Effectiveness of the 'SELF-program' on nurses' activity encouragement behavior and nursing home resident's ADL self-reliance; a cluster-randomized trial.

Background: Nurses play a crucial role in encouraging nursing home resident's activity and independent functioning. However, nurses often take over tasks unnecessarily, which can deprive resident's remaining abilities. The Function-Focused Care philosophy offers guidance for developing programs that support nurses to optimize activity and independence of older people.

Effective nursing interventions in ADL care affecting independence and comfort - a systematic review.

Despite its frequent provision, evidence of nursing interventions in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) remains unclear. Hence, we addressed the research question: What are the effects of ADL nursing interventions on independence and comfort in adults across all care settings? We conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies described in systematic reviews. In three databases, we searched for systematic reviews that we used as a portal to select (quasi) experimental studies.

Effects on clients' daily functioning and common features of reablement interventions: a systematic literature review.

Unlabelled: This systematic review aimed to provide an overview of reablement interventions according to the recently published ReAble definition and their effect on Activities of Daily Living (ADL). In addition, the most common and promising features of these reablement interventions were identified. Four electronic bibliographic databases were searched.

Identifying personal beliefs of nursing staff about encouraging psychogeriatric nursing home residents in daily activities: A qualitative study.

Aim: To identify personal beliefs of Dutch nursing staff about encouraging psychogeriatric nursing home residents in daily activities.

Design: Qualitative study following COREQ guidelines.

Methods: Fifteen semi-structured interviews with Dutch nursing staff of wards hosting psychogeriatric residents were conducted in Spring 2021.

Perceptions of Dutch general practitioners towards eHealth for patients with type-2 diabetes: a qualitative study.

Background: eHealth provides a viable option to facilitate type-2 diabetes mellitus self-management and adherence. To this end, a web-based computer-tailored eHealth programme, My Diabetes Profile (MDP), was developed and implemented in Dutch diabetes care. To fully utilize the potential of eHealth, the reach of effective programmes like MDP should be maximized.