The Patient's Role Development in the Process of Participating in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings: From Passive Attendees to Active Members or Dropouts.

Mental health patients are increasingly invited to participate in multidisciplinary team meetings during their admission to inpatient mental health units. To participate effectively, patients must adopt a role that enables them to actively engage and take their place as contributing member of the team. This study aims to understand how mental health patients experience the development of their roles when participating in multidisciplinary team meetings and to identify which dynamics are meaningful to them.

Development of a clinical practice guideline on pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injuries inspired by the ADAPTE method.

Study Design: Guideline adaptation study using the ADAPTE method.

Objective: The aim of this study was the development and validation of a Danish clinical practice guideline for PU/PI prevention and treatment for people with SCI through adaptation of existing guidelines.

Methods: The ADAPTE method is a systematic framework used to adapt existing clinical practice guidelines to a new context, such as a different healthcare setting or population.

Relatives' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences Toward Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Systematic Review.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for patients with severe psychiatric disorders. Stigma and lack of knowledge surrounding ECT are major obstacles for both patients and their caregivers, who play an important role as shared decision-makers. Insight in caregivers' perspectives on ECT can support the consent process and patient compliance with ECT.

Patient Participation in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings in Residential Mental Health Services: An Explorative Study of Patients' Perception.

Introduction: The lack of evidence of mental health patients' perception on patient participation in multidisciplinary team meetings (MTMs) is a potential threat to the person-centeredness of care.

Aim: To explore the perceptions of mental health patients regarding patient participation in MTMs and to identify factors associated with these perceptions.

Method: In a cross-sectional study, 127 former and 109 currently admitted mental health patients completed the Patient Participation during Team Meetings Questionnaire (PaPaT-Q).

Empowering Support for Family Members of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury During the Acute Care: Insights From Family Members and Nurses.

Aim: To investigate the perceptions of family members (FMs) of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and nurses on empowering support and its implementation during the acute phase within Finnish neurosurgical and neurological care in hospital settings, focusing on identifying similarities and differences in their viewpoints.

Design: Participatory qualitative descriptive study.

Methods: Data were collected from seven FMs and 11 nurses using the World Café method in November 2019.

Patient-reported outcomes of psychiatric and/or mental health nursing in hospitals: a systematic review protocol.

Introduction: There is a lack of distinct and measurable outcomes in psychiatric and/or mental health nursing which negatively impacts guiding clinical practice, assessing evidence-based nursing interventions, ensuring future-proof nursing education and establishing visibility as a profession and discipline. Psychiatric and/or mental health nursing struggle to demonstrate patient-reported outcomes to assess the effectiveness of their practice. A systematic review that summarising patient-reported outcomes, associated factors, measured nursing care/interventions and used measurement scales of psychiatric and/or mental health nursing in the adult population in acute, intensive and forensic psychiatric wards in hospitals will capture important information on how care can be improved by better understanding what matters and what is important to patients themselves.

The patient's perspective on participation in a multidisciplinary team meeting: A phenomenological study.

In mental health care settings, inpatients are increasingly engaged in their care process, allowing them to participate in multidisciplinary team meetings. Research into how mental health patients (MHPs) experience participating in such meetings is, however, limited. This study aimed to explore inpatients' experiences when participating in multidisciplinary team meetings in a Belgian inpatient mental health unit.

Development of a competency framework for advanced practice nurses: A co-design process.

Aims: The aim of the study was to develop a comprehensive competency framework for advanced practice nurses in Belgium.

Design: A co-design development process was conducted.

Methods: This study consisted of two consecutive stages (November 2020-December 2021): (1) developing a competency framework for advanced practice nurses in Belgium by the research team, based on literature and (2) group discussions or interviews with and written feedback from key stakeholders.

Correction: Exploring a New Entity of Single-Agent Pembrolizumab-Associated Hypophysitis.

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The process of clinical decision-making in chronic wound care: A scenario-based think-aloud study.

Aims: To undertake a comprehensive investigation into both the process of information acquisition and the clinical decision-making process utilized by primary care nurses in the course of treating chronic wounds.

Design: Scenario-based think-aloud method, enriched by the integration of information processing theory. The study was conducted within the framework of home care nursing organizations situated in Flanders, the Flemish speaking part of Belgium.

"I am just trying to live a life!" -a qualitative study of the lived experience of pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injuries.

Background: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are frequently reported in people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Wound management in people with SCI involves relieving pressure on the affected area by means of immobilisation and bed rest. The healing time of a PU can vary, but often takes several months or even years, causing people to stay in bed for prolonged periods of time.

The experiences, needs and expectations of patients regarding participation at home: an explorative study in Belgium.

Background: Patients have an important role in the improvement of their health. Patient participation is a key component to achieving this. Some form of patient participation is already present in home care, but this needs to be optimised.

Associated factors of nurse-sensitive patient outcomes: A multicentred cross-sectional study in psychiatric inpatient hospitals.

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN?: The nurse-patient relationship in mental health care is an important focus of mental health nursing theories and research. There is limited evidence about which factors influence nurse-sensitive patient outcomes of the nurse-patient relationship. This hinders the development, planning, delivering, and quality assurance of the nurse-patient relationship in nursing practice and nursing education.

