Publicaties

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The treatment for patients with low back pain varies considerably. The Dutch Physiotherapy Association issued an evidence-based physiotherapy guideline for non-specific low back pain. To establish changes in daily practice ...

BACKGROUND: Many studies have been performed on the impact of Alzheimer's disease, stroke and cancer on carers. Information on the influence of a myocardial infarction in a patient on the health of the partner is still scarce. METHODS: Exposed and...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the rate of diagnostic evaluation of dementia for patients in whom a suspicion of dementia was raised, and to investigate reasons why a diagnostic evaluation was not always being performed. DESIGN: A prospective study amo...

BACKGROUND: Guidelines aim to improve clinical practice but are not self-implementing. Insight into barriers to physician guideline adherence is crucial for development of effective implementation strategies. The study aim was to identify barriers...

INTRODUCTION: In Flanders an important part of training to become a general practitioner (GP) is undertaken within a general practice. This requires a GP trainer to know how to facilitate learning processes. This paper reports a study focused on t...

AIMS: In Belgium, general practitioners (GPs) mainly manage oral anticoagulation therapy. To improve the quality of oral anticoagulation management by GPs and to compare different models and interventions, a randomized clinical trial was performed...

One of the most investigated low-penetrance genes is the androgen receptor gene. A recent meta-analysis showed however that the absolute difference in number of repeats between cases and controls was less than one repeat. This result has questione...

Kwaliteitsverbetering van het orale ontstollingsbeleid door de Belgis che huisarts Het doel van dit proefschrift is vanuit de Belgische huisartsen setting trachten modellen of ondersteuning te ontwikkelen die op maat van de hui sarts zijn en hem ...

BACKGROUND: Over the past years concerns are rising about the use of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) in health care. The calls for an increase in the practice of EBM, seem to be obstructed by many barriers preventing the implementation of evidence-b...

BACKGROUND: Our objective was to investigate whether a region in the south of the Netherlands (Heerlen/Kerkrade) had a high burden of cardiovascular disease in comparison with a nearby region (Maastricht) and the average Dutch population, respecti...

In the first two articles of this series devoted to Evidence-Based Medicine, we have shown how to translate a clinical problem in a well formulated question and how to derive search terms from the PICO. In this article, we describe in more detail ...

STUDY DESIGN: Data were derived from a randomized controlled trial on the (cost-) effectiveness of the implementation of the clinical guidelines on physiotherapy for low back pain in primary care. OBJECTIVES: To describe the course of low back pai...

The aim of this study was to determine the genotypic variation of hepatitis C among drug users in Flanders and to relate the distribution of genotypes to the characteristics of the population. Hepatitis C virus RNA (HCV-RNA) quantification and gen...

BACKGROUND: Prematurely born infants, especially those with very low birth weight (<1500 g) are at risk for metabolic bone disease. OBJECTIVES: The influence of the type of oral feeding regimen and of other potential determinants of whole bone min...

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of serious infections in children is difficult in general practice, as incidence is low, patients present themselves at an early stage of the disease and diagnostic tools are limited to signs and symptoms from observati...

OBJECTIVE: To explore incidence and prevalence rates of nutritional deficiency in adults in general practice. METHODS: Six Dutch general practice research and registration networks supplied incidence and prevalence rates of nutritional deficiency ...

BACKGROUND: Most of the national colleges of general practitioners (GPs) do not have their own dietary/nutritional tools, and GPs and nurses do not have the time, knowledge, or skills to advise their patients about desirable dietary practices. OBJ...

Introduction: We evaluated the accuracy of a disposable, sterile thermometer that is practical in use and holds no risk of cross-infections. Methods: a cross-sectional study was set up in which we compared the Tempa Dot® with the mercury thermomet...

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction achieved by the most frequently prescribed glaucoma drugs and a placebo in a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. DESIGN: Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. PARTICIP...

OBJECTIVE: In Belgium oral anticoagulation therapy is mainly supervised by general practitioners (GPs).This study aims to evaluate the quality of management of oral anticoagulation by Belgian GPs and to verify the relation between time in range an...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: An active strategy was developed for the implementation of the clinical guidelines on physical therapy for patients with low back pain. The effect of this strategy on patients' physical functioning, coping strategy, and bel...

BACKGROUND: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the relation between physical activity and prostate cancer risk with specific emphasis on interaction with body mass index (BMI) and baseline energy intake. METHODS: The association between ...

OBJECTIVE: To identify a critical appraisal tool for clinical practice guidelines that could serve as a basis for the development of an appraisal tool for clinical pathways. DESIGN: Systematic review of the literature and personal contacts. Databa...

OBJECTIVE: This study examines the impact of marketing strategies on the dissemination of a brief alcohol intervention program to general practitioners (GPs). The marketing strategy was tested to determine the most effective way to promote awarene...

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect on the process of care of an active strategy to implement clinical guidelines on physiotherapy for low back pain. DESIGN: A cluster randomised controlled trial comparing an active strategy with standard dissemina...