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16 July 2024 | ARTICLE

The Use of COVID-19 Mobile Apps in Connecting Patients with Primary Healthcare in 30 Countries: Eurodata Study.

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated changes in European healthcare systems, with a significant proportion of COVID-19 cases being managed on an outpatient basis in primary healthcare (PHC). To alleviate the burden on healthcare faci...

Auteurs: Raquel Gómez-Bravo, Sara Ares-Blanco, Ileana Gefaell Larrondo, Lourdes Ramos Del Rio, Limor Adler, Radost Assenova, Maria Bakola, Sabine Bayen, Elena Brutskaya-Stempkovskaya, Iliana-Carmen Busneag, Asja Ćosić Divjak, Maryher Delphin Peña, Philippe-Richard Domeyer, Sabine Feldmane, Louise Fitzgerald, Dragan Gjorgjievski, Mila Gómez-Johansson, Miroslav Hanževački, Oksana Ilkov, Shushman Ivanna, Marijana Jandrić-Kočić, Vasilis Trifon Karathanos, Erva Ücüncü, Aleksandar Kirkovski, Snežana Knežević, Büsra Çimen Korkmaz, Milena Kostić, Anna Krztoń-Królewiecka, Liga Kozlovska, Heidrun Lingner, Liubovė Murauskienė, Katarzyna Nessler, Naldy Parodi López, Ábel Perjés, Davorina Petek, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Goranka Petricek, Martin Sattler, Bohumil Seifert, Alice Serafini, Theresa Sentker, Gunta Ticmane, Paula Tiili, Péter Torzsa, Kirsi Valtonen, Bert Vaes, Shlomo Vinker, Ana Luisa Neves, Marina Guisado-Clavero, María Pilar Astier-Peña en Kathryn Hoffmann

26 June 2024 | OTHER

Tackling methodological barriers: a journey of creating an accessible healthcare survey for a diverse population

Auteurs: Sinem Bilican, Antoon Cox, Olivier Hoogmartens, Mohamed Irfan, Marc Sabbe, Heidi Salaets en Birgitte Schoenmakers

26 June 2024 | ARTICLE

Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland

BACKGROUND: In Northwestern Switzerland, recent legislation tackles the needs of community-dwelling older adults by creating Information and Advice Centers (IACs). IACs are a new service in the community that aims to assess the needs and provide i...

Auteurs: Maria Jose Mendieta, Geert Goderis, Andreas Zeller, Olivia Yip, Flaka Siqeca, Franziska Zuniga, Leah L Zullig, Sabina M De Geest, Mieke Deschodt, Johan Flamaing en Suzanne Dhaini

21 June 2024 | ARTICLE

Healthcare providers' perception of caring for older patients with depression and physical multimorbidity: insights from a focus group study.

BACKGROUND: The caretaking process for older adults with depression and physical multimorbidity is complex. Older patients with both psychiatric and physical illnesses require an integrated and comprehensive approach to effectively manage their ca...

Auteurs: Laura Tops, Mei Lin Cromboom, Anouk Tans, Mieke Deschodt, Mathieu Vandenbulcke en Mieke Vermandere

13 June 2024 | ARTICLE

A needs assessment for enhancing workplace-based assessment: a grounded theory study

OBJECTIVES: Workplace-based assessment (WBA) has been vigorously criticized for not fulfilling its educational purpose by medical educators. A comprehensive exploration of stakeholders' needs regarding WBA is essential to optimize its implementati...

Auteurs: Vasiliki Andreou, Sanne Peters, Jan Eggermont en Birgitte Schoenmakers

10 June 2024 | ARTICLE

Trends in C reactive protein testing: a retrospective cohort study in paediatric ambulatory care settings.

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to investigate C reactive protein (CRP) testing practices in paediatric ambulatory care across British primary care and accident and emergency (A&E) departments. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: This retrospective cohort ...

Auteurs: Mohammed Alkhmees, Ann Van Den Bruel, Gail Hayward, Marco H Blanker, Sarah Walker en Gea A Holtman

6 June 2024 | DISSERTATION

Implementing programmatic assessment: Bridging the gap between theory and practice

Introduction Programmatic assessment is an instructional approach, where the assessment purpose requires the alternation between assessments for learning (or low-stakes assessments) and assessments of learning (high-stakes). Low-stakes assessments...

