Discontinuation of long-acting reversible contraception: a retrospective Dutch study in general practice.

Background: In the Netherlands, the use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods increases. Studies show high premature discontinuation rates of LARCs, but comprehensive insights into the Dutch situation remain limited.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine (1) the rate and reasons of discontinuation of different types of LARC in the first 2.

Diagnosing and Discussing Sexual Abuse: A Scoping Review on Training Methods for Health Care Professionals.

Purpose: Sexual abuse is a health issue with many consequences. Recognizing and discussing past sexual abuse has proven to be challenging for health care professionals. To improve overall quality of health care for sexual abuse victims, health care professionals need to be properly trained.

Sex differences in the association between (sexual) abuse and lower urinary tract symptoms.

Objectives: To study the possible association between (sexual) abuse and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men and women. To study the differences in this association between men and women, and between the timing of the abuse.

Subjects And Methods: A Dutch observational population-based cross-sectional study was used, based on self-administered questionnaires.

The relation between usage of an eHealth intervention for stress urinary incontinence and treatment outcomes: an observational study.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), though a prevalent condition among women, is undertreated in primary care. EHealth with pelvic floor muscle training is an evidence-based alternative to care-as-usual. It is unknown, however, how eHealth usage is related to treatment outcome, and this knowledge is required for general practitioners to implement eHealth in their practice.

Adverse Events Following the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Introduction: In February 2021, New Zealand began its largest ever immunisation programme with the BNT162b2 mRNA coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine.

Objective: We aimed to understand the association between 12 adverse events of special interest (AESIs) and a primary dose of BNT162b2 in the New Zealand population aged ≥5 years from 19 February 2021 through 10 February 2022.

Methods: Using national electronic health records, the observed rates of AESIs within a risk period (1-21 days) following vaccination were compared with the expected rates based on background data (2014-2019).

Views on Interprofessional Collaboration in a Dutch Sexual Assault Center: A Qualitative Study Among Workers.

Purpose: As the response to sexual assault victims proved to be shattered and substandard, sexual assault centers were set up to improve care by providing the victims with medical, psychosocial and legal care. The Dutch Centers for Sexual Assault were launched in 2012. We wished to examine the challenges in interprofessional collaboration experienced in a long-running Dutch Sexual Assault Center.

Perspectives of Dutch women on premenstrual disorder. A qualitative study exploring women's experiences.

Background: Women presenting with Premenstrual Disorder (PMD) to general practitioners (GPs) experience problems with their biopsychosocial functioning. PMD is a disorder consisting of physical and/or mood-based symptoms cyclically occurring with a significant impairment of daily life. Little is known about the symptoms and coping strategies of women with PMD and their experiences with their GPs.

Thrombotic events following the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) in Aotearoa New Zealand: A self-controlled case series study.

Background: An association between thrombotic events and SARS-CoV-2 infection and the adenovirus-based COVID-19 vaccines has been established, leading to concern over the risk of thrombosis after BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination.

Objectives: To evaluate the risk of arterial thrombosis, cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), splanchnic thrombosis, and venous thromboembolism (VTE) following BNT162b2 vaccination in New Zealand.

Methods: This was a self-controlled case series using national hospitalisation and immunisation records to calculate incidence rate ratios (IRR).

Usage of a Web-Based eHealth Intervention for Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is highly prevalent among women and has an impact on physical and mental well-being. eHealth with pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) has shown to be effective in reducing complaints. The usage and nonusage attrition of eHealth for SUI is unknown, but knowledge about users and their usage patterns is crucial for implementation purposes.

Reasons for contacting the consultation service of a Dutch assault centre.

A telephone and e-mail helpline known as the Consultation Service, open to all the public, was launched at a Dutch Centre for Sexual Violence to deal with non-acute sexual violence. The aim of this study was to gain insight into case characteristics, reasons for contacting the Consultation Service and whether these reasons differed for victims, their relatives and professionals. Using a mixed methods design, the study included all consultations handled at the Consultation Service in 2018 and 2019.

Lipophilic glucose monoesters and glycosides are potent human Mincle agonists.

Macrophage inducible C-type lectin (Mincle) is a pattern recognition receptor on myeloid cells that represents a promising target for Th1-stimulating adjuvants. We report on the synthesis of branched and aromatic glucose monoesters and glycosides and their activation of mouse and human Mincle. In studies using mMincle, derivatives containing aromatic groups in the 6--acyl chain were poor Mincle agonists, while analogues with branched lipophilic groups at the glucose 6-position and anomeric hydroxy or methoxy groups exhibited better Mincle-mediated agonist activity than compounds with a docosyl group at the anomeric position.

What about Using Photovoice for Health and Safety?

The positive reception of Wang and Burris' photovoice method, published in 1997, has led to a proliferation of ways in which professionals deploy photovoice in a widening range of application fields, e.g., public health, social development and phenomenological research of human experiences.

The Value of Active Arts Engagement on Health and Well-Being of Older Adults: A Nation-Wide Participatory Study.

