Effectiveness of Teamwork in an Integrated Care Setting for Patients with COPD: Development and Testing of a Self-Evaluation Instrument for Interprofessional Teams.

Introduction: Teamwork between healthcare providers is conditional for the delivery of integrated care. This study aimed to assess the usefulness of the conceptual framework Integrated Team Effectiveness Model for developing and testing of the Integrated Team Effectiveness Instrument.

Theory And Methods: Focus groups with healthcare providers in an integrated care setting for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were conducted to examine the recognisability of the conceptual framework and to explore critical success factors for collaborative COPD practice out of this framework.

A process evaluation of a stroke-specific follow-up care model for stroke patients and caregivers; a longitudinal study.

Background: There is a need for follow-up care after stroke, but there is no consensus about the way to organise it. An intervention providing follow-up care for stroke patients and caregivers showed favourable effects on the level of social activities, but no other effects were found. The intervention consists of a maximum of five home visits to patients and caregivers during a period of 18 months post-discharge.

[Summary of the 'Stroke' guideline of the Dutch College of General Practitioners' (NHG)].

The Dutch College of General Practitioners (NHG) guideline 'Stroke' covers the diagnosis, management and long-term care of stroke in general practice. Patients with neurological symptoms suspected to be due to cerebral infarction or haemorrhage should be transferred directly to a stroke unit. The specialized care provided by these units, including emergency interventions (e.

Effect of a stroke-specific follow-up care model on the quality of life of stroke patients and caregivers: A controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a stroke-specific follow-up care model on quality of life for stroke patients, being discharged home, and their caregivers.

Design: A non-randomized, controlled trial, comparing an intervention group with a control group (usual care).

Subjects: Stroke patients and their caregivers.

Multidisciplinary care for stroke patients living in the community: a systematic review.

Objective: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of multidisciplinary care for stroke patients living in the community.

Data Sources: Databases PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library from January 1980 until July 2012.

Study Selection: Randomized controlled trials focused on multidisciplinary interventions for stroke patients living at home after hospitalization or inpatient rehabilitation were selected.