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List of works by Wilco Achterberg

A multi-component cognitive behavioural intervention for the treatment of fear of falling after hip fracture (FIT-HIP): protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

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An economic appraisal of the Australian Medical Sheepskin for the prevention of sacral pressure ulcers from a nursing home perspective

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An international road map to improve pain assessment in people with impaired cognition: the development of the Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition (PAIC) meta-tool

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Antibiotic prescribing in Dutch nursing homes: how appropriate is it?

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

Antibiotic use and resistance in long term care facilities.

scientific article published on 09 May 2012

Assessment of Comorbidity Burden and its Association With Functional Rehabilitation Outcome After Stroke or Hip Fracture: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

Association Between Glycosylated Hemoglobin and Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Older Adults without Diabetes Mellitus in the General Population: The Leiden 85-Plus Study

scientific article published on June 2015

Association between pain, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and physical function in dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 19 April 2015

Care-Related Quality of Life of Informal Caregivers After Geriatric Rehabilitation

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Changes in geriatric rehabilitation: a national programme to improve quality of care. The Synergy and Innovation in Geriatric Rehabilitation study

scientific article published on October 2015

Characteristics Associated with Quality of Life in Long-Term Care Residents with Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 27 September 2016

Chronic pain in "probable" vascular dementia: preliminary findings

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Commentary: COVID in Care Homes-Challenges and Dilemmas in Healthcare Delivery

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Cost-effectiveness of the Australian Medical Sheepskin for the prevention of pressure ulcers in somatic nursing home patients: study protocol for a prospective multi-centre randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN17553857)

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Cost-effectiveness research in elderly residents in long-term care: prevention is better than cure, but not always cheaper

scientific article published on January 2015

Depressive symptoms in newly admitted nursing home residents

scientific article published on December 2006

Development of a practice guideline for optimal symptom relief for patients with pneumonia and dementia in nursing homes using a Delphi study

scientific article published on 7 July 2014

Discharge home after acute stroke: Differences between older and younger patients

scientific article published on 11 December 2015

Effect of tailored antibiotic stewardship programmes on the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in nursing homes

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Effectiveness of cranberry capsules to prevent urinary tract infections in vulnerable older persons: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial in long-term care facilities

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Effects of a Stepwise Multidisciplinary Intervention for Challenging Behavior in Advanced Dementia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Effects of two feedback interventions on end-of-life outcomes in nursing home residents with dementia: A cluster-randomized controlled three-armed trial

scientific article published in January 2018

Effects on pain of a stepwise multidisciplinary intervention (STA OP!) that targets pain and behavior in advanced dementia: A cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on February 2017

Efficacy of daily 800 IU vitamin D supplementation in reaching vitamin D sufficiency in nursing home residents: cross-sectional patient file study

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Erratum to: Association between pain, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and physical function in dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 9 September 2015

Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing in long-term care facilities: a qualitative in-depth study

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Family perceptions of wishes of dementia patients regarding end-of-life care

scientific article published in February 2011

Fear of falling after hip fracture in vulnerable older persons rehabilitating in a skilled nursing facility

scientific article published in March 2014

Fear of falling after hip fracture: a systematic review of measurement instruments, prevalence, interventions, and related factors.

scientific article published on September 2010

Fear of falling in patients with hip fractures: prevalence and related psychological factors

scientific article published on 6 December 2012

Feedback on end-of-life care in dementia: the study protocol of the FOLlow-up project

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Geriatric rehabilitation for patients with advanced COPD: programme characteristics and case studies

scientific article published on 01 March 2013

Geriatric rehabilitation for patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a naturalistic prospective cohort study on feasibility and course of health status.

scientific article published in May 2014

Health status measured by the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) improves following post-acute pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with advanced COPD: a prospective observational study

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High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in patients with manifest Huntington disease: An explorative study

scientific article published on June 2013

How can the quality of life of older patients living with chronic pain be improved?

