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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of snoezelen, integrated in 24-hour care, on the communication of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and demented nursing home residents during morning care. METHODS: A quasi-experimental pre- and post-test design was conducted, comparing sic psychogeriat
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effectiveness of snoezelen, integrated in 24-hour daily care, on the behavior and mood of demented nursing home residents. DESIGN: Quasiexperimental pre- and posttest design. SETTING: Twelve psychogeriatric wards of six nursing homes, spread over different parts of the
The assumption that disease-related stressors are exclusive for particular diagnoses characterizes many studies of chronically ill patients. In this study the perceptions of 1305 patients from 10 different chronic disease categories were compared with respect to a number of important stressors. Diff
The objectives of this study were to describe the features of consultation within general practice with special attention to the differences between short, moderate and long consultations. An analysis of 2801 videotaped consultations of 183 General Practitioners from six countries participating in
Background: The general practitioner is usually the first health care contact for mental problems. The position of a general practitioner may vary between health care systems, depending on the referral system (gatekeepers versus directly accessible specialists), presence of fixed lists and the payme
Objective: The aim of the present study was to examine whether optimistic chronically ill patients [50 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and 65 Type 1 diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients] overestimate their health status by decreased symptom report, and to what extent such an optimistic interpretation
This study explores the relation between the diagnosis made by the general practitioner (GP) and his or her communicative behavior within a consultation, by means of the analysis of 2095 videotaped consultations of 168 GPs from six countries participating in the Eurocommunication study. The doctors’
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