The relation between resident-related factors and care problems in nursing homes: a multi-level analysis.

Background: Care problems such as decubitus and fall incidents are prevalent in nursing homes. Yet, research regarding explanatory factors on these care problems is scarce. The aim of this study is twofold: (1) to identify the degree to which a diverse set of resident-related factors (e.

Comparing text mining and manual coding methods: Analysing interview data on quality of care in long-term care for older adults.

Objectives: In long-term care for older adults, large amounts of text are collected relating to the quality of care, such as transcribed interviews. Researchers currently analyze textual data manually to gain insights, which is a time-consuming process. Text mining could provide a solution, as this methodology can be used to analyze large amounts of text automatically.

The development of an automatic speech recognition model using interview data from long-term care for older adults.

Objective: In long-term care (LTC) for older adults, interviews are used to collect client perspectives that are often recorded and transcribed verbatim, which is a time-consuming, tedious task. Automatic speech recognition (ASR) could provide a solution; however, current ASR systems are not effective for certain demographic groups. This study aims to show how data from specific groups, such as older adults or people with accents, can be used to develop an effective ASR.

Text mining in long-term care: Exploring the usefulness of artificial intelligence in a nursing home setting.

Objectives: In nursing homes, narrative data are collected to evaluate quality of care as perceived by residents or their family members. This results in a large amount of textual data. However, as the volume of data increases, it becomes beyond the capability of humans to analyze it.

Seven steps toward more transparency in statistical practice.

We argue that statistical practice in the social and behavioural sciences benefits from transparency, a fair acknowledgement of uncertainty and openness to alternative interpretations. Here, to promote such a practice, we recommend seven concrete statistical procedures: (1) visualizing data; (2) quantifying inferential uncertainty; (3) assessing data preprocessing choices; (4) reporting multiple models; (5) involving multiple analysts; (6) interpreting results modestly; and (7) sharing data and code. We discuss their benefits and limitations, and provide guidelines for adoption.

A communication model for nursing staff working in dementia care: Results of a scoping review.

Background: Communication between nursing staff and people with dementia can be challenging. According to the literature, communication is seen as a process of social- and/or informational exchange between a sender and a receiver in a context. Factors related to these elements determine the quality of communication.

The Validity of Connecting Conversations: A Narrative Method to Assess Experienced Quality of Care in Nursing Homes from the Resident's Perspective.

It is important to assess experienced quality of care in nursing homes, as this portrays what is important to residents and helps identify what quality improvements should focus on. Connecting Conversations is a narrative method that assesses experienced quality of care from the resident's perspective in nursing homes by having separate conversations with residents, family, and professional caregivers (triads) within a learning network. This study assessed the validity of performing the narrative method, Connecting Conversations.

The opinions of radiographers, nuclear medicine technologists and radiation therapists regarding technology in health care: a qualitative study.

Introduction: New technology is continuously introduced in health care. The aim of this study was (1) to collect the opinions and experiences of radiographers, nuclear medicine technologists and radiation therapists regarding the technology they use in their profession and (2) to acquire their views regarding the role of technology in their future practice.

Methods: Participants were recruited from five departments in five hospitals in The Netherlands.

Older Adults' Reasons for Using Technology while Aging in Place.

Background: Most older adults prefer to age in place, and supporting older adults to remain in their own homes and communities is also favored by policy makers. Technology can play a role in staying independent, active and healthy. However, the use of technology varies considerably among older adults.

[Using the RAND-36 among community-dwelling older adults can lead to an underestimation of self-reported health].

The overall health status of the population is often measured by RAND-36 item Health Survey. In 2012, Fontys and partners started a longitudinal field study in the Netherlands. This study is aimed at identifying factors that influence the use of technology by elderly individuals in order to increase independent living.

Finding potentially new multimorbidity patterns of psychiatric and somatic diseases: exploring the use of literature-based discovery in primary care research.

Background: Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic medical conditions within a single individual, is increasingly becoming part of daily care of general medical practice. Literature-based discovery may help to investigate the patterns of multimorbidity and to integrate medical knowledge for improving healthcare delivery for individuals with co-occurring chronic conditions.

Objective: To explore the usefulness of literature-based discovery in primary care research through the key-case of finding associations between psychiatric and somatic diseases relevant to general practice in a large biomedical literature database (Medline).

The effect of multimorbidity on health related functioning: temporary or persistent? Results from a longitudinal cohort study.

Objective: Multimorbidity is known for its negative effects on health related functioning. It remains unclear if these effects are stable over time. The aim was to investigate if the relation between single morbidity/multimorbidity and health related functioning is temporary or persistent.