Background: Drug-related problems are common in older people. Often they are related to low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), which has a high prevalence among older adults. The aim of this study was to investigate inappropriate drug pr...
Auteurs:Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Bert Vaes, Cathy Matheï, and Jean-Marie Degryse
Objective. To compare the occurrence of pre-existing and subsequent comorbidity among older cancer patients (≥60 years) with older non-cancer patients. Material and Methods. Each cancer patient (n = 3835, mean age 72) was matched with four non-can...
Auteurs:Laura Deckx, Marjan van den Akker, Job Metsemakers, André Knottnerus, François Schellevis, and Frank Buntinx
Infection with yellow fever virus (YFV), the prototypic mosquito-borne flavivirus, causes severe febrile disease with haemorrhage, multi-organ failure and a high mortality. Moreover, in recent years the Flavivirus genus has gained further attentio...
Auteurs:Eloise Mastrangelo, Margherita Pezzullo, Tine De Burghgraeve, Suzanne Kaptein, Boris Pastorino, Kai Dallmeier, Xavier de Lamballerie, Johan Neyts, Alicia M Hanson, David N Frick, Martino Bolognesi, and Mario Milani
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Chest pain is a common complaint in primary care, with coronary heart disease (CHD) being the most concerning of many potential causes. Systematic reviews on the sensitivity and specificity of symptoms and signs summarize the...
Auteurs:Jörg Haasenritter, Marc Aerts, Stefan Bösner, Frank Buntinx, Bernard Burnand, Lilli Herzig, J André Knottnerus, Girma Minalu, Staffan Nilsson, Walter Renier, Carol Sox, Harold Sox, and Norbert Donner-Banzhoff
BACKGROUND: Taking into account our rapidly ageing population, older people are of particular interest in studying health inequalities. The aim of the present study is to examine the relation between socio-economic status and health-related functi...
Auteurs:Danielle AI Groffen, Hans Bosma, Frans ES Tan, Marjan van den Akker, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, and Jacques Th M van Eijk
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy at 12 months of an early psychosocial counselling and support programme for outpatients with mild Alzheimer's disease and their primary care givers. DESIGN: Multicentre, randomised, controlled, rater blinded trial...
Auteurs:FB Waldorff, DV Buss, A Eckermann, MLH Rasmussen, N Keiding, S Rishoj, V Siersma, J Sorensen, LV Sorensen, A Vogel, and G Waldemar
Het trainen van communicatieve vaardigheden is een essentieel onderdeel van elke artsenopleiding. Het vervolmaken en beheersen van deze vaardigheden vereist behalve inzicht in de theoretische kaders ook een training in de dagelijkse praktijk. Trai...
BACKGROUND: Providing high-quality care for children with cancer could improve treatment outcomes, survival and quality of life of the children and parents. The aim of this study is to select high-quality care recommendations for all children with...
Auteurs:RRG Knops, MEJL Hulscher, RPMG Hermens, M Hilbink-Smolders, JL Loeffen, WJW Kollen, GJL Kaspers, HN Caron, and LCM Kremer
BACKGROUND: Although the topic of identifying febrile children at risk of serious infections has been addressed by numerous research groups, identified predictors remain diverse and implementation of results in routine practice has been limited. T...
Auteurs:Rianne Oostenbrink, Matthew Thompson, Ewout W Steyerberg, and ERNIE members
De manier waarop een arts consultatie doet, is één van die technieken en hierbij speelt communicatie een voorname rol. Voor de kwaliteit van de communicatie is zowel het zuiver gesprekstechnische aspect, als wat er op een ander (meta)niveau gebeur...
Auteurs:Marleen Brems, Marc Van Nuland, and Jan De Lepeleire
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of self- and proxy-reported pain in a cohort with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to identify characteristics of individuals with AD reporting pain. DESIGN: Data were collected at the baseline visit of the Da...
Auteurs:Christina Jensen-Dahm, Asmus Vogel, Frans B Waldorff, and Gunhild Waldemar
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how the utility (reliability, validity, acceptability, feasibility, cost and educational impact) of a communication-OSCE was influenced by whether or not station-specific (StSp) checklists were used together with a generic i...
Auteurs:Marc Van Nuland, Wim Van Den Noortgate, Cees van der Vleuten, and Jo Goedhuys
BACKGROUND: Medication errors are a leading cause of patient harm. Many of these errors result from an incomplete overview of medication either at a patient's referral to or at discharge from the hospital. One solution is medication reconciliation...
Auteurs:Nelleke van Sluisveld, Marieke Zegers, Stephanie Natsch, and Hub Wollersheim
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important pathology. Its prevalence is rising in western countries due to the "grey epidemic". In Belgium, care trajectories were designed for multidisciplinary follow-up of CKD patients. This had led to an incre...
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is high, especially among older patients.METHODS: In order to identify risk factors for the evolution towards end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a cohort of patients ≥50 years of age for wh...
Auteurs:Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Stephaan Bartholomeeusen, Frank Buntinx, and Jean-Marie Degryse
Female gender and hormones have been associated with disease activity in multiple sclerosis (MS). We investigated age at menarche, use of oral contraceptives and pregnancy in relation to progression of disability in relapsing onset and progressive...
Auteurs:MB D'hooghe, Patrick Haentjens, G Nagels, Thomas D'Hooghe, and J De Keyser
BACKGROUND: Legislation in Denmark explicitly states the right to equal access to healthcare. Nevertheless, inequities may exist; accordingly evidence is needed. Our objective was to investigate whether differences in healthcare utilisation in imm...
Auteurs:Signe S Nielsen, Nana F Hempler, Frans B Waldorff, Svend Kreiner, and Allan Krasnik
Auteurs:O Brouckaert, A Schoneveld, Carla Truyers, E Kellen, Ignace Vergote, Chantal Van Ongeval, Andreas Van Steen, Erik Van Limbergen, Rose Christiaens, and Patrick Neven
Context: Vroegtijdige zorgplanning (VZP) is een communicatieproces dat als doel heeft de zorg bij het levenseinde beter te doen aansluiten bij de wensen en voorkeuren van de patiënt. In deel I van deze masterproef werd een literatuurstudie uitgev...
Context: Vroegtijdige zorgplanning (VZP) is een communicatieproces dat als doel heeft de zorg bij het levenseinde beter te doen aansluiten bij de wensen en voorkeuren van de patiënt. In het eerste deel van de masterproef wordt een literatuuronder...
Auteurs:Lana Janssen, Wouter Van Mechelen, Paul Van Royen, and Jan De Lepeleire
