Background: The number of people with multiple chronic conditions requiring primary care services increases. Professionals from different disciplines collaborate and coordinate care to deal with the complex health care needs. There is lack of information on current practices regarding interprofessional …

Voor het afstemmen van zorg moeten zorgverleners informative met elkaar delen. Er is dan ook een grote diversiteit aan (nieuwe) interprofessionele overlegvormen. Maar patiëntgerelateerde informatie delen mag niet zomaar. Daarvoor gelden verschillende wetten en regels. In dit artikel zetten we ze op een …

The significance of effective interprofessional teamwork to improve the quality of care has been widely recognised. Effective interprofessional teamwork calls on good collaboration between professionals and patients, coordination between professionals, and the development of teamwork over time. Effective development …

In patients with COPD, self-management skills are important to reduce the impact of exacerbations. However, both detection and adequate response to exacerbations appear to be difficult for some patients. Little is known about the underlying process of exacerbation-related self-management. Therefore, …

Objectives: Decline in the performance of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and mobility may be preceded by symptoms the patient experiences, such as fatigue. The aim of this study is to investigate whether self-reported non-task-specific fatigue is a long-term risk factor for IADL-limitations …

Background: The number of people with multiple chronic conditions increases as a result of ageing. To deal with the complex health-care needs of these patients, it is important that health-care professionals collaborate in interprofessional teams. To deliver patient-centred care, it is often recommended …

Background: The number of people suffering from one or more chronic conditions is rising, resulting in an increase in patients with complex health care demands. Interprofessional collaboration and the use of shared care plans support the management of complex health care demands of patients with chronic …

Door de verschuiving van een verzorgingsstaat naar een participatiesamenleving heeft er ook voor de burger met een zorgbehoefte een verandering plaatsgevonden. Voor de burger met een zorgbehoefte die langer zelfstandig thuis zal blijven wonen, betekent deze verschuiving dat er een groter beroep wordt …

To identify and critically appraise the evidence for instruments assessing depression in stroke patients with aphasia.