagnosis, surveillance, and therapy. Genomic data from more than 20,000 cancer genomes provide a wealth of information …

In the decision-making environment of evidence-based practice, the following three sources of information must be integrated: research evidence of the intervention, clinical expertise, and the patient’s values. In reality, evidence-based practice usually focuses on research evidence (which may be translated …

Clinical practice guidelines are considered important instruments to improve quality of care. However, success is dependent on adherence, which may be improved using peer assessment, a strategy in which professionals assess performance of their peers in a simulated setting. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this …