- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Nursing education and management
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Pain Management and Treatment
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Spaceflight effects on biology
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
KU Leuven
2022-2025
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2024
Abstract The European healthcare sector faces a significant shortage of workers. Assessing the prevalence this issue and understanding its direct indirect determinants are essential for formulating effective recruitment programs enhancing job retention strategies physicians nurses. A multicentric cross-sectional study was conducted, involving 381 1351 nurses recruited from eight hospitals in Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Poland. focused on assessing turnover intentions among workers based Job...
Multiple factors can fuel nurses' intention to leave their employing hospital or profession. Job dissatisfaction and burnout are contributors this decision. Sociodemographic work context also play a role in explaining leave.
Objective: To identify the essential attributes of biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain in working population. Design: A concept analysis was conducted according to 8-step method Walker and Avant. This framework provides a clear theoretical operational definitions. Methods: Five databases were searched, followed by systematic screening. Subsequently, attributes, illustrative cases, antecedents, consequences empirical referents formulated. Results: Of 3793 studies...
Healthcare organizations worldwide face challenges in retaining their healthcare workforce, with individual and organizational factors influencing intentions to leave. This study conducted eight online co-creation workshops four Delphi sessions gain qualitative in-depth insights into job retention interventions, involving workers, hospital managers, policymakers. A thematic analysis was conducted, resulting multiple interventions that were clustered pre-defined themes: professional personal...
Abstract Background To contrast effectively the shortage of healthcare workers in EU, it is essential to find determinants intention leave hospital (ITL) by analyzing role burnout (BO), job satisfaction (JS), and other individual characteristics working-related variables. This study aims estimate prevalence ITL for physicians nurses Europe, investigate ITL, suggest possible retention policies. Methods The METEOR survey a cross-sectional on 8 hospitals Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Poland....
For patients with therapy-refractory persistent spinal pain syndrome type II (PSPS-T2), cord stimulation (SCS) may serve as an effective minimally invasive treatment. Despite the evidence that SCS can improve return to work (RTW), only 9.5 14% of implanted are effectively capable returning work. Thus, it seems current post-operative interventions not for achieving RTW after implantation in clinical practice. The objective is examine whether a personalised biopsychosocial rehabilitation...
Abstract Introduction Healthcare organisations are confronted with challenges in retaining physicians and nurses, leading to increased costs decreased quality of care. This study endeavours identify interventions aimed at enhancing job satisfaction among healthcare workers, subsequently translate these findings into policy recommendations. Methods The was conducted Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland Italy, adopted a co-creation methodology.Eight workshops were organised for nurses (n= 53),...
Abstract Background Despite growing interest in burnout, the biological mechanisms remain largely unknown. This research aims to systematically analyse link between correlates and burnout risk as an indicator of chronic occupational stress investigate its evolution over time. Methods Biological are investigated through a literature study, cross-sectionally, eventually three-year longitudinal cohort for which ethical approval has been granted. A large range markers involved analysed via blood...