Discontinuation of long-acting reversible contraception: a retrospective Dutch study in general practice.

Background: In the Netherlands, the use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods increases. Studies show high premature discontinuation rates of LARCs, but comprehensive insights into the Dutch situation remain limited.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine (1) the rate and reasons of discontinuation of different types of LARC in the first 2.

Cost-effectiveness of pessary therapy versus surgery for symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse: an economic evaluation alongside a randomised non-inferiority controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of pessary therapy as an initial treatment option compared with surgery for moderate to severe pelvic organ prolapse (POP) symptoms in secondary care from a healthcare and a societal perspective.

Design: Economic evaluation alongside a multicentre randomised controlled non-inferiority trial with a 24-month follow-up.

Setting: 21 hospitals in the Netherlands, recruitment conducted between 2015 and 2022.

Diagnosing and Discussing Sexual Abuse: A Scoping Review on Training Methods for Health Care Professionals.

Purpose: Sexual abuse is a health issue with many consequences. Recognizing and discussing past sexual abuse has proven to be challenging for health care professionals. To improve overall quality of health care for sexual abuse victims, health care professionals need to be properly trained.

Sex differences in the association between (sexual) abuse and lower urinary tract symptoms.

Objectives: To study the possible association between (sexual) abuse and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men and women. To study the differences in this association between men and women, and between the timing of the abuse.

Subjects And Methods: A Dutch observational population-based cross-sectional study was used, based on self-administered questionnaires.

The relation between usage of an eHealth intervention for stress urinary incontinence and treatment outcomes: an observational study.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), though a prevalent condition among women, is undertreated in primary care. EHealth with pelvic floor muscle training is an evidence-based alternative to care-as-usual. It is unknown, however, how eHealth usage is related to treatment outcome, and this knowledge is required for general practitioners to implement eHealth in their practice.

Views on Interprofessional Collaboration in a Dutch Sexual Assault Center: A Qualitative Study Among Workers.

Purpose: As the response to sexual assault victims proved to be shattered and substandard, sexual assault centers were set up to improve care by providing the victims with medical, psychosocial and legal care. The Dutch Centers for Sexual Assault were launched in 2012. We wished to examine the challenges in interprofessional collaboration experienced in a long-running Dutch Sexual Assault Center.

Usage of a Web-Based eHealth Intervention for Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is highly prevalent among women and has an impact on physical and mental well-being. eHealth with pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) has shown to be effective in reducing complaints. The usage and nonusage attrition of eHealth for SUI is unknown, but knowledge about users and their usage patterns is crucial for implementation purposes.

The usefulness of uroflowmetry and ultrasound bladder scanning as diagnostic tools in primary care for new male patients with lower urinary tract symptoms; a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Background: Uroflowmetry and ultrasound scanning of the post-void residual volume are diagnostic instruments in specialist urological care of men referred with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). We hypothesized that implementing uroflowmetry and post-void ultrasound bladder scanning in primary care for men with LUTS will reduce the number of referrals to urologists.

Objective: To assess the effect on referrals to urologists for new male patients over 50 years of age with LUTS when performing uroflowmetry and post-void ultrasound bladder scanning in primary care.

Women's adoption of a web-based intervention for stress urinary incontinence: a qualitative study.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is common among women and affects their quality of life. Pelvic floor muscle training is an effective conservative therapy, but only a minority of women seek help. E-health with pelvic floor muscle training is effective and increases access to care.

An Electronic Health Intervention for Dutch Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a common problem with a great potential influence on quality of life. Although SUI can be treated effectively with pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT), only a minority of women with this complaint seek help. An internet-based electronic health (eHealth) intervention could make care more accessible.

Quality care provision for older people: an interview study with patients and primary healthcare professionals.

Background: In recent years, primary health care for the ageing population has become increasingly complex.

Aim: This study sought to explore the views and needs of healthcare professionals and older patients relating to primary care in order to identify focal areas for improving primary health care for older people.

Design And Setting: This research was structured as a mixed interview study with focus groups and individual interviews.

Women's perception of postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction and their help-seeking behaviour: a qualitative interview study.

Aims: To explore women's perception of postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction and their help-seeking behaviour.

Methods: We interviewed 26 patients from two family practitioners' populations in the Netherlands 1 month to 1 year after their vaginal delivery. The semi-structured interviews were independently encoded and analysed by three researchers according to a scoring list on determined topics.

Attitudes of general practitioners and midwives towards ethnicity-based haemoglobinopathy-carrier screening.

Haemoglobinopathies (HbP) are severe autosomal recessive disorders with high prevalence among certain ethnic groups. World Health Organisation (WHO) advises implementing screening programmes for risk groups. Research in the Netherlands has shown that general practitioners and midwives do not perceive ethnicity as a risk factor for HbP.

A case study of haemoglobinopathy screening in the Netherlands: witnessing the past, lessons for the future.

Objectives: In 2007 neonatal screening (NNS) was expanded to include screening for sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta-thalassaemia. Up until that year no formal recommendations for haemoglobinopathy (carrier) screening existed in the Netherlands. Although it has been subject to debate in the past, preconceptional and prenatal haemoglobinopathy carrier screening are not part of routine healthcare in the Netherlands.