Continuity of care as central theme in perinatal care: A systematic review.

Problem: The global shortage of nurses is straining perinatal care, disrupting continuity of care and negatively affecting patient outcomes.

Background: Continuity of care is essential in perinatal care, where the complexity of maternal and infant needs requires coordinated care across the antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods.

Aim: To provide an overview of the current literature on continuity of care in the interprofessional perinatal care from the perspective of nursing.

Association between diet quality and all-cause mortality in a large Dutch cohort.

Food-based dietary guidelines are helpful for governments and health agencies to encourage healthy eating at the population level. In order to assess adherence to such guidelines, index scores have been developed, the version in the Netherlands being the Dutch Healthy Diet-index (2015) (DHD2015-index), which reflect adherence to the 2015 Dutch dietary guidelines. Because a higher diet quality, i.

Assessment of the Dutch Healthy Diet index 2015 in the Lifelines cohort study at baseline.

Background: Dietary indices are useful measures to investigate associations between dietary intake and disease development. The Dutch Healthy Diet index 2015 (DHD2015-index), a measure of diet quality, assesses adherence to the 2015 Dutch dietary guidelines. We assessed the DHD2015-index in the Lifelines cohort study, and compared calculations from basic and detailed dietary intake data.

The impact of running on gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

Introduction: Physical activity has been suggested to alleviate gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); however, evidence is scarce. Running has become increasingly popular and may be beneficial for patients with IBS. To obtain more insight in the potential application of running as therapy, we aimed to explore the impact of running and its intensity on GI symptoms in patients with IBS.

Efficacy and utility of a tool for both measurement of vitamin B6, B12, D, folate and iron status and assessment of diet quality in athletes.

NutriProfiel® is a tool to measure micronutrient status and to assess diet quality. It consists of measurement of micronutrient status in blood and a short food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) ('Eetscore-FFQ'). Based on the results, individuals receive a dietary advice.