Het doel van dit onderzoek was het inzicht verkrijgen in de belangrijkste motieven en barrières die de leerlingen op de Dr. Martin Luther Kingschool ervaren, om op een sportclub te gaan. Het onderzoek leverde informatie op die een bijdrage leverden om de sportparticipatie te verhogen op deze school. …

Measuring family caregivers’ experiences of collaboration with nurses is important in the context of health care reforms that advocate an increased role of families in care. The Family Collaboration Scale (FCS) measures collaboration between nurses and family caregivers, however, the scale has a broad …

Aanleiding: De zorg verplaatst zich steeds meer van professionele zorgverlening naar informele zorgverlening, waardoor de zorg eerder en vaker geleverd wordt door familieleden. Uit onderzoek blijkt dat familieleden de behoefte hebben om meer betrokken te worden bij de zorg voor hun zieke familielid. …

Noise is a common problem in hospitals, and it is known that social behavior can influence sound levels. The aim of this naturally-occurring field experiment was to assess the influence of a non-talking rule on the actual sound level and perception of patients in an outpatient infusion center. In a quasi-randomized …

The instrument called Families Importance in Nursing Care-Nurses' Attitudes (FINC-NA) is used to measure nurses' attitudes toward involving families in their nursing care. The aim of this study is to evaluate the FINC-NA scale in a population of Dutch nurses and add new psychometric information to existing …

De gemeente Haaksbergen merkt op dat er verwarde personen zijn met een zorgvraag die voor overlast zorgen in de gemeente. Er wordt vermeld dat er een toenemend aantal incidenten zijn met betrekking tot personen die verward gedrag vertonen. Personen die de weg kwijt zijn, agressief reageren, overlast …

Background: Caregiving by family members of elderly with chronic conditions is currently intensifying in the context of an aging population and health care reform in the Netherlands. It is essential that nurses have attention for supporting roles of family caregivers of older patients and address family …

Support of family caregivers of chronically ill elderly patients post-discharge becomes more demanding due to a decrease in the average length of hospital stay and increasing complexity of care. Therefore, collaboration with family caregivers as partners in care becomes more important. The quality of …

BackgroundIn the coming decades the number of older people increases and correspondingly the number of people with chronic conditions. Chronic conditions can have a significant impact on the quality of life of elderly and their family caregivers. They face a lifelong challenge with the illnesses, treatments, …