Background To improve transmural palliative care for older adults acutely admitted to hospital, the PalliSupport intervention, comprising an educational programme and transmural palliative care pathway, was developed. This care pathway involves timely identification of palliative care needs, advance …

When physicians and nurses are looking at the same patient, they may not see the same picture. If assuming that the clinical reasoning of both professions is alike and ignoring possible differences, aspects essential for care can be overlooked. Understanding the multifaceted concept of clinical reasoning …

Background Fluid therapy is a common intervention in critically ill patients. It is increasingly recognised that deresuscitation is an essential part of fluid therapy and delayed deresuscitation is associated with longer invasive ventilation and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. However, optimal …

In deze lezing neem ik jullie mee in het denken over kindermishandeling en geweld in intieme relaties. Het inzicht in kindermishandeling en de aanpak ervan heeft zich ogenschijnlijk los ontwikkeld van de aandacht en aanpak voor geweld in intieme relaties (ook wel huiselijk geweld of partnergeweld genoemd). …

Student burnout is raising an increasing amount of concern. Burnout often leads to psychosocial problems and drop-out. In this study multiple regression analysis was used to examine the impact of performance pressure, loneliness, and sense of belonging on the underlying dimensions of burnout in 3,134 …

Presentatie tijdens het bezoek van wethouder Manouska Molema.

Objectives To identify factors associated with kinesiophobia (fear of movement) after cardiac hospitalisation and to assess the impact of kinesiophobia on cardiac rehabilitation (CR) initiation. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Academic Medical Centre, Department of Cardiology. Participants We …

Drug consumption estimates are of relevance because of public health effects as well as associated criminal activities. Wastewater analysis of drug residues enables the estimation of drug consumption and drug markets. Short-term and long-term trends of cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), amphetamine (speed) and …

In Antenne Amsterdam wordt sinds 1993 jaarlijks het gebruik van alcohol, tabak, cannabis en andere drugs in de hoofdstad in kaart gebracht. Dit gebeurt op basis van een combinatie van kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve methoden: interviews met een uitgaanspanel van insiders die vertellen over het trendsettende …

Purpose:  Estimate the effect of nursing, shift, and patient characteristics on patients' aggression.  Design and Methods:  Follow-up study on a closed psychiatric ward was performed to estimate the effect of nursing team characteristics and patient characteristics on the incidence of aggression.  Findings:  …