A5042851884- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Family Support in Illness
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
Erasmus University Rotterdam
2022-2024
Maastricht University
2020
Objectives To investigate to what extent informal caregivers of persons with a mental disorder and somatic compare, in terms their caregiving context quality life measures. Design Cross-sectional analysis an existing panel survey dataset. Setting The Netherlands, 2020. Participants Informal that provided long-term care support loved one either (n=428) or (n=176). Outcome measures Self-assessed care-related, health-related the context, including background contextual factors caregiver...
In the Netherlands, about one-third of adult population provides unpaid care. Providing informal caregiving can be very straining in normal times, but impact a public health crisis on caregivers is largely unknown. This study focuses question how caregiver burden changed following COVID-19 pandemic, and what characteristics were related to these changes. We use self-reported data from sample 965 Netherlands 3 months into pandemic investigate objective (i.e. hours spent caregiving) subjective...
(1) Background: This study aimed to investigate two-year societal costs and generic health-related quality of life (QoL) using a bottom-up approach for the Restore4Stroke Cohort. (2) Methods: Adult post-stroke patients were recruited from stroke units throughout Netherlands. The calculated healthcare non-healthcare in first two years after stroke. QoL was measured EQ-5D-3L. differences between (sub)groups over time investigated non-parametric bootstrapping method. (3) Results: A total 344...
This study assessed the quality of life informal caregivers for individuals with mental health problems in Netherlands. An online survey was administered to a panel June 2020 (
Mental and behavioural disorders (MBDs) interventions targeting MBDs lead to costs cost savings in the healthcare sector, but also other sectors. The latter are referred as intersectoral benefits (ICBs). Interventions often ICBs education criminal justice sectors, yet these rarely included economic evaluations. This study aimed investigate attitudes held by health economists technology assessment experts towards evaluations quantify relative importance of context MBDs.An online survey...
(1) Background: This study investigated how potential shifts in patients' formal and informal care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their caregivers terms of subjective burden, psychological wellbeing, happiness. (2) Methods: A retrospective cohort design was employed for a panel Dutch persons with mental health problems (n = 219) June 2020. Descriptive statistics differences between means were determined caregivers' happiness, wellbeing. Three mediation analyses conducted...