scientific article published on 27 August 2019

Identifying and Managing Pain in People with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Types of Dementia: A Systematic Review

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Improved end-of-life care for patients with dementia: greater family satisfaction and possibly greater end-of-life comfort

scientific article published in January 2013

Improving comfort in people with dementia and pneumonia: a cluster randomized trial

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Interventions targeting pain or behaviour in dementia: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 28 May 2013

Long-term restrictions in participation in stroke survivors under and over 70 years of age.

scientific article published on 5 January 2017

Longitudinal follow-up study on fear of falling during and after rehabilitation in skilled nursing facilities

scientific article published on 4 December 2015

Measuring the quality of dying and quality of care when dying in long-term care settings: a qualitative content analysis of available instruments.

scientific article published on 26 May 2011

Multidisciplinary guideline 'Recognition and treatment of chronic pain in vulnerable elderly people'

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Music therapy in Huntington's disease: a protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial

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Nonreferral of nursing home patients with suspected breast cancer

scientific article published on 10 February 2012

Opioid Prescription Use in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

scientific article published on 9 November 2017

Orofacial Pain during Mastication in People with Dementia: Reliability Testing of the Orofacial Pain Scale for Non-Verbal Individuals

scientific article published on 8 February 2016

Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition (PAIC): content validity of the Dutch version of a new and universal tool to measure pain in dementia

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Pain assessment in impaired cognition: observer agreement in a long-term care setting in patients with dementia

scientific article published on 12 August 2019

Pain in European long-term care facilities: cross-national study in Finland, Italy and The Netherlands.

scientific article published on 11 November 2009

Pain in patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Pain in the nursing home: assessment and treatment on different types of care wards

scientific article published on 5 July 2007

Pain management in patients with dementia

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Physicians' Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Use of Opioids in Long-Term Care Facilities

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Prevalence of the Use of Opioids for Treatment of Pain in Persons with a Cognitive Impairment Compared with Cognitively Intact Persons: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Psychometric properties of instruments to measure the quality of end-of-life care and dying for long-term care residents with dementia.

scientific article published on 5 August 2011

Relationship between chronic pain and cognition in cognitively intact older persons and in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The need to control for mood.

scientific article published on 10 January 2008

Relationship of patient volume and service concentration with outcome in geriatric rehabilitation.

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Reliability and validity of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International after hip fracture in patients aged ≥ 65 years

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Selecting the best instruments to measure quality of end-of-life care and quality of dying in long term care

scientific article published on 17 November 2012

Successful Geriatric Rehabilitation: Effects on Patients' Outcome of a National Program to Improve Quality of Care, the SINGER Study

scientific article published on 6 December 2016

Symptoms and treatment when death is expected in dementia patients in long-term care facilities

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The Effect of Music Therapy in Patients with Huntington's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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The Impact of Social Distancing Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Dementia, Family Carers and Healthcare Professionals: A Qualitative Study

scientific article published on 4 January 2022

The Interactive Relationship between Pain, Psychosis, and Agitation in People with Dementia: Results from a Cluster-Randomised Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 09 May 2016

The diagnosis of depression and use of antidepressants in nursing home residents with and without dementia

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The effectiveness of the Australian Medical Sheepskin for the prevention of pressure ulcers in somatic nursing home patients: A prospective multicenter randomized-controlled trial (ISRCTN17553857)

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The implementation of the serial trial intervention for pain and challenging behaviour in advanced dementia patients (STA OP!): a clustered randomized controlled trial

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The importance of pain management in older people with dementia.

scientific article published on September 2014

Urinary incontinence in disabled elderly women: a randomized clinical trial on the effect of training mobility and toileting skills to achieve independent toileting

scientific article published on 9 March 2007

When Contact Is Not Enough: Affecting First Year Medical Students' Image towards Older Persons

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[Estimation of kidney function in a nursing home].

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[Hip fracture in patients with dementia: surgery is not always the best alternative]

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

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