Empowering Support for Family Members of Brain Injury Patients in the Acute Phase of Hospital Care: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.

This review aimed to identify and synthesize empowering support for the family members of patients in the acute phase of traumatic brain injury hospital treatment. CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus, and Medic databases were searched from 2010 to 2021. Twenty studies met the inclusion criteria.

What is appropriate care? A qualitative study into the perceptions of healthcare professionals in Flemish university hospital intensive care units.

Aim: This study examines when healthcare professionals consider intensive care as appropriate care.

Background: Despite attempts to conceptualize appropriate care in prior research, there is a lack of insight into its meaning and implementation in practice. This is an important issue because healthcare professionals as well as patients and relatives report inappropriate care in the intensive care unit (ICU) on a regular basis.

Patient-reported outcomes of the nurse-patient relationship in psychiatric inpatient hospitals: A multicentred descriptive cross-sectional study.

Unlabelled: WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Psychiatric and/or mental health nurses are struggling to measure the outcomes of the nurse-patient relationship. Collecting nurse-sensitive patient outcomes is a strategy to provide outcomes of a nurse-patient relationship from patients' perspectives. Because there was no validated scale, the Mental Health Nurse-Sensitive Patient Outcome-Scale (six-point Likert-scale) was recently developed and psychometrically evaluated.

Physical Activity and Health-related Quality of Life from Diagnosis to One Year After Radical Cystectomy in Patients with Bladder Cancer: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.

Background: Emerging evidence shows a positive impact of physical activity (PA) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in cancer patients. However, longitudinal evidence on PA and HRQoL in patients with bladder cancer (BC) undergoing radical cystectomy (RC) is lacking.

Objectives: To investigate PA levels, HRQoL outcomes and their relationship from diagnosis to one year after RC in BC patients.

Participation of inpatients in multidisciplinary team meetings: An explorative study of mental healthcare workers' perception.

Aim: To explore the perception of mental healthcare workers about participation of inpatients during multidisciplinary team meetings (MTMs) and to determine which demographic and contextual factors are associated with this perception.

Methods: A cross-sectional multicentre study in 17 psychiatric hospitals with 701 mental healthcare workers was performed between 29 April and 19 May 2019. For measuring the perception of the mental healthcare workers, the Patient Participation during Multidisciplinary Team meetings Questionnaire was used.

Exploring a New Entity of Single-Agent Pembrolizumab-Associated Hypophysitis.

Hypophysitis is the inflammation of the pituitary gland primary or secondary to local or systemic disease. It tends to occur more with cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 inhibitors (10-15% of cases), which is a different entity compared to that associated with anti-program death 1 (anti-PD1) inhibitors. We describe a case of pembrolizumab-associated hypophysitis and conduct a systematic review of the literature.

Experiences of patients with cancer and their relatives confronted with COVID-19 related delay or change in care: A qualitative study.

Aims: To provide in-depth insight into how patients and their relatives experienced change or delay in cancer treatment and care due to COVID-19.

Design: A qualitative study including semi-structured interviews with patients with cancer and their relatives.

Methods: Between July and October 2020, 42 patients who were confronted with a change or delay in cancer treatment or care, and 11 relatives were interviewed.

The accuracy of methods for determining the internal length of a nasogastric tube in adult patients: a systematic review.

Background: Blind insertion of nasogastric (NG) tubes is performed for several reasons: nutrition and medication administration, gastric aspiration/decompression, and other, diagnostic reasons. Accidental intraesophageal and intestinal placement is common, and increases the risk of serious complications. Therefore, accurate determination of the internal length of the NG tube before placement is considered a prerequisite for achieving correct gastric positioning.

Experiences and needs of partners as informal caregivers of patients with major low anterior resection syndrome: A qualitative study.

Purpose: After treatment, many rectal cancer survivors are confronted with ongoing bowel problems, called low anterior resection syndrome. The cancer diagnosis and treatment poses a burden on informal caregivers and results in higher levels of psychological distress and loneliness which is persistent after treatment as well. Our study aimed to investigate the experiences and needs of partners as informal caregivers of patients with major low anterior resection syndrome.

Information and counselling needs of patients with major low anterior resection syndrome: A qualitative study.

Aims And Objectives: The aim was to explore the information and counselling needs of rectal cancer survivors confronted with major low anterior resection syndrome.

Background: Rectal cancer survivors are often confronted with bowel problems after surgery. This is called low anterior resection syndrome.

The interpersonal care relationship between nurses and older patients: A cross-sectional study in three hospitals.

Aim: To gain insight into which elements of the interpersonal care relationship (IPCR) are perceived as occurring (less) frequently and as (not) disturbing from the perspective of hospitalized older patients.

Design: A cross-sectional study in three Belgian hospitals.

Methods: A convenience sample of patients aged 75 years or older admitted to a non-geriatric ward were recruited between May 2017 and April 2019.

The trajectory of hope and loneliness in rectal cancer survivors with major low anterior resection syndrome: A qualitative study.

Purpose: Rectal cancer survivors are often confronted with long-term bowel function impairment, called low anterior resection syndrome. This has a large impact on patients' lives. The aim was to explore the experiences of patients with major low anterior resection syndrome with a specific focus on hope and loneliness.