Auteurs: Vasiliki Andreou

1 June 2024 | ARTICLE

Model-based disease mapping using primary care registry data

Auteurs: Arne Janssens, Bert Vaes, Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Pieter Libin en Thomas Neyens

29 May 2024 | ARTICLE

A systematic review of shared decision making training programs for general practitioners.

BACKGROUND: Shared decision making (SDM) has been presented as the preferred approach for decisions where there is more than one acceptable option and has been identified a priority feature of high-quality patient-centered care. Considering the fo...

Auteurs: Jasmien Jaeken, Cathoo Billiouw, Lien Mertens, Pieter Van Bostraeten, Geertruida Bekkering, Mieke Vermandere, Bert Aertgeerts, Laura van Mileghem en Nicolas Delvaux

27 May 2024 | ARTICLE

Physicians found an interactive tool displaying structured evidence summaries for multiple comparisons understandable and useful: A qualitative user-testing study.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and improve MATCH-IT - a digital, interactive decision support tool displaying structured evidence summaries for multiple comparisons - to help physicians interpret and apply evidence from network meta-analysis (NMA) for the...

Auteurs: Per Olav Løvsletten, Birk Stokke Hunskaar, Anja Fog Heen, Geertruida Bekkering, Louise Vanden Poel, Dena Zeraatkar, Mieke Vermandere, Bert Aertgeerts, Nicolas Delvaux, Frankie Achille, Jason W Busse, Thomas Agoritsas en Per Olav Vandvik

24 May 2024 | ARTICLE

Implementation of a virtual community of practice to promote the empowerment of middle-aged people with multimorbidity: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

INTRODUCTION: Empowering people living with multimorbidity (multiple chronic conditions) to gain greater confidence in managing their health can enhance their quality of life. Education focused on self-management is a key tool for fostering patien...

Auteurs: Alba Campillejo, Ileana Gefaell-Larrondo, Vanesa Ramos-García, Débora Koatz, Anthea Santos-Álvarez, Jaime Barrio-Cortes, Sara Gómez-Rueda, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Patricia Cifuentes, Consuelo Company-Sancho, Santiago Domínguez-Coello, Francisco Javier García-García, Sofía Garrido-Elustondo, Beatriz González de León, José Ramón-Vazquez, Candelaria Martín, Carmen Suárez-Fernández, Pedro Parra-Caballero, Esther F Vicente-Rabaneda, Patricia Quiroga-Colina, Ana Belén Ramírez-Puerta, Marta Ruíz-López, María-Eugenia Tello-Bernabé, Estrella Sanchez-Gamborino, Beatriz Ugalde-Abiega, Helena Vall-Roqué, Andrea Duarte-Díaz, Analía Abt-Sacks, Aránzazu Hernández-Yumar, Alezandra Torres-Castaño, Yolanda Álvarez-Pérez, Christiane Muth, Marjan van den Akker, Victor M Montori, Carola Orrego, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez en Ana Isabel González-González

21 May 2024 | ARTICLE

Using a general practice research database to assess the spatio-temporal COVID-19 risk.

BACKGROUND: In Flanders, general practitioners (GPs) were among the first ones to collect data regarding COVID-19 cases. Intego is a GPs' morbidity registry in primary care with data collected from the electronic medical records from a sample o...

Auteurs: Oana Petrof, Thomas Neyens, Bert Vaes, Arne Janssens en Christel Faes

18 May 2024 | ARTICLE

Analytical performance and user-friendliness of four commercially available point-of-care devices for C-reactive protein.

INTRODUCTION: Proper implementation of Point-of-Care testing (POCT) for C-reactive protein (CRP) in primary care can decrease the inappropriate use of antibiotics, thereby tackling the problem of growing antimicrobial resistance. OBJECTIVE: The an...

Auteurs: Lieve Van Hoovels, Bo Massa, Anne Stavelin, Helene De Meyer, Patricia De Schrijver, Veroniek Van Laethem, Dragos Barglazan, Damien Gruson, Rogier Hopstaken, Bart Peeters, Viviane Van Hoof, Ann Verdonck en Jan Y Verbakel

18 May 2024 | ARTICLE

A qualitative exploration of professionals' perspectives on the implementation of reablement intervention programs in community care.

Reablement is considered a complex intervention due to its multicomponent, person-centered, holistic approach promoting older adults' active participation in daily activities. It is important to consider the unique context in which complex interve...

