Publications by authors named "Bena Hemmen"
Objectives: to investigate changes in caregiver strain, mental health complaints and QoL in caregivers of COVID-19 ICU survivors in the first year after discharge, and their associations with patients' participation and quality of life.
Methods: Post-ICU COVID-19 survivors, needing inpatient rehabilitation and their informal caregivers were included. Caregiver self-administered questionnaires included quality of life, self-rated health, caregiver strain, anxiety and depression symptoms, post-traumatic stress and coping style.
Prevalence, pathophysiology, prediction and health-related quality of life of long COVID: study protocol of the longitudinal multiple cohort CORona Follow Up (CORFU) study.
BMJ Open
November 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to understand the variety, timing, and long-term effects of persistent COVID-19 symptoms (long COVID) in individuals who experienced different severities of acute COVID-19 infection.
- Researchers will analyze data from seven cohort studies to determine the prevalence of long COVID symptoms and their impact on health-related quality of life, while also developing a prediction model for future patients.
- The study involves ongoing follow-up of participants for up to 24 months post-infection, measuring various health outcomes and complications, and is ethically approved and supported by relevant research foundations.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate recovery of participation in post-COVID-19 patients during the first year after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge. The secondary aim was to identify the early determinants associated with recovery of participation.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Objective: To describe clinical characteristics of patients after intensive care unit (ICU) treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who were admitted for inpatient rehabilitation.
Design: A cross-sectional design.
Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation care in the Netherlands.
Background: In conventional multi-trauma care service (CTCS), patients are admitted to hospital via the accident & emergency room. After surgery they are transferred to the IC-unit followed by the general surgery ward. Ensuing treatment takes place in a hospital's outpatient clinic, a rehabilitation centre, a nursing home or the community.
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