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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…
The objective of this study is to find answers to the question which breast reconstruction technique gives the highest quality of life for these women. Researching the outcome, psycho social and quality of life impacts on women who undergo breast…
The objectives of the study are:1) to give the laboratory a role in informing patients about their laboratory results, in order to meet the information needs of the patient2) to provide patients with validated (background) information with respect…
Primary objective: To evaluate the efficiency of the daycare treatment of pregnant women with a psychiatric disorder.Secondary objective:Differs groupwise daycare treatment in efficiency towards standard individual outpatient care, in terms of:a.…
We want to investigate if it is possible to set up the entire process of home mechanical ventilation outside the hospital. This means practically that the patients will not be admitted to the hospital. The goal of this study is to answer the…
What is the inter-rater reliability of the RASS by monitoring palliative sedation by community nurses?
The aim of the study is to examine the well-being of the children involved in fatal partner violence, in terms of post traumatic stress, comorbid psychopathology, mourning, daily functioning and quality of life. In addition, the aim is to…
Improving primary care for patients with psychosocial symptoms by introducing the SGE-PsyScan.
The main objective is to assess the added diagnostic value of biomarker assessment beyond the clinical assessment in patients suspected of TIA in primary care. Secondary objectives are i) to assess the prognostic value of biomarker assessment in…
We aim to conclude on the application of Zirconia dental implants in the aesthetic zone where we feel that it would have the most advantages as compared to titanium implants. Such an implant system is basically comprised of 2 components: a zirconia…
To evaluate the effect of CP in the Dutch setting on psychosocial- and health outcomes (concerning the pregnancy) and the success of implementation of CP (including a costanalysis)
The primary objective of this study is to examine whether web-based Wegweis tool can support processes of shared decision making in ROM evaluation and treatment planning regarding people with psychotic disorders.
Research QuestionWhat is the long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of self-management support via an internet based service in addition to usual care as compared to usual care alone in patients with COPD who have completed pulmonary…
We hypothesize that acupuncture reduces the dosage of sedatives for colonoscopies. We will compare three groups to test our hypothesis. One group will receive verum-acupuncture, another group sham-acupuncture and the third group will be the control…
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a nurse-led stepped-care program for depression among primary care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and/or coronary heart disease and subtresshold depression in comparison with usual care.
Evaluation of a multidisciplinary ICT SMS for children with CD.
The primary objective of this qualitative, socio-ethical study is to investigate how patients, proxies, general practitioners, and medical specialists experience a multifunctional telemedicine-application at the patient*s home, introduced primarily…
To investigate whether cough measurements by means of VAS (0-100 points) after 6 months (+/- 6 points) in patients with chronic cough who are diagnosed and treated by a nurse practitioner outpatient clinic are equal to an outpatient clinic leaded by…
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