Background: Knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) among older adults account for substantial disability and extensive healthcare use. Effective pain coping strategies help to deal with OA. This study aims to determine the long-term relationship between pain coping style and the course of healthcare use in patients with knee and/or hip OA over 10 years. Methods: Baseline and 10-year follow-up data of 861 Dutch participants with early knee and/or hip OA from the Cohort Hip and Cohort Knee (CHECK) cohort were used. The amount of healthcare use (HCU) and pain coping style were measured. Generalized Estimating Equations were used, adjusted for relevant confounders. Results: At baseline, 86.5% of the patients had an active pain coping style. Having an active pain coping style was significantly (p = 0.022) associated with an increase of 16.5% (95% CI, 2.0–32.7) in the number of used healthcare services over 10 years. Conclusion: Patients with early knee and/or hip OA with an active pain coping style use significantly more different healthcare services over 10 years, as opposed to those with a passive pain coping style. Further research should focus on altered treatment (e.g., focus on self-management) in patients with an active coping style, to reduce HCU.
Intention of healthcare providers to use video-communication in terminal care: a cross-sectional study. Richard M. H. Evering, Marloes G. Postel, Harmieke van Os-Medendorp, Marloes Bults and Marjolein E. M. den Ouden BMC Palliative Care volume 21, Article number: 213 (2022) Cite this articleAbstractBackgroundInterdisciplinary collaboration between healthcare providers with regard to consultation, transfer and advice in terminal care is both important and challenging. The use of video communication in terminal care is low while in first-line healthcare it has the potential to improve quality of care, as it allows healthcare providers to assess the clinical situation in real time and determine collectively what care is needed. The aim of the present study is to explore the intention to use video communication by healthcare providers in interprofessional terminal care and predictors herein.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, an online survey was used to explore the intention to use video communication. The survey was sent to first-line healthcare providers involved in terminal care (at home, in hospices and/ or nursing homes) and consisted of 39 questions regarding demographics, experience with video communication and constructs of intention to use (i.e. Outcome expectancy, Effort expectancy, Attitude, Social influence, Facilitating conditions, Anxiety, Self-efficacy and Personal innovativeness) based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and Diffusion of Innovation Theory. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze demographics and experiences with video communication. A multiple linear regression analysis was performed to give insight in the intention to use video communication and predictors herein.Results90 respondents were included in the analysis.65 (72%) respondents had experience with video communication within their profession, although only 15 respondents (17%) used it in terminal care. In general, healthcare providers intended to use video communication in terminal care (Mean (M) = 3.6; Standard Deviation (SD) = .88). The regression model was significant and explained 44% of the variance in intention to use video communication, with ‘Outcome expectancy’ and ‘Social influence’ as significant predictors.ConclusionsHealthcare providers have in general the intention to use video communication in interprofessional terminal care. However, their actual use in terminal care is low. ‘Outcome expectancy’ and ‘Social influence’ seem to be important predictors for intention to use video communication. This implicates the importance of informing healthcare providers, and their colleagues and significant others, about the usefulness and efficiency of video communication.
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Value-based healthcare (VBHC) kent een aandoening-specifieke aanpak, gericht op een zorgpad na diagnose en start van behandeling. De aanpak is nog sterk ziekenhuiszorg- georiënteerd en zou zich meer op de volledige zorgcyclus moeten richten. In dit project gaan we onderzoeken hoe preventie geïntegreerd kan worden in de VBHC-benadering. Hiervoor gaan we voor hartrevalidatie in kaart brengen hoe uitkomstinformatie, inclusief patiënt-gerapporteerde uitkomsten, ingezet kan worden bij het samen beslissen over gepersonaliseerde zorg en preventie. Het consortium bestaat uit MKB-partner PRO-F (e-health hartrevalidatie), praktijkpartners Medisch Spectrum Twente (Santeon-Ziekenhuis, thoraxcentrum) en Santeon (samenwerkingsverband zeven topklinische ziekenhuizen), Saxion lectoraten Verpleegkunde en Waarde van Reclasseren (maatschappelijke impact) en Hanzehogeschool lector Waardegedreven Zorg. Door middel van literatuuronderzoek en kwalitatief onderzoek wordt verkend waar de kansen liggen voor het integreren van secundaire preventie in de VBHC-benadering in de hartrevalidatie. Aan de hand van drie focusgroepen met patiënten, verpleegkundigen/artsen en experts worden de voor de patiënt relevante zorguitkomsten verhelderd. Op basis hiervan wordt de vertaalslag gemaakt naar gepersonaliseerde zorguitkomsten en hoe e-health oplossingen dit proces kunnen ondersteunen. Hiermee bieden we (1) inzicht in de mogelijkheden voor preventie binnen de VBHC-werkwijze, (2) kennis over hoe gepersonaliseerde zorg en samen beslissen gefaciliteerd kunnen worden, (3) inzicht in de rol die e-health oplossingen kunnen spelen, (4) kennis over de rol van de verpleegkundige in dit vraagstuk, en (5) een kwalitatief beeld van de impact hiervan.
