Publicaties

Objectives: The primary aim was to measure patient safety culture in two home care services in Belgium (Flanders). In addition, variability based on respondents' profession was examined. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by administering the SCOPE-Primary Care questionnaire in two home care service organizations. Results: In total, 1875 valid questionnaires were returned from 2930 employees, representing a response rate of 64%. The ...

Background: Nowadays, complicated and painful surgical procedures are encouraged to be carried out in an ambulatory setting. Objectives: The current study aimed to assess 4-week postoperative pain profiles of 4 painful ambulatory surgical procedures. We analyzed the prevalence of and reasons for non-adherence and partial adherence of patients to a predefined treatment schedule after the ambulant surgery. Methods: The current study analyzed ...

Introduction: Primary healthcare differs from hospitals in terms of – inter alia – organisational structure. Therefore, patient safety culture could differ between these settings. Various instruments have been developed to measure collective attitudes of personnel within a primary healthcare organisation. However, the number of valid and reliable instruments is limited. Objectives: Psychometric properties of the SCOPE-Primary Care instrument ...

Objectives To investigate the relationships between patient safety culture (PSC) dimensions and PSC self-reported outcomes across different cultures and to gain insights in cultural differences regarding PSC. Design Observational, cross-sectional study. Setting Ninety Belgian hospitals and 13 Palestinian hospitals. Participants A total of 2836 healthcare professionals matched for profession, tenure and working hours. Primary and secondary ...

Background Physician and non-physician leadership development programs aim to improve organizational performance. Although a significant, positive relation between physicians’ leadership skills and patient outcomes, staff satisfaction and staff retention has been found, physicians are not formally trained in clinical leadership skills during their physician training. A lot of current healthcare leaders were chosen to take on leadership because ...

DOEL: Europese data tonen aan dat in België 16% van de mensen met een beperking gebruikmaakt van diensten in de eerstelijnsgezondheidszorg. Het doel van dit onderzoek is inzicht verwerven in de zorgbehoeften van mensen met een beperking gebaseerd op de ervaringen van eerstelijnsverpleegkundigen. METHODE: Van september tot december 2015 werd een digitale vragenlijst verstuurd naar 1.547 eerstelijnsverpleegkundigen werkzaam binnen de eerste ...

Background: Multi-morbidity and polypharmacy of the elderly population enhances the probability of elderly in residential long-term care facilities experiencing inappropriate medication use. Objectives: The aim is to systematically review literature to assess the prevalence of inappropriate medication use in residential long-term care facilities for the elderly. Methods: Databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE) were searched for literature from 2004 to ...

Objective: Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a worldwide concern, particularly when leading to a higher level of care. This study defines a higher level of care as an unplanned (re)admission to an intensive care unit or an intervention by a Medical Emergency Team. The objectives are to describe the incidence and preventability of ADEs leading to a higher level of care, to assess the types of drug involved, and to identify the risk factors. Methods: ...

Background: Given the worldwide evolution to deinstitutionalize care for people with a disability (PD), the importance of having care services, for instance as offered by primary care nurses (PCN), to deliver necessary care to PD can only be emphasized. European data (from 2014) show a relatively high percentage of PD in Belgium (16.2%) using home care services provided by primary health care providers (PCN, general practitioners. . . ). ...

Background: General practitioners (GPs) and primary-care nurses (PCNs) often feel inexperienced or inadequately educated to address unmet needs of people with disabilities (PDs). In this research, GPs' and PCNs' communication with PDs and health care professionals, as well as their awareness of supportive measures relevant to PDs (sensory disabilities excluded), was examined. Materials and methods: An electronic questionnaire was sent out to ...