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Artikel:The instrument ‘Sense of Security in Care – Patients’ Evaluation’: its development and presentation

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to report the development, construction, and psychometric properties
of the new instrument Sense of Security in Care – Patients’ Evaluation (SEC-P) in palliative home care.
Methods: The preliminary instrument was based on a review of the literature and an analysis of
qualitative interviews with patients about their sense of security. To test the instrument, 161 patients
(58% women) in palliative home care were recruited and participated in a structured interview based

Beslissingen bij het levenseinde in het Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel.

De bedoeling van dit descriptief onderzoek is om bij elk overlijden in het Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel in Jette - voor de periode van september 2011 tot en met november 2011 - na te gaan welke beslissingen er bij het levenseinde genomen zijn. Naast de incidentie worden demografische gegevens van de patiënt, karakteristieken van de behandelend arts en  kenmerken van het beslissingsproces bij het levenseinde mee in rekening gebracht. Door middel van de overlijdensakte wordt de behandelend arts gecontacteerd met de vraag om een gestandaardiseerd interview te laten afnemen.

Artikel: Associations between accurate prognostic understanding and end-of-life care preferences and its correlates among Taiwanese terminally ill cancer patients surveyed in 2011–2012

Abstract: Adequate knowledge of prognosis is a prerequisite for planning appropriate end-of-life (EOL) care. However, questions remain about whether the association between prognostic under- standing and EOL-care intensity reflects terminally ill cancer patients’ preferences for EOL care. This study investigated the associations between accurate prognostic understanding and EOL-care prefer- ences, and identified correlates of accurate prognostic understanding.

Artikel: Exploring the contribution of psychosocial factors to fatigue in patients with advanced incurable cancer

Abstract:Fatigue is the most frequently occurring and distressing symptom in patients with advanced cancer, caused by multiple factors. Neither a specific histological diagnosis of malignancy nor the type of anticancer treatment seem to be strongly related to fatigue, which support the idea that other factors may play a role. This study investigated to what extent the model of fatigue-perpetuating factors that is known for cancer survivors was applicable for patients with advanced cancer.

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