A5019001597- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Dutch Social and Cultural Studies
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
University of Antwerp
2016-2025
Inserm
2021
Génétique, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies
2021
Université de Bretagne Occidentale
2021
Établissement Français du Sang
2021
Huisarts en Wetenschap
2017-2019
Gouverneur Kinsbergencentrum
2019
Maastricht University
2001-2019
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
2017
Isala
2015
One-tenth of France's population is prescribed at least one antidepressant, primarily by General Practitioners. The reasons for this high prescription rate remain unclear. One-third these prescriptions may not comply with clinical practice guidelines, and 20% are potentially unrelated to any psychiatric condition. Our aim was explore how GPs declare they use antidepressants in daily understand their prescribing them. Six focus groups including a total 56 rural urban GPs, four interviews were...
Objectives The current COVID-19 pandemic, as well the measures taken to control it, have a profound impact on healthcare. This study was set up gain insights into consequences of outbreak core competencies general practice, they are experienced by practitioners (GPs) frontline. Design, setting, participants We performed descriptive using semistructured interviews with 132 GPs in Flanders, topic list based WONCA definition practice. Data were analysed qualitatively framework analysis. Results...
Abstract Background The problem of poor compliance/adherence to prescribed treatments is very complex. Health professionals are rarely being asked how they handle the patient's (poor) therapy compliance/adherence. In this study, we examine explicitly physicians' expectations their diabetes patients' objectives our study were: (1) elicit problems physicians encounter with type 2 adherence treatment recommendations; (2) search for solutions and (3) discover escape mechanisms in case...
Family physicians perceive that gut feelings, i.e. a 'sense of reassurance' or alarm', play substantial role in diagnostic reasoning. A measuring instrument is desirable for further research. Our objective to validate questionnaire the presence feelings reasoning.We constructed 16 case vignettes from real practice situations and used accompanying alarm' as reference labels. Based on results an initial study (26 family physicians), we divided into group involving clear sense reassurance alarm...
Medical Education 2010: 44: 662–673 Objectives Despite all educational efforts, the literature shows an ongoing decline in patient-centredness during medical education. This study explores experiences of students and their teachers supervisors relation to order gain a better understanding factors that determine its development. Methods We conducted 11 focus groups on subject learning teaching about patient-centredness. then carried out constant comparative analysis prior theory qualitative...
Probiotics have been proposed for a number of urogenital infectious conditions. In this study, we examine possible effect on human papillomavirus (HPV)-related precancerous lesions in cervical cytology. We conducted prospective controlled pilot which 54 women with an HPV+low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion diagnosis their PAP smear were followed 6 months. The intervention group consumed daily probiotic drink during the study period; control received no treatment, according to common...
Objective Many medical schools have drawn up lists of basic clinical skills that students are required to mastered at the end training. To determine whether undergraduate actually perform these during clerkships and different approaches training led results, we surveyed 365 final-year in 1996 1997. Method A questionnaire containing items on 265 eight body systems was administered from two conventional (Ghent Antwerp, Belgium), one Dutch school, Maastricht, which offers a problem-based...
Context Previous qualitative research at the University of Antwerp revealed dissatisfaction amongst medical students about clinical clerkships. Objective To use quantitative methods to further explore student perceptions their teaching. Method, sample and setting Monthly questionnaire administered final-year Antwerp, Belgium. Results The response rate was 83.9%. Many findings were reproduced. Educational resources not optimally used. junior doctor most important teacher. activities passive...
General practitioners sometimes base clinical decisions on gut feelings alone, even though there is little evidence of their diagnostic and prognostic value in daily practice. Research into these aspects the use concept medical education require a practical valid description feelings. The goal our study was therefore to describe general practice identify main determinants Qualitative research including 4 focus group discussions. A heterogeneous sample 28 GPs. Text analysis discussions, using...
Background : There is only limited knowledge about the emotional impact that performing euthanasia has on primary care physicians (PCPs) in Netherlands. Objective To obtain more insight into PCPs of or assisted suicide, and to tailor educational needs vocational PCP trainees accordingly. Methods Qualitative research, consisting four focus group studies. The setting was Netherlands; 22 participated, groups (older males, older females, younger males a with interest regard euthanasia). Results...
General practitioners sometimes base clinical decisions on gut feelings alone, even though there is little evidence of their diagnostic and prognostic value in daily practice. Research to validate the determinants assess test properties requires precise valid descriptions general practice which can be used as a reliable measuring instrument.Can we obtain consensus two types feelings: sense alarm reassurance?Qualitative research including Delphi procedure with heterogeneous sample 27 Dutch...
The Learning Health System (LHS) describes linking routine healthcare systems directly with both research translation and knowledge as an extension of the evidence-based medicine paradigm, taking advantage ubiquitous use electronic health record (EHR) systems. TRANSFoRm is EU FP7 project that seeks to develop infrastructure for LHS in European primary care. Methods . based on three clinical cases, a genotype-phenotype study diabetes, randomised controlled trial gastroesophageal reflux...
Geriatric care increasingly needs more multidisciplinary health services to deliver the necessary complex and continuous care. The aim of this study is summarize indicators effective interprofessional outcomes for population.A systematic review performed in Cochrane Library, Pubmed (Medline), Embase, Cinahl Psychinfo with a search until June 2014.Overall, 689 references were identified which 29 studies met inclusion criteria. All outcome summarized three categories: collaboration, patient...