Publicaties

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to gain more insight into the psychosocial well-being of the recently bereaved spouses who took care of their partners with cancer. METHOD: A qualitative study was developed, taking a phenomenological approach. E...

CONTEXT: The latissimus dorsi plays a major role in generating the propulsive force during swimming. In addition, stiffness of this muscle may result in altered stroke biomechanics and predispose swimmers to shoulder pain. Measuring the flexibilit...

BACKGROUND: A medication use review (MUR) aims to optimize medication use, patient knowledge and can improve health outcomes. This pharmaceutical care service is not yet available in Belgium. OBJECTIVES: To describe drug-related problems (DRPs) de...

UNLABELLED: Osteoporosis causes high individual and societal burden, due to limited attention to fracture prevention. Integrated care for chronic conditions has shown to facilitate management of these conditions, improving clinical outcomes alongs...

Little is known about the association of diet with risk of bladder cancer. This might be due to the fact that the majority of studies have focused on single food items, rather than dietary patterns, which may better capture any influence of diet o...

BACKGROUND: Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are a frequent cause of invasive infections in sub-Saharan Africa. They are frequently multidrug resistant (co-resistant to ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and chloramphenicol), and resistance ...

Deze kwalitatieve studie exploreert de barrières voor voorafgaande zorgplanning (VZP) waarmee gevestigde huisartsen én huisartsen in opleiding (haio’s) in Vlaanderen geconfronteerd worden. Er worden tevens suggesties gedaan voor interventies die d...

Abstract: As interdisciplinary approaches to medicine and health care evolve it is important to advance the methods used to make sense of the new types of data which emerge. Medicine and treatment of illness are inclusive of the patient as a feel...

Background: Despite the risk for developing mental disorders, the majority of advanced cancer patients’ family caregivers undergo a resilient process throughout the caregiving period. Research on resilience in caregivers of advanced cancer patient...

INTRODUCTION: Paediatric consultations form a significant proportion of all consultations in ambulatory care. Point-of-care tests (POCTs) may offer a potential solution to improve clinical outcomes for children by reducing diagnostic uncertainty i...

Insidious venous thromboembolism (VTE) is mainly a problem in ICU-ventilated SARS-CoV-2 patients, while patients in the general ward, treated with thromboprophylaxis (0.5 mg·kg−1), had a low incidence of insidious VTE https://bit.ly/2Yl8jft

BACKGROUND: The twelve Integrated Care Program pilot projects (ICPs) created by the government plan 'Integrated Care for Better Health' aim to achieve four outcome types (the Quadruple Aim) for people with chronic diseases in Belgium: improved pop...

It is very exceptional that a new disease becomes a true pandemic. Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, has spread to nearly all countries ...

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether prior exposure to non-fluoroquinolone antibiotics increases the risk of fluoroquinolone resistance in Escherichia coli. METHODS: This was a secondary analysis of data collected retrospectively in a case-control s...

Zorgverleners in de eerste lijn onderschatten vaak het hogere cardiovasculaire risico bij chronische nierschade. Bij een dalende geschatte glomerulaire filtratiesnelheid (eGFR) blijkt het risico op een cardiovasculair event groter dan bij een stab...

BACKGROUND: Acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs) account for most antibiotics prescribed in primary care despite lack of efficacy, partly due to clinician uncertainty about aetiology and patient concerns about illness course. Nucleic ...

BACKGROUND: Family caregivers of advanced cancer patients are at risk for developing mental disorders. Despite this risk, the majority seem to adapt well, and throughout the caregiving period, their trajectory is characterised by healthy functioni...

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common chronic condition and a rising public health issue with increased morbidity and mortality, even at an early stage. Primary care has a pivotal role in the early detection and in the integrated ma...

Urinary tract infections in the elderly are common. Treatment with nitrofurantoin in men may not be sufficient if concomitant tissue involvement is present, resulting in treatment failure. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of ni...

OBJECTIVES: To summarise the literature regarding the use of point-of-care test (POCT) in pharmacies versus control/usual care. DESIGN AND SETTING: Systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis in community pharmacy. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, Co...

Early recognition and prompt treatment of a serious infection is important to optimize prognosis in older patients. The current evidence base underpinning this early recognition in ambulatory care is scattered and haphazard, calling for new resear...

BACKGROUND: High exhaled nitric oxide fraction (F ENO) levels are associated with greater risk of asthma exacerbation. However, it is not clear how F ENO can be used to guide safe reductions in inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) doses in asthma patients...

Tijdens de huidige coronaviruspandemie legden verschillende internationale overheden beperkingen op om de verspreiding van het „severe acute respiratory syndrome”-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in te dijken. Ook de Belgische gezondheidszorg onderging ...

Introduction: Many patients continue to receive suboptimal services, inappropriate, unsafe, and costly care. Underutilization of research by health professionals is a common problem in the primary care setting. Although many theoretical frameworks...