Auteurs: Ines Mouchaers, Lise E Buma, Hilde Verbeek, Sandra Zwakhalen, Jolanda CM van Haastregt, Ellen Vlaeyen, Geert Goderis en Silke F Metzelthin

17 May 2024 | ARTICLE

Co-designing Entrustable Professional Activities in General Practitioner’s training: a participatory research study

BACKGROUND: In medical education, Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) have been gaining momentum for the last decade. Such novel educational interventions necessitate accommodating competing needs, those of curriculum designers, and those o...

Auteurs: Vasiliki Andreou, Sanne Peters, Jan Eggermont en Birgitte Schoenmakers

16 May 2024 | DISSERTATION

Implementing multidisciplinary heart failure management in primary care

Heart failure (HF) is an important health problem. Most chronic HF management occurs in primary care. Although guidelines exist, there is an important implementation gap in current HF care in Belgium. The aim of this research project is to study t...

Auteurs: Willem Raat

13 May 2024 | ARTICLE

Association between non-registration of chronic kidney disease and mortality and cardiovascular outcome: a time-to-event analysis of retrospective primary care data.

OBJECTIVE: Patients with impaired kidney function and increased albuminuria are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Previous research has revealed that a substantial proportion of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) do no...

Auteurs: Ine Van den Wyngaert, Pavlos Mamouris, Endale Alemayehu Ali, Bert Vaes en Gijs Van Pottelbergh

2 May 2024 | ARTICLE

Signs and symptoms of serious illness in adults with acute abdominal pain presenting to ambulatory care: a systematic review.

BACKGROUND: Acute abdominal pain is a common complaint, caused by a variety of conditions, ranging from acutely life-threatening to benign and self-limiting with symptom overlap complicating diagnosis. Signs and symptoms may be valuable when asses...

Auteurs: Anouk Tans, Thomas Struyf, Rune Geboers, Toon Smeets, Yorick Asselbergh, Emmanuel Declerck, Luca Bloemen en Ann van den Bruel

1 May 2024 | ARTICLE

Epidemiology of functional dyspepsia and gastroparesis as diagnosed in Flemish-Belgian primary care: A registry-based study from the Intego database

BACKGROUND: Dyspepsia is a prevalent condition in the general population. Besides organic causes, the differential diagnosis of dyspepsia includes functional dyspepsia (FD) and gastroparesis (GP) which share similar pathophysiological mechanism...

Auteurs: I-Hsuan Huang, Jolien Schol, Guohao Lin, Yaozhu J Chen, Florencia Carbone, Bert Vaes en Jan Tack

24 April 2024 | ARTICLE

Advancing postgraduate primary care education: design, implementation, and evaluation of an Entrustable Professional Activities framework in GP training

Auteurs: Vasiliki Andreou

22 April 2024 | ARTICLE

The identification of requirements for competency development during work-integrated learning in healthcare education.

BACKGROUND: Work-integrated learning (WIL) is widely accepted and necessary to attain the essential competencies healthcare students need at their future workplaces. Yet, competency-based education (CBE) remains complex. There often is a focus on ...

Auteurs: Oona Janssens, Vasiliki Andreou, Mieke Embo, Martin Valcke, Olivia De Ruyck, Marieke Robbrecht en Leen Haerens

17 April 2024 | ARTICLE

The DAWN antivirals trial: process evaluation of a COVID-19 trial in general practice.

BACKGROUND: The DAWN antivirals trial was a multicentric, randomised placebo-controlled trial evaluating antiviral medication for COVID-19 in general practice. The trial was prematurely terminated because of insufficient recruitment. AIM: To explo...

Auteurs: Dajana Tare, Samuel Coenen, An De Sutter, Stefan Heytens, Dirk Devroey, Laetitia Buret, Birgitte Schoenmakers, Nicolas Delvaux, Jan Y Verbakel, Kris Bogaerts en Ann van den Bruel

5 April 2024 | ARTICLE

Developing a questionnaire to evaluate an automated audit & feedback intervention: a Rand-modified Delphi method

BACKGROUND: Audit and feedback (A&F) is a widely used implementation strategy to evaluate and improve medical practice. The optimal design of an A&F system is uncertain and structured process evaluations are currently lacking. This study aimed to ...