An emerging body of research indicates that active arts engagement can enhance older adults' health and experienced well-being, but scientific evidence is still fragmented. There is a research gap in understanding arts engagement grounded in a multidimensional conceptualization of the value of health and well-being from older participants' perspectives. This Dutch nation-wide study aimed to explore the broader value of arts engagement on older people's perceived health and well-being in 18 participatory arts-based projects (dance, music, singing, theater, visual arts, video, and spoken word) for community-dwelling older adults and those living in long term care facilities.

The usefulness of uroflowmetry and ultrasound bladder scanning as diagnostic tools in primary care for new male patients with lower urinary tract symptoms; a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Background: Uroflowmetry and ultrasound scanning of the post-void residual volume are diagnostic instruments in specialist urological care of men referred with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). We hypothesized that implementing uroflowmetry and post-void ultrasound bladder scanning in primary care for men with LUTS will reduce the number of referrals to urologists.

Objective: To assess the effect on referrals to urologists for new male patients over 50 years of age with LUTS when performing uroflowmetry and post-void ultrasound bladder scanning in primary care.

Trends in victim, incident and care characteristics of a Dutch sexual assault center.

Worldwide, one in three women have experienced sexual violence, causing various physical and mental health problems such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder and medically unexplained symptoms. Much has changed in the last decade. The use of the Internet, smartphones and apps has increased enormously, sexual violence is discussed more and more openly in the media.

Women's adoption of a web-based intervention for stress urinary incontinence: a qualitative study.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is common among women and affects their quality of life. Pelvic floor muscle training is an effective conservative therapy, but only a minority of women seek help. E-health with pelvic floor muscle training is effective and increases access to care.

Reporting after sexual violence: The influence of victim, assault and perpetrator characteristics.

Sexual violence is a worldwide public health concern. Care for victims has improved with the development of sexual assault centres, which have served to professionalise and tailor care and to get different services to improve collaboration. Nonetheless, reporting rates remain low, causing perpetrators to walk free without prosecution.

Cholesteryl glucosides signal through the carbohydrate recognition domain of the macrophage inducible C-type lectin (mincle).

Cholesteryl α-d-glucosides (αGCs) are unique metabolic products of the cancer-causing human pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Via signalling through the Macrophage inducible C-type lectin (Mincle) and the induction of a pro-inflammatory response, they are thought to play a role in the development of gastric atrophy. Herein, we prepared the first library of steryl d-glucosides and determined that they preferentially signal through the carbohydrate recognition domain of human Mincle, rather than the amino acid consensus motif.

Adolescents' experiences with patient engagement in respiratory medicine.

Objective: Adolescent engagement in decision-making processes in health care and research in the field of chronic respiratory diseases is rare but increasingly recognized as important. The aim of this study was to reflect on adolescents' motives and experiences in the process of establishing an advisory council for adolescents with a chronic respiratory disease.

Methods: A qualitative evaluation study was undertaken to assess the process of starting an advisory youth council in a tertiary hospital in the Netherlands.

No Relationship Between the International Prostate Symptom Score and Post-Void Residual Volume in Primary Care.

Background: Lower urinary tract symptom (LUTS) is a common condition in older men. In accordance with the Dutch College of General Practitioners Guideline "Micturition symptoms in men", the diagnosis can be made based on a patient's medical history and a physical examination. GPs lack additional tools in primary care to assess the residual urine volume.

Exploring the views of successful applicants for medical school about gender medicine using a gender-sensitive video assignment.

Background: Sex and gender influence health and disease outcomes, therefore, doctors should be able to deliver gender-sensitive care. To train gender-sensitive doctors, relevant sex and gender differences have to be included in medical education. In order to develop appealing, relevant, and effective education for undergraduate medical students, education should be tailored to students' level and anticipated on their ideas and assumptions.

Perceptions of people with respiratory problems on physician performance evaluation-A qualitative study.

Background: Despite increasing calls for patient and public involvement in health-care quality improvement, the question of how patient evaluations can contribute to physician learning and performance assessment has received scant attention.

Objective: The objective of this study was to explore, amid calls for patient involvement in quality assurance, patients' perspectives on their role in the evaluation of physician performance and to support physicians' learning and decision making on professional competence.

Design: A qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews.

An Electronic Health Intervention for Dutch Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a common problem with a great potential influence on quality of life. Although SUI can be treated effectively with pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT), only a minority of women with this complaint seek help. An internet-based electronic health (eHealth) intervention could make care more accessible.

Trapped in my lungs and fighting a losing battle. A phenomenological study of patients living with chronic obstructive and pulmonary disease.

Chronic obstructive and pulmonary disease (COPD) has detrimental effects on individuals with the disease. COPD causes breathlessness, morbidity and associated psychosocial distress. This study was guided by the phenomenological question what is it like to have COPD and situated in Van Manen's phenomenology of practice.

The Mindful Body: A Phenomenology of the Body With Multiple Sclerosis.

For people living with multiple sclerosis (MS), one's own body may no longer be taken for granted but may become instead an insistent presence. In this article, we describe how the body experience of people with MS can reflect an ongoing oscillation between four experiential dimensions: bodily uncertainty, having a precious body, being a different body, and the mindful body. People with MS can become engaged in a mode of permanent bodily alertness and may demonstrate adaptive responses to their ill body.