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To optimize independent functioning and quality of life through:1. Systematic screening for increased risk of functional loss among community dwelling elderly (Phase 1);2. Providing a nurse-led, complex intervention to elderly people with an…
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The aim of the project is to evaluate the best method of supported care in general practice that leads to greater self-sufficiency, higher retention of functions and thus improved quality of life, less use of care facilities and a lower burden of…
The aim is to examine whether care and treatment guided by structural psychosocial screening leads to a better quality of life and greater patient satisfaction than usual care alone in patients with lung cancer.
The main objective is to study the effect of a pro-active, multi-component, nurse-led transitional care program until six months after hospital admission on ADL functioning. Secondary objectives are:To assess the effects of a pro-active, multi-…
1. To determine the level of cognitive, emotional and cardiorespiratory impairment, daily functioning, participation in society, quality of life and partner strain up to one year after the survival of a cardiac arrest.2. To determine prognostic…
In this study the effect of adding graded task assignment to standard treatment with behavioral activation are examined on avoidance patterns in patients with depression. Treatment objectives will be granted by gradual task assignment into sub-…
This study aims to test the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of a brief collaborative care intervention (primary objective). Assessment of patient wellbeing and (social) functioning are the secondary objectives.
The primary objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy in improving daily functioning of patients with Parkinson's Disease and reducing caregivers* burden.
The objective of this research is reviewing the effectiveness of a methodology which aimes at giving content to demand-oriented care for people with dementia and caregivers and at being a useful tool for professional carers to provide demand-…
The objective of this study is to evaluate effects of the use of the Pelican instrument in routine medical care for asthmatic children in primary and secondary care.
To compare group medical appointment as a novel approach in care for chronic neuromuscular patients with conventional outpatient visits, in terms of health outcomes and costs.
In this study, two forms of feedback and one control condition are compared:* Control group: the therapist gets no feedback.* Outcome monitoring feedback: the therapist gets feedback on the patients progress in a progress chart.* Complex feedback…
This study aims at a evidence based, legally aproved, standarised professional procedure, which is useable in daily practice to give counselling in youth mental health care about assessment and therapy and to stimulate shared decision making.
Primary objective of this study is to improve medication adherence by introduction of adequate screening methods and an additional specific nurse based intervention (structural informative consulting and motivational counseling) in combination with…
The primary goal of the study is to evaluate the effect of CAT on daily functioning and community participation, and thereby psychosocial well-being. Secundairy goals are evaluating the implementation of CAT in the usual care and eveluation of the (…
End-of-life care involves high costs, but frequently fails in providing optimal patient centred care and quality of life. In the US, Advance Care Planning (ACP), a formalised process of communication about care preferences, has resulted in better…
Primairy objective: The primary objective of this study is to get insight in the effect of the multidisciplinary integrated care programme on self-help, social participation and experienced quality of life of elderly stroke patients. And the effect…
OBJECTIVES: To determine, given a societal perspective, MMCs' effectiveness and costs in post-diagnosis care for dementia-patients to improve or stabilize patient's health related quality of life and performances in daily living and to…
We want to compare two protocols of discharge, using a randomized clinical trial. The current discharge protocol en the discharge based on a functional score of the patient.