Introduction: The original Rainbow Model of Integrated Care Measurement Tool (RMIC-MT) is based on the Rainbow Model of Integrated Care (RMIC), which provides a comprehensive theoretical framework for integrated care. The aim of this paper is to modify the original patient version of the RMIC-MT for …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between integrated care and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a primary care practice population. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey study. SETTING: Primary care practice population. PARTICIPANTS: A sample (n=5562) of patients in …

Abstract for World Physiotherapy Congress 2021Title Ethical Considerations of Using Machine Learning for Decision Support in Occupational Physical Therapy: a narrative literature study and ethical deliberation. Authors Marianne W. M. C. Six Dijkstra1,4,7 · Egbert Siebrand2 · Steven Dorrestijn2 · Etto …

Background: Health care practitioners' knowledge and attitudes influence patients’ beliefs and health outcomes in musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. It is unclear to what extent physiotherapists undertaking a postgraduate master in manual therapy (MT students) possess the knowledge and attitudes toward pain …

Klinische ethiek is de toepassing van ethische theorieën, principes, regels en richtlijnen op situaties in de geneeskunde. Zij moeten bedachtzaam worden toegepast in unieke klinische omstandigheden, zo stelt Taylor in het artikel “Ethical principals and concepts in medicine”, (2013). Vooraf de consequenties …

Background: The support of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) rarely focused on motor activity, which might have negative consequences for the quality of life of these people. Evidence-based motor activity programs that present individually tailored and structural motor …

A hospital visit is often an anxious and uncertain event for patients and their relatives. Patients are often concerned about a diagnosis and/or the treatment of their disease in an outpatient or inpatient setting. In these hospital settings, the impact of the environment on patients is still not well …

BACKGROUND: Older adults want to preserve their health and autonomy and stay in their own home environment for as long as possible. This is also of interest to policy makers who try to cope with growing staff shortages and increasing health care expenses. Ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies can …

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the practice of ventilation management in patients with COVID-19. We aimed to describe the practice of ventilation management and to establish outcomes in invasively ventilated patients with COVID-19 in a single country during the first month of the outbreak. METHODS: …

PURPOSE: In 2018, the SARCUS working group published a first article on the standardization of the use of ultrasound to assess muscle. Recommendations were made for patient positioning, system settings and components to be measured. Also, shortcomings in knowledge were mentioned. An important issue that …