Perceptions of community care and placement preferences in first-year nursing students: A multicentre, cross-sectional study Margriet VAN IERSEL MSc1, Corine H.M. LATOUR PhD1, Rien DE VOS PhD2, Paul A. KIRSCHNER PhD3,5, Wilma J.M. SCHOLTE OP REIMER PhD1,4. 1 ACHIEVE - Centre of Applied Research, Faculty …

Nursing staff working in long-term institutional care attend to residents with an increasing number of severe physical and cognitive limitations. To exchange information about the health status of these residents, accurate nursing documentation is important to ensure the safety of residents. This study …

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is used internationally as the reference method for proactive risk assessment (screening), assessment, monitoring and triaging for interventions in patients with cancer. This review aims to explain the rationale behind …

Individual and unorganized sports with a health-related focus, such as recreational running, have grown extensively in the last decade. Consistent with this development, there has been an exponential increase in the availability and use of electronic monitoring devices such as smartphone applications …

BACKGROUND: Asset-based approaches have become popular in public health. As yet it is not known to what extent health and welfare professionals are able to identify and mobilise individual and community health assets. Therefore, the aim of this study was to understand professional's perceptions of health …

Aanleiding: Gewichtstoename is een ongewenste en onderbelichte bijwerking van (neo-) adjuvante chemotherapie bij de behandeling van borstkanker. De doelstelling van dit onderzoek is inzicht krijgen in gewichtstoename bij prémenopauzale borstkankerpatiënten die (neo-) adjuvante chemotherapie ondergaan …

Aanleiding In Nederland is de perinatale sterfte hoog in vergelijking met andere Europese landen. Zwangeren van met een lage sociaaleconomische status lopen meer risico op ongunstige zwangerschapsuitkomsten. Een mogelijke oplossing is CenteringPregnancy®. Hierbij wordt prenatale zorg voor een groot gedeelte …

Objective To describe longitudinal change in perceived health, presence of health issues, and functional level in adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Participants' daily environment. Participants Adults (N=49) with CP (age range, 35–45y; 27 [55%] men; 36 [75%] …

Accurate assessment of TP53 gene status in sporadic tumors and in the germline of individuals at high risk of cancer due to Li–Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) has important clinical implications for diagnosis, surveillance, and therapy. Genomic data from more than 20,000 cancer genomes provide a wealth of information …

Background: Access to affordable and effective health care is a challenge in low- and middle- income countries. Out-of-pocket expenditure for health care is a major cause of impoverishment. One way to facilitate access and overcome catastrophic expenditure is through a health insurance mechanism, whereby …