Auteurs: Ine van den Wyngaert, Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Kristien Coteur, Bert Vaes en Steve van den Bulck

3 April 2024 | ARTICLE

Primary care indicators for disease burden, monitoring and surveillance of COVID-19 in 31 European countries: Eurodata Study

BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of patients received ambulatory treatment, highlighting the importance of primary health care (PHC). However, there is limited knowledge regarding PHC workload in Europe during this period. Th...

Auteurs: Sara Ares-Blanco, Marina Guisado-Clavero, Lourdes Ramos Del Rio, Ileana Gefaell Larrondo, Louise Fitzgerald, Liubove Murauskiene, Naldy Parodi Lopez, Abel Perjes, Davorina Petek, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Goranka Petricek, Martin Sattler, Natalija Saurek-Aleksandrovska, Oliver Senn, Bohumil Seifert, Alice Serafini, Theresa Sentker, Gunta Ticmane, Paula Tiili, Peter Torzsa, Kirsi Valtonen, Bert Vaes, Shlomo Vinker, Limor Adler, Radost Assenova, Maria Bakola, Sabine Bayen, Elena Brutskaya-Stempkovskaya, Iliana-Carmen Busneag, Asja Cosic Divjak, Maryher Delphin Pena, Esperanza Diaz, Philippe-Richard Domeyer, Sabine Feldmane, Dragan Gjorgjievski, Mila Gomez-Johansson, Angel Gonzalez de la Fuente, Miroslav Hanzevacki, Kathryn Hoffmann, Shushman Ivanna, Marijana Jandric-Kocic, Vasilis Trifon Karathanos, Erva Kirkoc Ucuncu, Aleksandar Kirkovski, Snezana Knezevic, Buesra cimen Korkmaz, Milena Kostic, Anna Krzton-Krolewiecka, Liga Kozlovska, Katarzyna Nessler, Raquel Gomez-Bravo, Maria Pilar Astier Pena en Heidrun Lingner

27 March 2024 | DISSERTATION

Resilience in advanced cancer caregiving

Background Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity or trauma. It is a process that protects people against anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. Resilience is a dynamic process that can be influenced by...

Auteurs: Sophie Opsomer

20 March 2024 | ARTICLE

Promoting meaningful activities by occupational therapy in elderly care in Belgium: the ProMOTE intervention

BACKGROUND: Older people want to age in place. Despite advancing functional limitations and their desire of aging in place, they are not always faithful to therapy that maintains independence and promotes safety. Occupational therapists can facili...

Auteurs: Leen De Coninck, Anja Declercq, Leen Bouckaert, Carola Dopp, Maud JL Graff en Bert Aertgeerts

14 March 2024 | ARTICLE

The Relation between Teacher-Student Interaction and Executive Function Performance In Children: A Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis

Auteurs: Canmei Xu, Mariëtte Huizinga, Daniale Tekelia Ekubagewargies, Justine Soetaert, Wim Van Den Noortgate en Dieter Baeyens

13 March 2024 | DISSERTATION

The development and implementation of self-management support in primary care practice

Recognising the shift towards person-centred care, the doctoral research explored the development and implementation of self-management support in primary care practice. Using an evidence-based approach, the research aimed to address the challenge...

Auteurs: Lotte Timmermans

7 March 2024 | ARTICLE

Accuracy of respiratory muscle assessments to predict weaning outcomes: a systematic review and comparative meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Several bedside assessments are used to evaluate respiratory muscle function and to predict weaning from mechanical ventilation in patients on the intensive care unit. It remains unclear which assessments perform best in predicting wea...

Auteurs: Diego Poddighe, Marine Van Hollebeke, Yasir Qaiser Choudhary, Debora Ribeiro Campos, Michele R Schaeffer, Jan Y Verbakel, Greet Hermans, Rik Gosselink en Daniel Langer

1 March 2024 | ARTICLE

Self-management support (SMS) in primary care practice: a qualitative focus group study of care professionals' experiences

BACKGROUND: To support self-management of chronically ill persons, innovative approaches of care practice are being developed. Unfortunately, many self-management supporting interventions struggle to achieve reliable and consistent improvements at...

Auteurs: Lotte Timmermans, Dagje Boeykens, Muhammed Mustafa Sirimsi, Dominique Van de Velde, Patricia De Vriendt, Peter Decat, Veerle Foulon, Ann Van Hecke, Mieke Vermandere en Birgitte Schoenmakers