Publications by authors named "T Boymans"
Article Synopsis
- Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is commonly used for end-stage osteoarthritis, creating a rising healthcare burden that could intensify with an increasing number of surgeries.
- A state-transition model was crafted to analyze the effectiveness and costs of five hypothetical interventions aimed at reducing TKA needs, focusing on areas like avoiding surgeries and improving patient satisfaction.
- Findings revealed significant cost savings associated with interventions that prevent TKAs and revisions, particularly benefiting younger patients, highlighting potential innovations that could maximize the value of care while reducing the reliance on surgical procedures.
Purpose: Knee joint distraction is a surgical procedure with cartilage-regenerating properties. The composition of joint distraction-regenerated cartilage in human patients is poorly documented. In this case-study, provided a unique opportunity to biomolecularly characterize the regenerated tissue from a patient who underwent bilateral distraction and later knee replacements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study aimed to systematically synthesize literature on prognostic factors of changes in either direction (ie, worsening or improvement) in pain, physical functioning, and participation in patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis (OA).
Methods: Studies included in two preceding reviews underwent full-text screening for inclusion in the current review. Additionally, an extensive literature search was conducted in five databases.
Purpose: To perform the process evaluation of an intervention that aims to facilitate clinical healthcare professionals (HCP) to provide Maastricht Work-Related Support (WRS) to working patients with a chronic disease.
Methods: A mixed-methods approach was applied to address reach, efficacy, adoption, implementation, and maintenance (RE-AIM framework) as well as context of the Maastricht WRS intervention. Qualitative data included interviews with HCPs (N = 10), patients at two time points (N = 10 and N = 9), and field notes.
Expanding the ABCC-tool for osteoarthritis: Development and content validation.
Osteoarthr Cartil Open
September 2024
Objective: Osteoarthritis (OA) care should be more person-centered based on physical, emotional and social aspects, instead of the current stepped-care approach solely based on physical symptoms, according to OA patients. By developing a novel module for OA in the Assessment of Burden of Chronic Condition (ABCC)-tool, a tool based on these three aspects, experienced quality of OA care and shared-decision making are expected to improve.
Design: The development of the novel OA module involved a triangular iterative process, interviewing OA patients and healthcare professionals in the field of OA, an expert panel and a literature search to identify the needs to improve OA care.