Blended psychotherapy. KU Leuven
Blended care cognitieve behavioral or psychodynamic therapy versus face-to-face psychotherapy for depression: a multicentre randomized non-inferiority trial.
Blended care cognitieve behavioral or psychodynamic therapy versus face-to-face psychotherapy for depression: a multicentre randomized non-inferiority trial.
Digital technology has created new opportunities for existing mental health care. Using digital technology in addition to psychotherapy, better known as blended care, may narrow the gap between the therapy room and the individual's everyday life. In most cases of blended care, digital technology (e.g., smartphone apps) provides individuals with an active way to reflect on and apply the skills they learned during therapy in the daily life ...
About 10% of all decedents in the population die after admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). These patients often have distressing symptoms and may receive more intense life-prolonging treatment than they would have chosen, their family members often experience lasting distress from the experience and many ICU physicians and nurses are burdened by their perception of potentially non-beneficial care.
The EPIC project aims to ...
Recognising the shift towards person-centred care, the doctoral research explored the development and implementation of self-management support in primary care practice. Using an evidence-based approach, the research aimed to address the challenges to effective implementation of self-management support. This included an umbrella review, a phenomenological-hermeneutic interview study and qualitative focus group discussions to understand the ...
The "Blue Health Solutions" project aims to develop innovative hydrogel wound dressings by harnessing the untapped potential of aquatic resources. Focusing on sustainability and availability, our research explores the extraction of collagen from fish skin and combination with alginate. The project adopts a holistic approach to address wound healing applications for both human and animal care.
The extraction processes for collagen and ...
One out of two care workers experience excessive workload in nursing homes. Besides this, other worrying statistics were found in the Flemish Workability Monitor (2016) of the Social and Economic Council of Flanders as well. Similar results were found in other countries and regions. Issues with the quality of working life in the nursing home sector present a significant roadblock towards finding resolutions for the predicted labour shortages. ...
Medication use during preconception, pregnancy and lactation: towards safe and rational use enhanced by community pharmacists' counseling - Michael Ceulemans
International research has shown that pregnant and lactating women commonly use medicines. Besides medication use, women can also be exposed to other health products, such as folic acid, multivitamins and herbal remedies, as well as to substances. To reduce the risk for ...