Sustained employment, work disability and work functioning in CKD patients: a cross-sectional survey study.

Introduction: Kidney failure negatively affects opportunities for work participation. Little is known about work functioning of employed CKD patients. This study investigates work-related outcomes, and examines associations between patient characteristics and employment status.

Employment Status and Work Functioning among Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Background And Objectives: To date, employment figures of kidney transplant recipients in Europe are inconsistent. Additionally, little is known about work functioning of employed kidney transplant recipients and work functioning trajectories before and after transplantation.

Design, Setting, Participants, & Measurements: Data from the ongoing TransplantLines Biobank and Cohort study and from community-dwelling employed adults were used.

[Experience of first COVID-19 patients in Northern part of the Netherlands: Information provision, source investigation, contact tracing and home isolation].

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate how patients experience the information, the source investigation and contact tracing and the measures in isolation at the start of a pandemic.

Design: Secondary analysis of semi-structured interviews was conducted as part of a larger exploratory mixed-methods study on COVID-19 patient experiences.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 people from Friesland and Groningen who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 between 9 March and 3 April 2020, recruited via maximum variation sampling.

Barriers to and Facilitators of Sustained Employment: A Qualitative Study of Experiences in Dutch Patients With CKD.

Rationale & Objective: Although patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at risk for work disability and loss of employment, not all experience work disruption. We aimed to describe the barriers to and facilitators of sustained employment experienced by Dutch patients with CKD.

Study Design: Qualitative study using semistructured interviews.

Experiences of case managers in providing person-centered and integrated care based on the Chronic Care Model: A qualitative study on embrace.

Background: Due to the rise in the number of older adults within the population, healthcare demands are changing drastically, all while healthcare expenditure continues to grow. Person-centered and integrated-care models are used to support the redesigning the provision of care and support. Little is known, however, about how redesigning healthcare delivery affects the professionals involved.

Exploring participatory behaviour of disability benefit claimants from an insurance physician's perspective.

Purpose: In the Dutch social security system, insurance physicians (IPs) assess participatory behaviour as part of the overall disability claim assessment. This study aims to explore the views and opinions of IPs regarding participatory behaviour as well as factors related to inadequate participatory behaviour, and to incorporate these factors in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) biopsychosocial framework.

Method: This qualitative study collected data by means of open-ended questions in 10 meetings of local peer review groups (PRGs) which included a total of 78 IPs of the Dutch Social Security Institute.

Effects of a multidisciplinary group rehabilitation programme on participation of the visually impaired elderly: a pilot study.

Purpose: To pilot test the newly developed multidisciplinary group rehabilitation programme Visually Impaired elderly Persons Participating (VIPP).

Method: A single group pretest-posttest design pilot study included 29 visually impaired persons (≥ 55 years). The intervention (20 weekly meetings) consisted of four components (practical training; education, social interaction, counselling and training of problem-solving skills; individual and group goal setting; home-based exercise programme).

Long-term health and work outcomes of renal transplantation and patterns of work status during the end-stage renal disease trajectory.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine the health- and work outcomes of renal transplant recipients long-term after transplantation as well as the pattern of work status, work ability and disability benefits during the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) trajectory that precedes transplantation.

Methods: 34 transplant recipients completed interviews 3, 13 months and >6 years posttransplantation. Health status (SF-36), work ability (WAI), and fatigue (CIS) were assessed by questionnaires, clinical data were derived from medical charts, and data on functional limitations were extracted from the social security system database.

Determinants of social participation of visually impaired older adults.

Purpose: To assess determinants of social participation among visually impaired older adults.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included visually impaired persons (≥55 years; n = 173) who were referred to a low-vision rehabilitation center. Determinants (i.

Participation as an outcome measure in psychosocial oncology: content of cancer-specific health-related quality of life instruments.

Purpose: To examine to what extent the concept and the domains of participation as defined in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) are represented in general cancer-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instruments.

Methods: Using the ICF linking rules, two coders independently extracted the meaningful concepts of ten instruments and linked these to ICF codes.

Results: The proportion of concepts that could be linked to ICF codes ranged from 68 to 95%.

Loneliness and self-management abilities in the visually impaired elderly.

Objective: To describe the degree of loneliness among the visually impaired elderly and to make a comparison with a matched reference group of the normally sighted elderly. In addition, we examined self-management abilities (SMAs) as determinants of loneliness among the visually impaired elderly.

Method: In a cross-sectional study, 173 visually impaired elderly persons completed telephone interviews.

Participation of the elderly after vision loss.

Purpose: To assess the degree of participation of the visually impaired elderly and to make a comparison with population-based reference data.

Method: This cross-sectional study included visually impaired elderly persons (≥55 years; n = 173) who were referred to a low-vision rehabilitation centre. Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) participation in: (1) domestic life, (2) interpersonal interactions and relationships, (3) major life areas, and (4) community, social and civic life was assessed by means of telephone interviews.

Factors determining social participation in the first year after kidney transplantation: a prospective study.

Background: This study describes changes in social participation in the first year after kidney transplantation and examines the influence of clinical factors, health status, transplantation-related symptoms, and psychological characteristics on change in social participation.

Methods: A prospective study was performed on a cohort of primary kidney transplant recipients, transplanted between March 2002 and March 2003. Data on participation in obligatory activities (i.

Social participation after successful kidney transplantation.

Purpose: To explore and describe the degree of social participation after kidney transplantation and to examine associated factors.

Method: A cross-sectional study on 239 adult patients 1-7.3 years after kidney transplantation was performed via in-home interviews on participation in obligatory activities (i.

Social participation and employment status after kidney transplantation: a systematic review.

Objective: To summarize and assess literature regarding social participation of recipients after successful kidney transplantation.

Methods: A systematic review including a literature search in Medline (1980-2003) and five other databases, and assessment of methodological quality of selected studies by two reviewers applying a checklist of twelve criteria.

Results: Seventeen studies out of 1443 identified references were selected.

Clinical factors influencing participation in society after successful kidney transplantation.

Background: Little information is available on the degree of actual social functioning after successful kidney transplantation. Moreover, information on factors that influence participation in social activities is scarce. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of clinical factors on social outcome.